Thursday, February 5, 2009

PAUSE o MEN ! its PUBerty time !

PAUSE o MEN ! its PUBerty time !
SETTING: bold ,fearless and agitated women taking on the right-wing activists (terrorists) of sriram sene,who recently attacked a mangalore pub ,and are threatening to marry off the dating couples on Valentine's day.These custodians of indian culture want dress codes for women and want them to behave as per the norms of indian tradition.They resort to vandalism and hooliganism ,in order to gain cheap publicity and want to make careers out of all this business.Women ask hem abt the real feminine issues,and their and the country's track record on these.As M K Gandhi used to say,one can tell the health of the society by checking the pulses of its women.



.......O misguided,outdated zealots, out-of-work publicity hunters,
The self-appointed cultural policemen, conscience-keepers of MOTHER India !
Sixty years of political independence, a five thousand years old civilization ,
Pity ! You can still make political careers,invoking fear and paranoia.

Society does not need WATCHDOGS in these SLUMDOG times(2009),
That all enjoy their human rights, the freedom bell chimes,
Is the cry of the hour,and should be the order of the day,
Such vermins and parasites as you,are kept at bay.
Grow up ,gray,mature,reach your puberty now,
Nation still tolerates this vandalism, fundamentalism,i don’t get it,why or how?

You object to boys and girls,in malls, walking hand in hand, (ashok gehlot)
The WESTERN attires of jeans and skirts,your moral sense offends,
You cant stand lovers celebrating the valentine’s day,
Blame western outfits for rapes and eve- teasing,sayin' that’s how we pay.
U don’t want us to smoke and drink,or go out to pubs
Don’t want us to work or travel at night, even in busy metro hubs. (Sheila dikhit)

Misplaced are your priorities,on the wrong trees you bark,
Since ages have such people ,kept women in dark.
Girls are still killed in wombs ,the skewed sex- ratio shows,
Or to reduce the burden,forced into early nuptial vows.
Dowry- seeking and domestic violence, over the years ,have only grown,
Bound in chains ,hidden in purdah,Us , you think,some property you own?
What ' surnames' do we keep,raises such hue and cry, (sanjay and priya Dutt)
Biased property rights ,do our share deny.
On female education ,what your efforts are,whateve' happen'd to the reservation bill,
Plum jobs,key posts and parliamentary seats, you don’t really trust us, to fill?

A liberal ,democratic state,no taleban is this,
Its my prerogative who I hug,n who I kiss,
Not sisters,moms,wives , daughters only,even friends , girlfriends can females be,
What a woman wants ,its her decision,let her be free…
Her inalienable rights are not what men upon them bestow,
They are something which a society, to its every member does owe.

Women never shy away from fighting ,or dying,
But let worthy be the opponent ,and higher the cause,
The issue is not of women reaching "PUBerty",
It is about you vandals having your "MENoPAUSE"….....


**Puberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction.
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation which occurs a considerable length of time before the end of the lifespan.Obviously,it is related to female reproductive cycle.
I have used "puberty" twice...in the second para.,it refers to the much needed growth and maturity among the right- wing activists,who ,i feel ,need to act like mature adults,now.And i use "PUBerty" in the last para to allude to the recent needless debate on whether women can or should frequent PUBS and BARS.No offence intended,i just play with the word,using my poetic licence."women reaching PUBerty " means women going out to pubs .

Similarly for MENOPAUSE. Agreed that technically it should refer only to females,yet again i want MEN to PAUSE ,n stop bossing around.Hence need to MENoPAUSE....and the beauty lies in the fa ct that while i m also appealing them to attain puberty on one hand,i also want em to have menopause....u see,so they dont get opportunity to reproduce and multiply....we dont want no more of them....

lastly,sorry,if i sound sexist or anything.I am just a poet ,who thinks he has pro-feminist inclinations.
with gud intentions......

3 comments:

  1. very relevant article to the modern times...People like pramod muthalik and raj thackery are self promoted leaders of the Indian culture.They even do not know about compassion or unity in diversity words prevailing in our culture.These people never take any step for ban of alcohol,tobacco or ciggarates in their region or community.And they talk about the cultural degradation by west..

    Pub culture is not truly inherited Indian but is adpated from the west.But no one has right to decide fate of an independent idea and lifestyle of others;

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  2. awesome is d word!! having spent 6 yrs of my life in a place cald meerut n now in moradabad..where these self proclaimed 'saviours' of our culture have made life hell for couples.. i cudn't agree wid u more.. good job!!

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