IF YOU ......

If you don't go to work

And then loose your job

If you don't save money

And soon drink it all away

Or leave behind pony tails

In the fast racing ground

Or behind quick two legged

If you are not that careful

And waste it on cheap dress

If you are so very foolish

To spend it on cosmetics

To make up your dirty face

If you are really so stupid

To eat that all away

You can be cheated

You can be looted

You can be beaten up

You can be arrested

You can be tortured

You will have no Rights

Just not the Human Rights!

- a Dalit

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