Women's Day
Another Women’s Day is another decorous occasion To pen down lines… About the women enjoying empowerment (?) Yes! To pen down lines about women enjoying Financial Empowerment in the patriarchal society. And to lend a deaf ear to the shrieks of the housemaid, Being slapped by her drunken husband until she allows him to unknot her pallu edge and rush to the liquor shop at the end of the street, with a fifty rupee note in his hand. To pen down lines… About the women enjoying Self-Worth in the patriarchal society. And to shut eyes on the body-shaming that a young girl undergoes At the hands of family, friends, and society alike. To pen down lines… About the women enjoying The Best Career Opportunities in the patriarchal society. And to silence the shameful stories of harassment and exclusion Of small town girls, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, Who are trying in vain to break the glass ceiling, at their modern offices which claim to be fair and congen