Sunday, March 25, 2012

..."Being satisfied is not unwise, but being comfortably numb is"...

... it was another random post on my FB wall... a sarcastic 'info-graphic' that we humans (Hindus actually!) got involved in so many legendary wars only because of women... the info-graphic said that the Ramayana and Mahabharata and what not happened are all because of women... in various forms it is the feminine counterpart of ours that has led to the confrontation of us mortals... err... even immortals!

... and if i were to introspect superficially, it is very likely that i might end up drawing same or similar conclusion... and end up blaming women for any and everything bad that has happened in the history of (hold your breath!) mankind! ... ever wondered why it is never womankind? i mean... where are all the feminists? why not make a huge hue and cry about this as well? it's no longer chairman or fireman or policeman ... u got the drift...

... but something else caught my attention... not exactly "the other side of the story" or "the other face of the coin" but let's call it "the other effect"... taking cue from accountants' language... the credit-debit effect and stuff like that... i started wondering if it is correct in interpreting women's role like that... i mean... remember that joke where a dying man recalls, to her wife sitting nearby, that she's been with him in every bad thing that ever happened to him; and then he drops the punchline-"you brought me bad luck" or something to that effect... i must admit i giggled when i heard that joke first time... and it was almost a decade ago... i was naive...

... my point is: women have played a pivotal role whenever there's been a stalemate in the history of... well... mankind... there are uncountable anecdotes from the Hindu mythology about women getting involved when things needed change and even with my very limited exposure towards such sources i can think of many such stories...the one that captured my innocent fascination some decades ago was about the concept of revered shiv-ling... i was visiting my nanihaal and there's one of the most important shiv-ling temple... from that story i took an off-shoot and was captivated by one of the most seductive narration about the various forms of Shakti and her various forms... called as Durga Saptshati... it can be very "in your face" at some point of narration...

... why i'm talking about it here? we're in the midst of navratris and i'm getting even more drawn towards the other half of men... the better half... more conscious, more aware, more concerned about them...

(caption credit: via Himani)

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