There were loads of reports of all forms of child abuse over the media throughout the last few days. Maybe, tons of people are striking their breasts in contrition, grinding their teeth and cursing the perpetrators of all forms of this menace reported. For each child abused, there are hundreds and perhaps even thousands of them, suffering backstage in this world. Yet for all that, there are all those hordes of faceless ones on whom we need to beam our focus. However, when words fail, lyrics of a song, ever so graphically portrayed and sung with such real feeling may capture, perhaps even better than spoken or written words, the implications and the suffering of these unfortunate children.

Source: The Nation July 14, 2021 00:00 UTC