You will be judged, because you are too fat,
You will be judged, because you are too thin,
You will be judged, because you are dark,
You will be judged, because you are too pale.
You will be judged because you are taller
You will be judged because you are shorter
You will be questioned, because you are single
You will be questioned, because you are divorced
You will be judged for being married too!
You will be commented if you are working,
Eye brows will be raised if you are non-working
Or even you choose to do everything in your own way.
Every morning, your efficiency will be measured by
How early you get up,
How good your handmade tea is or
How round and soft your chapati is,
In every lunch and dinner,
You will be judged based on
What and how quickly you plate up
How many varieties of dishes you prepare
Every movement, every action
Is judged and judged and judged
Whether you wear comfortable cotton or exquisite silk
Whether you choose to remain without make up or
Want to glitter with make up
Whether you choose to adorn yourself with gold, platinum and diamond
Or you don't
Those who want you to get up in the dawn
Will never ask how long you were awake in the night
With the pain allover your body
Because you choose to give your best to them
Those who suggest you to reduce your weight by working out
Will never really come and reduce your workload
So that you get sometime free to take care of yourself
You will have so many nicknames
Depending on how you look
You will be the butt of many jokes
Depending on your weight
But, nobody will ask you ever
How good or bad you feel
How do you long for a night of sleep
Or something that you have loved forever.
You will be kept out of the rituals because every month you bleed
You will be marked unlucky because you continue to bleed years after getting married.
If you are tired, you are weak;
If they are tired, then its work pressure
If you are angry, its your lack of behaviour
If they are angry, its your fault
If you are sick, you need to be mentally strong
If they are, they need rest and care for long
When you sit alone in the dusk with a teary eye
No one will ask, what is the pain
No one will see how restless you are even
They will just count the time till their evening tea
And you will remain
Out there alone, O thee women!!
- Manoshi Goswami
04.01.2019
