181.Why......?

Why is a girls intelligence never acknowledged?
When Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge.
Why are women half fed and hungry?
When Anapurna is the goddess of food and curry.
Why are girls muffled in sleath?
When Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth
Why do we exploit even as women?
When Mahisasur Mardaini is the destroyer of demon.
Why can't we protect our women from goons?
When goddess Lalitambika is the giver of boons.
Why don't we let women speak?
When we call Goddess Raja Rajeshwari the protector of weak.
Why are the women raped unconscious?
When goddess Gayatri illuminates our conscious
Why do we forget to protect the divine beauty?
When protecting Tripura Sundri is our duty.
Why do we abuse her with impunity?
When Maa Durga is the destroyer of impurity.
Why do your children pray to your benign presence?
When rest of the days women are treated with callous indifference.
Maa why during Navratri this fallacy?
When you know well it's a mere hypocrisy.

By Binita Jha