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September 16, 2021

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A Fakira,

Cursed to be a Princess,

Lived and Died in Oblivion,

Her sacrifices forgotten

By those who wrote history

And sang the glories of the kings.

~ Suranya

Chattrasal-Jahanara History poems Poetry by Suranya

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