Woman, S Choice On Dress Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Women were house bound. Men were bread winner.
Women had no choice and men made choices.
Women were shut to the men company
For the fear of visual intimacy.

Women are educated and employed.
Economical dependence is relaxed.
She wants to display her personality.
She wants to assert her priority.

Is hijab a symbol of patriarchy?
Is it tradition and of modesty?
Does not woman feel enclosed or burdened?
Aren't they aspirants to shed this custom?

Women wear hijab or niqab to please their men
And register their memberships of their sect.
Let them feel and decide their dress code.
Woman's choice is her freedom men must grant.
09.02.2019