INDIAN DAUGHTER
(International women's day 8 March)
Grand parents prefer a granddaughter in the family
Baby girl is likened to goddess lakshmi
Parents shower all their love on the girl
She grows up matures and studies well.
She truly brings joy to parents
She helps her mother in her works
She lends support to her father
She is her family's honour.
She is not in anyway inferior to men
She gets a job and works to earn
Parents get jittery when she comes of age
They want to get her married to avoid outrage.
She weds and comes to husband's home
Both live happily for a few years on their own
Now grandparents want a progeny
She has to quit her job for her family.
She gives birth to a healthy baby
It's a girl grandparents are unhappy
They want a boy to carry on legacy
They tell her to get one without mercy.
She wants to go back to work
Her baby is now all her world
She is stuck at home for years
Till she gets a boy it appears.
Should this happen even in twentyfirst century?
After all we have read or seen about women especially
They are capable of maintaining work home balance
Much better than how men can do it seems.
Is this why we beget daughters?
When will this turmoil refresh?
Can we allow women to enjoy freedom
And live as well as men with reason?
Will the husbands and grand parents of Gen X Z Alpha
Protect the rights of women inter alia
Allow them to follow their own interests
In addition to delivering boys or girls?