| My
dear Sisters,
Oh! I would love
to share my dreams with you
As we are all set
to launch our enterprises new
We shall help build
our capacities and get well trained
And spread them
to others whose confidence we’ve gained
Our own identities
and status we were hardly aware of
As many a thing
until now we took no notice of
We accepted that
our lives were meant more for others
Especially our
fathers and husbands; sons and brothers
Having stepped out
of our homes we have now shed our fears
We shall carry
on our duties cheerfully without tears
Work hard, we will
still, but for business purposes as well
Small enterprises
of our own we shall run and excel
And become self-reliant
as we can now earn for ourselves
And make money
lenders realize well for themselves
How they fleeced
us with exorbitant interest rates
At last! solutions
have come up after serious debates
There’s no dearth
of opportunities with our well-wishers providing
Credit linkages
and training and handholding
Added to this is
our own group-strength we should mobilize
Oh! Mothers and
sisters, you must all realize
Hitherto we lay
hidden behind our purdahs* and doors
And were caught
up in the rigmarole of unending chores
To remain status
quo we now have no reason
By no means is
‘assertiveness’ tantamount to ‘treason’
With such a clear
mind we shall march ahead
And have our messages
of MOTIVATION spread!
..
*Partly
covered faces and heads with sarees
according to
Indian tradition |
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