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AvatarTaking the guise of the poor, the dervishes, we, O Ghalib,
Watch the spectacle of the blessed; of power and pelf
—Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

بنا کر فقیروں کا ہم بھیس غالِب
تماشأے اہلِ کرم دیکھتے ہیں

banaa kar faqeeroN ka hum bhais Ghalib
thamaasha-e-ehl-e-karam dhaikthay haiN

A Different Face of South Asian Women

There was a time, we are told in our respect national myths, when the women marched in the streets and "manned", so to speak, the barricades. The photograph above highlights the one side of the political spectrum, still, today that most clearly still carries on that tradition, and takes it to new heights.

More at: http://naxalrevolution.blogspot.com/2006/06/women-hold-up-half-sky-in-peoples.html

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