"The Feather under the Hat" #32

26 December 2012

“The Necessary and the Unnecessary Companionship”

The sufferings of life, as rightly explained by the concept of ‘Karma’, a person’s performance of his duty, are inversely proportional to the amount of perseverance and good intention he commits to his life. But I believe often people end up reaping the pain arising out of the ‘Karmas’ of the ruined company they keep. It’s a hard fact that how often the wrong kind of companionship results in depriving people of the goodness of life.

 

“The practical aim of a companionship is to benefit from it, concurrently towards performing one’s sacred duty – Dharma”

 

"Draupadi"

Lost in my own nightmare that I am, Krishna find me,

Persecuted for being in my own body that I am, Krishna rescue me,

Consequentially bartered amongst, out of the devil’s inexplicable aggression and leisure,

The devil you constructed to protect me and provide,

Tough, arms well built, the one who you bestowed upon the robust muscles.

Cut in pieces, ripped off my self esteem every day, for satisfying the man,

The man you created to complete my incompleteness,

Who I conceived, nurtured, and dutifully fulfilled at every step.

I was his wife, who he put up for sale, in return for his fake grandeur,

In the hands of the sly.

I was his sister, who he undressed in public, as the reward of the game,

And didn’t identify.

I was his daughter, who he banished and dismissed, for the love of his sons,

And couldn’t justify.

All the while, with my eyes closed, I remembered you,

I resisted.

I prayed my hands folded, holding on to the faint memory of that one time you saved me,

And he persisted.

The soreness of my wounds, doesn’t impress anymore,

The redness in my blood, hasn’t remained alarming enough,

Not to him, and I suppose not to you too,

You’re a man too, after all,

And this world… is the man’s world.

"The Blessing" and the "Good advice" - By "Maa - si"

To  Suruchi

Aishwaryam—my abode for the past eleven days.

Never have I been so involved with a single event in my life,

Except my own wedding…

Suruchi, you are the daughter I never had…

Beautiful, caring, sweet and rebellious,

Independent, bold and your own person in so many ways…

Defying your mother just like I have done all my life…

May you find happiness in myriad ways and grow into a lovely wife,

And a caring daughter-in-law.

This is the blessing the whole world will give you…

But I would say it differently…

I would tell you to…

Take a stand for things that matter to you,

To be independent in your views and not just an echo of your other half,

To be ambitious and to follow your heart…always,

To not be judgemental and look at people in all shades of grey,

To be indifferent to selfish people, false pretentions and hypocrisy…

To be self-reliant today and always,

And finally to find happiness in ways that matter to you.

Bless you both, with all my heart.

- Gauri Misra