A day like any other day except that it’s inundated with SMSs,
FB wall posts, and clichéd mail forwards.
E-Greetings, advertisement offers, special promotions,
discounts are a real tease,
All of which are dedicated to my fraternity, who in their
(including mine)moment of weakness become gullible and fall prey to these.
Beginning with RJ’s in their morning shows to evening TV
anchors and their staged interviews,
Promos of jewellery and sarees, cosmetics to shoes of all sizes
and hues,
Covering front page headlines to back page colourful news,
Women car rallies and marathon runs on this day are quite a
few, at finishing line are scribes flippantly probing the feminine point of view.
There is a wide display of brouhaha, hedonism and indulgence
in store for our ilk ….supposedly giving credit where’s it long over due.
Replace the garb of Woman’s day with that of Valentines or
any festival day and there you are….
Same ol’ offers, discounts, promos and freebies will
continue their run albeit in a different avatar.
It’s just lip service is what I feel and pretense that won’t
take us very far
Today is March 9th and lo and behold…what have we
got here,
Already are forgotten, promises that were made yesterday and
so is our star.
So let not be just one day be remembered as our day in the
years to come.
Surely the other 364 days we will celebrate, as so much is yet
to be undone.
Required is change in mind set, biased culture and deep
rooted point of view,
It’s the woman, mother, daughter, sister, wife alone who has the
power within to make that difference to herself and build her life anew
And no one can else and truly no one else can deny her that,
if she really wants it too.
Here’s wishing all the super fabulous ladies who have
touched my life a happy woman’s day….
Today and every day! :)
