"Colours" by Debojit Chakraborty

The 70 years Old Man...

Seventy! It is not just a number, you see. Rather this number marks the soul which is free. Free from being bullied, because I am brown. I was bullied by the white people, who has the Kohinoor on the Crown. I was not the only one though, to see the torture; because I myself heard my brother to murmur, the pain he was going through that day. How helpless I felt because I had nothing to say. We didn't forget the date when our bond got lost; till date, we are both, paying the cost. Well, I personally did achieve a lot. Till now I cry and wonder how my babies fought in Kargil and secured me from other fights, I still remember the formation of Constitutional Rights. I still remember how badly I got terrified, when the Emergency period got me petrified. My this very brown skin was crowned in Miss World and Miss Universe. I went to the moon and back, and also succeeded in touching the Mars. I suffocate all the time because of the pollutions caused by the cars. T...

A lost Friend...

I lost a friend of mine at the age of nine. A friend who was as if, carrying my blood. Still now my memories do flood with all the moments, penned down by us. He got lost, because of a single fuss. A fuss that started way back, when his parents heard him cry. Asked him to stop, on his very first day, because crying is not what he should try. His parents' belief that tears would make him weak, actually made him weaker instead. It didn't matter now if he got beaten up, or got sick; he still wouldn't cry, even if his face become red. No one actually said to him that crying wasn't bad, it's actually letting your emotions flow when you are sad. The mistake we made by not knowing what real feminism is, put up a huge burden of responsibilities on those little shoulders of his. The shoulders that cracked up, because of those huge responsibilities. Lying weak at night but standing strong in the morning, was one of his abilities. Or perhaps, that was the...

It's Golden Brown...

In my country I am treated so well, that there is not a single moment I thought of staying under the veil. Whenever I went to shop for my meal; they always offered the dual combo deal. But I didn't want the combo, rather something which would fit my diet. Diet that would make me look thin and smart; though that wasn't my real appetite. But I had to change my taste, because society taught me that is what is best; for me, for her and for all our fat ladies out there. Else people will talk for wearing dresses, which are partially bare. So, you see the amount of love that I get, and mind you, this is not body shaming. Because right from my childhood I have been taught that it is cute if someone is naming. Naming that hurts you the most, and makes you realise that beauty also comes with a cost. But what about Jane? My friend, who is insane, and is always busy buying cosmetics; because for her, it is more important to flaunt her aesthetics. Because witho...

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