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Prayers

Joti 1976 (England)

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There is country far away,
Where “women” travel to a temple to worship a “woman deity” to pray for “her” pregnant “daughter” to give birth to a ….. son.
May god hear their prayers, bcuz the land in this country may not exist  due to the burden of the buried girl child

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About Female infanticide in India

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Written on March 03, 2022

Submitted by joti.aujla on September 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABC
Characters 289
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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