No, no more plotting
For a solvent male.
The vanished rut has left behind
The attitudinal independence.
Let us rewind
Have an updating
Give new names
To certain ancient finds.
Today in marriage she brings
Not only the trappings of the home
But also a monthly income.
He is just the guest artist
– The womb is no more let.
Erase the anachronistic Kanyadaan*,
Which was always an anathema,
Instead enter the update Spermdaan.
Hard sell it. No mean feat
Let Manu and his ilk bleat.
*Kanyadaan – A ceremony in Hindu weddings, where the father gives away the daughter to the groom.
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