Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Short Bio: Nandita De nee Chatterjee is a Defence daughter and grew up in various Air Force stations where her father was posted. She did her Master’s in English literature and English Hons. in Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She was a freelance journalist writing in The Telegraph during her university days. Subsequently she joined Economic Times and continued writing for mainstream news dailies. Her work covered children, welfare, labour and human interest subjects. She taught Media Ethics in MA Journalism Dept at the University of Calcutta for 7 months. She is a Co Author in 63 Literary Anthologies including 6 Coffee Table Books. She is also the Editor of 5 literary books and 2 literary journals. She’s received numerous digital literary awards and 2 Peace Ambassador awards. She’s a Senior Editor with Chrysanthemum Chronicles Publications.
International Women’s Day
The Woman in my life By Nandita De nee Chatterjee
Her face my felicity
Her smiles my tranquility
Her dancing curls my rhythm
Her twinkling eyes my beacon
Her arms my bulwark
Her lap the repository of my problems
Her courage my vanguard
Her piety my polestar
Her chastity my reverence
Her steps my direction
Her fragility my undoing
Her ire my flaws.
Like a rampart she’s sheltered us
Her beauty and grace enveloped us
Her femininity never forsaken
She’s held us through dissensions
Tiny her frame
Invincible her values
Playful and mirthful
She fills our lives with joy
Oh Blessed the Earth
Where a blossom like her has bloomed.
Exalted my fortune
To be birthed from her womb.
The End
