A son, a mother's aspiration,
Born of her perspiration.
A protector, defender,
Killed by a man: her partner.
A wife's tears, her anguish,
Fuels a man's desperate wish,
To but find a way to amend,
His fatal blow to a child obedient.
A search high and low
Yields again his wife's glow.
A wise elephant's head: well chosen
Life to Death, Death to Life: a cycle's completion.
A loving father now to his wife's first born,
Giving way to a (supposed) new dawn,
A woman's creation: the first among equals,
Another matriarchal product crowns the 'Unparalleled'.
Loved, cherished, his history dismissed,
Adored, revered, the woman's role diminished,
Son of Shiva, indeed! Maha Ganapati!
But remember: born only to, for, by and of Parvati.
- Written on 17 Sep 2015.
- Ganesh Chathurthi today. Isn't it wonderful that we legitimise Ganesh, and also Yudhishtir, Bhim, Arjun, et al, but do not accept a contemporary woman's solo choices - be they children or careers or whatever?
- Isn't it even more paradoxical that we have to take bath to worship a God created entirely of a woman's sweat and grime?
- Isn't it even more paradoxical that we have to take bath to worship a God created entirely of a woman's sweat and grime?
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1 comment:
Creative indeed !
and very pertinent questions!!
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