'My Durga Asks For Justice, I Won't Return to Celebration': Abhaya's Special Friend Pens Heartbreaking Poem

“My Durga is asking for justice, I will not return to celebration,” said the last line from the painful poem that the special friend of the Kolkata rape and murder victim wrote on Tuesday and shared it with News18. They were both doctors of the same batch and were supposed to get married this year.

Life has come to a stand still for Abhaya’s special friend. He has been under tremendous mental pain for which he has been trying to take counselling. His life, his dreams, all seemed to have been shattered after one phone call when he was told that Abhaya was no more.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark, “One month has gone, people should go back to Pujo, people should go back to festivals” – has drawn huge criticism.

At this hour, with Bengal witnessing massive protests over the rape and murder and the CM asking people to “return to festivals”, Abhaya’s special friend wrote a few lines, protesting this in his own way.

The name of the poem is “No, Will Not Return To Celebration.” Here’s how the poem goes:

Rulers (Rajtantra) always pour in poison at the education stage.

Dronacharya also was mum when Draupadi was disrobed.

The tune of ma (Durga) comes crying in that morgue. (Agomoni)

Demanding justice for Tillottama in the city of Tillottama (Abahaya also known as Tillottama)

Your eyes had blood, your dreams were left.

Blind Devi, let us know about justice. Do you need cloth for your eyes?

My city is asking for justice, my city is saying it’s unbearable.

My Durga is asking for justice, I will not return to festival.

These words reveal the pain that Abhaya’s friend has been going through. He has referred to disrobing of Draupadi in Mahabharata and pointed out how Dronacharya was mum. He pointed out how How Ma Durga’s arrival has met with the cries of Abhaya. Each line of his poem seeks justice.

Ma Durga is considered as a mother and daughter in Bengal and that’s why he referred to Ma Durga and has linked it with Abhaya. Abhaya’s friend told News18, “I am not in a position to say anything, only these lines have come out of me.”

When the entire nation is demanding justice for Abhaya, her friend is shattered with pain, but is also fighting in his own way. He has questioned authorities and the system – all with these few lines that he wrote.