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A poignant wish by a daughter, to be reborn in another life as someone else in her mother's life, someone who will cherish her instead of restricting her choices.
A poignant wish by a daughter, to be reborn in another life as someone else in her mother’s life, someone who will cherish her instead of restricting her choices.
Dear Ma,
Let me be reborn as your mother who will ensure that you do not grow up too soon and stand by you in everything you do,
Let me be reborn as your father so that I can give you a strong foundation to build your life,
Let me be reborn as your brother who will indulge you and celebrate your achievements,
Let me be reborn as your sister with whom you can share your deepest and darkest secrets with,
Let me be reborn as your lover so that I can shower you with endless gifts,
Let me be reborn as your husband who will respect your choices and value you for who you are and encourage you to live to your full potential and not bind you by fear and insecurities,
Amma, let me be reborn in your life so that I can play each of these roles which will help you become the best version of yourself.
Image source: a still from Nil Battay Sannata
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"I chose to go out into the remote, wild, unknown, and make it home," says entrepreneur Kiranjeet Ahluwalia Chaturvedi, who owns Birdsong & Beyond.
The story of my mountain home Birdsong & Beyond started taking shape in 2009, on the internet, the way many stories do these days.
My childhood fascination for a life in the Himalayas led to an internship with a central Himalayan NGO instead of a much prized corporate assignment. But when they offered me a full-time job, I refused. I was overcome by fear and a lack of confidence.
My other longings pulled me away – the longing to fit in, to earn validation from others. By my mid-30s, with all the trappings of a middle-class urban life in place, the call of the snows couldn’t be ignored anymore. So I got to work on it with clearer intentions and a stronger sense of what I needed for myself, and why.
Many Indian elderly are firm believers in enslaving a daughter-in-law in the name of tradition which is actually a tradition of oppression and not of religious faith.
Albeit, the popular culture has interpreted scriptures as suggesting that Kanyadaan is the supreme form of donation given to someone, the connotation that the word donation alludes to definitely objectifies the girl.
Even when the exegesis justify the act of giving away the daughter, considering it a ritual to mark the initiation of the daughter into her husband’s gotra and her becoming the part of his family tree.
There is no denial of the fact that this initiation is not required on the part of the groom thereby formally denoting the end of the filial ties with the daughter as it was popularly instructed to the bride during the Vidai ceremonies:
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