"I Wanted A Son" - Nivedita Chandra ft Samuel | Women's Day (UnErase Poetry)

"I was hoping for a boy..."
Credits:
Written & Performed by: Nivedita Chandra
Music by: Samuel Pandya
Curated by: Simar Singh
Shot at: NCPA, Mumbai
Video Production: Vision Of Gap
Shot by: Gaurav Anand, Abhishek Bhutwani, Sandeep Mishra
Live Sound Recording: Sohaill Gandhi & Varun (NCPA)
Lights by: Saurabh Tawde (NCPA)
Sound Mixing & Mastering by: Sohaill Gandhi
Edited by: Abhishek Bhutwani
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[@joyitashaw4421]

True story of almost every Indian girl child. Well narrated.

[@Miss.patel_17]

"Sure let's belive that and move on"...this line really was deep

[@sakshinayak05]

I also faced sexual assault in childhood and many things hurt me, being a girl.
I also wanted a son !!

[@vineetarawat3375]

She has put the words to our emotions, never thought that this could be said with such a grace. It’s not just a poetry thing but it’s the whole thing that a woman feels throughout her life. ❤

[@nivedita8516]

So glad to know that you could relate to it. Thanks!

[@kartiksood2704]

Short and crisp. Right in your face as they say

[@pallvii_1745]

Got numb as well as goosebumps at same time...☠️

[@nivedita8516]

Thanks so much!

[@bhuvaneswarikannan2199]

Excellent narration of a girl from infant to woman. True sayings. All about the vision of an individual which lies only in mother's hand to make it decent and clear. Society plays a major role when the individual grows.

[@bandanabanerjee1762]

Wonderful writing through beauty in expression♥️

[@rinagorai6138]

Felt it hard!! Same story prevails for me too...

[@PavitraRaani]

This is too good!!!!! Goosebumps. This series is a gem, it's brilliant to see women creating and presenting these poems. We need such representation, such voices✨✨✨ Such an impactful poem, left me with goosebumps! The recitation is so powerful !

[@nivedita8516]

Thanks so much for your kind words!

[@shivangintiwari]

Thatt wass unambiguously true!!...

[@ShreyaSTripathi27]

Amazing😍

[@YuvrajSingh-dl5zn]

It was, it is - real....!

[@sankaranarayanan901]

Wow that's thought provoking 🙏

[@bhavaksh1]

This has my ❤️

[@pujaparsad8337]

So true... 😭

[@kadakvichar9463]

Thnku for bringing this piece of art ...❤❤

[@nivedita8516]

Thanku!

[@banipreetkaur1751]

That line “let’s believe that and move on” hit me hard!!goosebumps 🫠

[@nivedita8516]

Thanks !

[@varrsh567]

Just agreeing to every word
Follow idiotic rules ,undergo discrimination ,being expected to live life of others choices ,letting others judge u ,ur character by ur clothes and get stared at by the same creepy people ,uffff being a girl is really tough

[@frozensisters_mistycoorg2329]

❤️

[@Poems-By-Sitsofe]

Very touching

[@priyankabodwal5936]

👏👏❤

[@soliloquiesbyshailja5416]

My name dies with me
I am no royalty ❤️.
Boys may be safer than girls is a myth, maybe not everyone but a few of them are definitely harassed at an age we can't imagine . Because the harassers sometimes don't bother about gender . But this was a beautiful portrayal of the fear mostly parents carry in their heads when a girl child is born .

[@mythreye.m7705]

Well said!

[@Miss.patel_17]

💯💯

[@anupriya6759]

❣️

[@vishakha4]

Whatever you say this is the truth ❤

[@rdr6858]

🔥

[@shornazawah9955]

Story of every girl🙂

[@ektaroyyy15]

🖤

[@hussaineh89]

So honest. Hugs and healing to your feminine side. Boys are abused and traumatised too. In ways they can't be stigmatised as much. And that's the danger of socialized gender priority and polarity

[@deveshrawat8676]

यू न सितम ढाया करो ,ना यूं नजरे छुपाया करो
कभी तो हमे भी देख कर मुस्कराया करो
दोस्ती की है तो उसे निभाया करो ,यूं न
तन्हा छोड़ कर जाया करो ,तुम्हारी यादों
के सहारे कब तक बिताए ये जिंदगी ,कभी तो
तुम भी मुझसे मिलने आया करो ..................
~ देवेश रावत

[@bhaktigolani]

Felt as if you spoke what I've kept inside me for years.

[@nivedita8516]

Hugs to you ❤️ thanks so much for listening to this.

[@bhaktigolani]

@@nivedita8516 ❤️

[@KaryShwas]

I'm an adopted child!

[@soumya3543]

Harsh Fact.....

[@rajpratap5657]

Adopt me...

[@nazmakhanfitness]

Mera beta lelijiye aap 😘

[@nivedita8516]

😁. 1 hi kaafi hai mere liye ab 😂

[@zainabarshad9636]

Amazing🔥🔥....this was sooo relatable