Hours of insult and humiliation,
Days of repression and muted slavery,
Years of ignorance and illiteracy,
Decades of endless sufferings endured
‘cause of superstitions.
Banished, they are!
Vanished, they have!

From emptiness to being empowered
She has traveled a long way________

She sky jets across the oceans wide,
Rules the earth; scales the sky;
Meets her counterpart eye to eye;
Stands shoulder to shoulder, bearing the burden of life;
Living and loving, caring and sharing
Blessed she is! Bless she is!

But
Oh, Woman,
Beware! Beware!

Be not led by arrogant stupour;
Nor by intoxicating power.

Have your head tightly screwed on
Hold your head high!
Hold it high!

Rama Muthukrishnan

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