Woes of being a woman in India...

Mother India bows her head in shame today,
Decades have gone past since we gained freedom
Yet her daughters lie in bondage everywhere..
Babies crushed at conception
Infants murdered brutally
Young brides still being burnt
Wives tortured and abused..
Sisters starve for brothers to eat.
Honour killings reign supreme today!
Whose pride and lineage are they protecting?
O Man can you be complete without a woman?
O Wretched souls you are snuffing out motherhood!
Where rockets should fly, there flows blood
Robots seem to be more safe and humane.
Is anyone hearing my cry?
Or is it lost in the dark holocaust??

I write this with tremendous pain in my heart on reading about the honour killings in the North. Whither goes my Land, my Janmabhoomi???

Swapna