A Homage Comments

Heart breaking tribute

The inhumane treatment of child labour. Well captured

This magnificent poem is as innocent as the innocent smile of the girl that you have portrayed here. Brilliant ink! !

I like the way the poet has portrayed the character of a simple and innocent girl servant... appreciated this simple and expressive poem. Long live your poetry dear poet

Let us all pray for no more of such cruel incidents as happened to that little maid...very pathetic

The poem brings tears to my eyes! How human beings are so inhuman? No words to say more.My homage to the girl child you describe in the poem and innumerable such children who lose their childhood by falling victim to inhuman treatment.

Sir, one of your top poems is ranked 23 among the best member poems. Many congratulations! !

Beautiful poem filled with love and compassion for humanity. It's a pleasure to read it again. Congratulations for being recognized as the poem in the the best 500 member poets.

Heartiest Congratulations dear Poet for a honourable place within the top 500 poems list. Its a truly deserving accolade.

It is no wonder this profound and poignant poetic experience finds its rightful place among the top 500 poems on PoemHunter.

Congratulations for having this touching and wonderful poem on the list of top 500 Member Poems. An accolade you truly deserved.

Sir, you deserve to get this recognition! I am really happy to find my favourite poem here. Please keep writing and motivating fellow poets

Congratulations! Now this wonderful poem is displayed as top 500 member poem! m

that I like so much.

I appreciate Unni ji's meticulous review of this elegant poem that I like s

Part 9. A very relevant poem addressing the prevailing social evils like child labour, female foeticide, rape, murder, exploitation. Written most powerfully. Full score.

Part 7…. for more dowry persisted. But more dangerous in the male psychology of looking at women as mere body, an object. This mentality has to change. For this, we need to have a very serious relook at our education and value system. Reshape how we bring up our children.

Part 6. Even in a so-called cultured society as that of Kerala, dowry system and harassment of women for more

Part 5. This is the Indian psyche.

Part 4. Although, no mention is there about dowry, even Kaalidasa mentions in Abhitjnana Shakuntalam that "A girl is a wealth which needs to be handed over to an outsider. So she has been given off. Now I am relieved as if I have returned the money somebody had entrusted with me for safekeeping ".