Indian Life Poem by Ravi Kopra

Beauty: Fair skin, fair skin, fair skin
Marriage: Dowry, dowry, dowry

Happiness: Money, money, money. Gold, gold, gold
Baby Boy: Old age insurance. Lineage preserved

Baby Girl: Goddess Laxmi. Household blessed with wealth
Hierarchy: Lesser gods, higher gods, the highest God, God of all

Husband: House master
Wife: House maid

Boy: High pedestal
Girl: No pedestal

Love: Money, money, money. Gold, gold, gold
Old Age: Hell, hell, hell

Death: End of misery. Beginning of another one. Karmic life