The Deliverers

Question 1

What is this poem about?

Answer 1

Addresses the horrifying reality of gender discrimination and female infanticide in India

Question 2

How are themes of gender, discrimination and infanticide shown?

Answer 2

• Shows that the devaluation of female life begins at birth
• These mothers know if they keep their unwanted girls alive, the girl’s fates will be as bad or worse than their own.