Children would suffer

To work with a man,

An elephant must be tamed.

An empowered elephant

Will desert him and go away.

Over centuries,

Women have been tamed by men.

An empowered woman

Cannot cling to a man.

Both mahout and man

Can’t afford to devote to them.

A vine finds secure

In being supple to cling.

Unless a woman

Clings to her husband for ever

And unless man makes

Sacrifices, children would suffer.

23.05.2009