WOMEN OF YESTER YEARS AND GIRLS OF TODAY

Thousands of Indian women have given their might,
To prove against the British, they were right,
They have suffered, to free India, from the British yoke!
Such an endeavor to expect from females, was no joke.

They elucidated the brave deeds of the great sons,
At home and on every front, they did their sums,
A band worked overnight, to print pamphlets out,
Another went to every door, to hand it out.
Some looked to the needs of partisans;
They all worked for the cause of the nation, sans party!

Why females! Very few of the other tribe,
Know or care their contributions without an eye on moral gain,
Present day generation have lost, on front morally,
They are eager to impart alien cultures, to go globally.

With gender norms biased against them;
On every front, men are eager to turn tables against them;
They know not, what is in store for them;
Distractions abound, time is running out for them.

Times are changing, and globalization have opened up,
Gold mine of opportunities, which better be noticed, by sitting up,
Behold! The ‘second class’ citizens are inching up;
It will be too late, later on, to make up.

They think, they are lost in their make up!
They are staining every nerve for a proper get up;
Jeering and jibes will not help them to inch up.

All the time they are at the receiving end:
Age of troubles, is at the fag end.
For them, the means justifies the end,
Hegemony and subjugation is now nearing its end.

Hats off to the fair sex,
They have excelled in every product mix.
Avenues have opened up, with their reservation.
It’s still inadequate for self-preservation.

Half hearted elders are working for their motivation.
They gloat, over question of their liberation.
Expecting them to work overtime,
They’ll prove their mettle, we hope in time.