This is a Nation of
big Double Standards!
Values just as
different as the people are!
Leaders of many
deliberate double speak
With differential
norms to different people
Altogether different
for all those big rich
Liesure loving seeking
rest fun frolicking
Ruling exploiting
dominant caste hindus
Not ever working but
always enjoying
The best of things in
their lives endlessly!
When my girls dance
with love for them
As a cheap ones of
lower moral values
Harassed humiliated
sexually exploited!
When their daughters
dance on stage
As learners amateurs
and professionals
Publicly for huge
fees money charges
They are applauded
praised honoured!
When their girls
flock for the money
As another profession
to make a life
Have comforts get
name quick riches
Amass wealth power
and property
Build influences easy
comfortable life
They are all noble
artists of a great art
To be praised and
paraded before
All different leading
lights of the world
For whatever worth
they may land in!
When our sisters
speak to local boys
Tongues wag calling
them as bad girls
With loose morals not
good character
Cheap ones to be kept
at a distance
Never to be
entertained or accepted
Because of poor
upbringing control
When their wives go
freely with others
They are liberated
free social women
To be highly
respected and reverred
Whenever any of our
daughters marry
Of their own free
choice and desire
Even with family
consent agreements
Support and approvals
from both side
Then also they are
criticised endlessly
Looked down as if
lowly creatures
Condemned always as
having run off
Away with the boy
they had chosen
From home eloped
without marriage
When their sisters
live out of wedlock
Daughters live with
their boyfriends
Boys bring home
freely girls they like
Take them around on
tours outstation
Begin their lives
with them for good
On open regular
live-in arrangements
Experimenting with
their own lives!
a Dalit rebel
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