Modernity In India Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

From dhoti and kurta,
Sari, blouse and petticoat
How did they switch over to
The shirt, pants and handkerchief?

The wrist watch, radio, cycle
All changed the scene,
The mirror and the dressing table,
Cosmetics and scents.

India was not India,
In medieval darkness,
Superstition cost it heavily,
Fatalism and inaction.

Westernization, the contact with foreign,
Foreign culture and trend,
Overseas contacts
Geared for modernization.