JOT: Hindi poem by Anju Dua Gemini : English Transversion by Rajni Chhabra

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 WICK

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Earthen lamp on crossroad

Untouched wick

Lonely and light-deprived

Has turned my life,



Myself oil

Poured in earthen lamp

Flame kindled

Light diffused!

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