SORRY ,SISTER ( This poem is a tribute to Sr. Amala, who was found dead in a convent at Pala, Kerala) Sorry, Sister Amala, very sorry to mothers,wives, sisters, girls, That are added daily, To the statistics of the murdered, Added to the never-ending list, Of the innocents slaughtered daily. Victims of unspeakable brutality, Victims of newer and bolder methods of killings, Experimented successfully, with impunity. Battered,mutilated, tortured, burnt alive, Strangled, stoned,abused,shot, Traded like cattle, as slaves, Showered with scalding acids of hatred, Abducted,gang-raped, impregnated, abandoned, Chopped and stuffed neatly in suitcases, Baked in ovens,thrown down from skyscrapers, And killed to preserve 'family honour', The saga of bloodshed goes on. Nowhere is safe, home, school, bus ,nursery, Nowhere, the agents of Death wait, ...