Several centuries have passed by
The Rani of Jhansi and Rani Padmini ask me from their graves
Are we free and equal at last?
I hang my head coz I know there is so much to do.
My feminine paranoia has no cure,
Some drunken husband is beating his wife somewhere,
Some female child has seen her starving grave somewhere,
Some woman went with only half the wages
Some woman was raped and could not fight
Some woman married an irregular old man
And to add it all I still have to prove everything I do.
And you wish me a Happy Women's Day!
All I want is some hope, courage, education, equal laws and economic liberty...And then I can wish my women folks a real Happy Women's Day.
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