Arewa Girls
We were girls once. The girls you once saw hawking on the streets of Arewa—selling awara, wainan rogo, dan wake…
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26 July 2021
— श्याम दरिहरे
सोचियौ त’ एकबेर भाइ
बजारमे जँ नहि रहितए
हेयर डाइ
लोक जँ आइ केश नइ रंगितए
त’ कतेको सुन्नरि- सुन्नरि नारि
ठामहि केहन भुताहि लगितए।
बूढ़ आ अधेड़क त’
कथे कोन
देखिऔक पैंतीस-सैंतीसक
कते युवक-युवतीक
माथसँ उतारिक’ नकली आवरण
सौंसे नगर कासक बोन लागत
युवा देशक तगमा
ठामहि भ्रम भ’ जायत।
धन्न कही ओकरा
जे बनौलक हेयर डाइ
नकली मुस्कान
चेहराक मास्क
देलक जुगकेँ आवरण
बनौलक झुर्री नुकाबक क्रीम
आ दाग नुकाबक पाउडर।
अइ संसारकेँ संसार सन
देखयबामे
ओकरो जोगदान
कोनो कम नइ छै।
Illustration by Nadhir Nor
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