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Don't try to hold us down, in the cage of stereotypes, for we know our worth and our ideas we will put forth.
Don’t try to clip our wings With scissors of societal norm We have been oppressed For way too long.
Don’t try to hold us down In the cage of stereotypes For we know our worth And our ideas we will put forth.
Don’t try to stop our flight With your condescending backbite For we are meant to soar Unnerved by your gender-based uproar.
We are no longer distressed damsels We are queens in our own castles Proving ourselves in various fields Talents of multitasking we women wield.
Let’s spread our wings And fly till great heights Supporting each other In our emancipated flight.
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A nature lover, Usha Rajagopalan set up a trust called the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) in June 2010.
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