Sphoorthi Theatre

When we talk about modernization- it is from social, political and economic point of view. The changing role of Indian women is also greatly influenced social, political and economic modernization. Women play an important role in shaping and developing industry, by extending their painstaking skills and instinctive talents. Indian women, though small in number when compared to Indian men, have established their competencies in the fields dominated by men for age (As per 2011 Census, there are 940 women for every 1000 men in India).   Starting in the 1980s, policy makers and governments taken into considerations to gender issues which was previously neglected or ignored. The led to the provocation of the ill-effects of the environment has on the health and well-being of women. Historically women in India were respected and the birth of a girl was widely accepted and mark the arrival of “Goddess Lakshmi” – the Goddess of wealth and riches. Women have...

Oh God! Why did you create me as a ‘GIRL’? With gold chained bounds and curls, My ‘Name’ spreads displeasure, And I am not a treasure, I spread sorrow all around, Like a bell sound. I am treated as a decorative piece, With brutal burns on self-increase, I am adored as a doll, With no feelings of self at all, That, I am made to stoop and fall, That, ‘I am a girl’ so all call. I am daughter, sister, wife and mother, I play meaningful roles that world does not bother, At festivals I am worshipped, Just to bear some more cane whips, Before, blossom into flower, I am married off with restrictive power. I am made to bear the fruit of love, If, it turns out to be a ‘GIRL’ ; It is crushed to death under the merciless ‘HAND GLOVES’ , This cycle of life going on and on, The story of pain is ever born, I am nowhere better than males, Because, I am born ‘Female’ . http:/www.poemhunter.com/sphoorthi theatre