Friday, 7 March 2014

MUSINGS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2014



MUSINGS - 1

I would like to confess that I’m not a macho guy

But have a few observations about the women of today

And I request all women to view my comments here

In the right spirit than act like lice has entered their hair

I have been working for over thirty five years now

In various jobs though I have worked only for love.

I have worked with women in both rural and urban setting

And witnessed a lot of womanly bickering and blood letting

This has led me to conclude that women were their own enemies

Even women particularly the in-laws within their own sweet families

and that they could not live in harmony together with each other

let alone with men who to them are a necessary evil though a bother

Women in urban workplaces are worse than their rural counterparts

And each one tries one-up(wo)manship and ultimately the other outsmarts

For Women are uneasy when working with their own fellow women so dear

and most of them were completely and irrationally jealous of each other

and indulged in bitchy and catty behaviour to outsmart each other.

Back biting and back stabbing were the order of the day; nay, every day

While the men tended to be less petty and more broadminded along the way

The remarks the women made about each other throughout the day so long

the smile which didn’t reach the eyes while dirty looks they exchanged so strong

the vengeful feelings in their hearts and the resultant behaviour so wrong

made me realize that women are their own enemies from the beginning all along

May I therefore take this opportunity on this International Women’s Day

Which is celebrated with splendor and pomp on this glorious, magnificent day

to send out an appeal to all women of the world to stand together united

and not bicker amongst themselves for in unity there is strength unlimited

and in divisive behaviour they become vulnerable, weak and exposed

to exploitation by the men of the world who demean them unopposed.

I therefore wish you happy International Women’s Day, my dears

You are the best, the sensitive spirit who will triumph, no fears


Today is celebrated as International Women’s Day, which for me is nothing but a celebration of the spirit of womanhood and her Shakti (Power / Energy) and the various forms or roles that a woman undertakes. On this day I realised that there could be nothing better than to write a series of poems on the Women of today. This poem is based on an old blog of mine. Do read if you want to understand more about my views here:



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