Malala

On this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner…

November 02, 2014 08:07 am | Updated April 19, 2016 09:31 pm IST

Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures during a photo opportunity at the United Nations in the Manhattan borough of New York August 18, 2014.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)

Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures during a photo opportunity at the United Nations in the Manhattan borough of New York August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)

If what I see

is only a part,

does it cease to be

and must I

close my eyes, choose

darkness undivided

to starflash,

or the small circles

thrown by brave torches?

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