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Fasting for them

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Fasting for them Nice to see all women decked up fast and pray for long lives of their husbands But when will men deck up and fast for us Is there an occasion for that too We pray that our husbands live long lives Why should not a wife live long? You may think I'm feminist but I'm not But logic is what I use Years before men were the only family bread earners But now we have a double incomes Where sometimes the women earn more than the man Do we really need to do this act It's a nice occasion where all meet Check which diamond necklace is better Which saree is branded There are men who might think why just meet Let's not just have occasions once a year Be the woman he wants all the time Another question I ask today When a husband dies A women stops to wear sindoor, the mangalsutra, bangles, colourful clothes To symbolize she was married now a widow What about men? When a wife dies how do we know the man is a widow? The symbol of the lamp If i...