Rhyme time
Human rights

While doing my homework

A question sprang to my mind

What actually are human rights I could not find

Whether they are the feminine rights

Or that of the masculine

Are they the rights of juveniles facing torture in Mizoram

Or the rights of indigenous jummas, who were shunned

Are they the rights of brus of Mizoram

Or the rights of 111 fake encountered people in Manipur who were dumped

Are they the rights of a Russian prisoner who was confined

For 11 years without any crime

Or that of the leaders of opposition killed in the city of Abidjan

Just after the election time

Are these the rights of thousands of refugees facing torture in Malaysia after judicial canning

Or the rights of babies of Hopleys of Zimbabwe who are dying due to living conditions which are appalling

I was perplexed with this question

My sense of perspicacity was`A0giving a sense of impulsion

After a long time of cogitation

I found that human rights are natural rights of every human

Hunar Duggal, VIII-D,
St. Joseph’s Convent School, Bathinda