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A poem on the man who worships many goddesses, but proves his masculinity by beating his wife
Guest Blogger Meera Srikant is a professional freelance writer and manuscript editor, having contributed for various newspapers, for business magazine The Smart CEO and with one published novel, Written in the Stars, to her credit. She blogs regularly at http://www.meera-lastingimpressions.blogspot.com in English, and www.valadukaal.blogspot.com in Tamil.
He touches his mother’s feet When he wakes up in the morning He walks to the river for a bath Believing she washes away his sins He touches the ground he walks on Seeking forgiveness of Mother Earth He worships Goddess Lakshmi So she may stay with him forever He chants the name of Saraswathi So she may give him knowledge He prays to Ma Durga So she may give him strength He reaps the harvest Hailing the name of Annapurna He beats his wife at home So he may know he is strong He rapes an innocent woman To prove he is a man He kills his daughter at birth Hoping for a son to carry his name He is a beast in the garb of man Fooling the world, with two faces One that worships the powerful goddess The other that beheads the “weaker sex”.
Pic of Goddess Durga at a Kolkata Puja; credit Arindam TTB (Used under a creative commons license)
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Mostly Normal is a book of innocence, longing, filial love, angst and acceptance, encapsulating a gamut of human emotions within its lightweight edifice. The book touches the human heart and will stay with you.
Some books enthral you till the last page, and then there are those that you stop reading after turning a few pages. Some books are a one-time read, while you carry some books with you long after you have read them. Then, once in a while, a book hits you so close to home that you find it difficult to slot into any category.
I will put Priyadeep Kaur’s Mostly Normal (BookSoul Reads, 2022) in this last bracket.
At a little less than hundred pages, Mostly Normal is a testimony of the power of words to inspire, irrespective of their length.
Most women do not get to live their lives the way they want, on their own terms. So why should they be tied down in their old age?
Every morning, while dropping the kids at the bus stop, I find a grandfather waiting with his granddaughter. I see him again when I fetch the kids. This has been the pattern for the last few years.
He is seen actively participating in his granddaughter’s activities, from morning and evening walks to attending her parent-teachers meeting, sending her for extracurricular activities to even planning her birthday party. He is admired by all. He is appreciated for making himself useful in his old age. People rave that the doting grandfather is doing his duty towards his children and grandchildren. The much-admired grandfather is also a widower, having lost his wife years ago to chronic disease. It’s also to be noted that both his son and daughter-in-law are working parents.
Every day, the onlookers appreciate his sense of duty and dedication. They say that this is how the elderly should keep themselves occupied. They should bring up their grandchildren while their children go off to work.
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