Maa Saraswati does'nt live in America!!!
I travel for 2 hours everyday in New York City's Subway. New York City's Subway is very interesting and you can see lot of stuff in it. Sometimes I feel half of the city lives here. I really cannot explain what all kinds of people I observe everyday.
Today I saw something and which really made me write this blog.I saw a good looking hot chic sit just opposite to me. She saw me for a while then she started looking at the other side. Suddenly I saw there was a page of morning newspaper (AMNEWYORK) lying near her feet. She pulled the paper with her feet and held it between her feet and started reading it. She never picked it up to read though. The paper lay down on the floor in between her leather claded high ankle boots.
I thought where is Maa Saraswati here(Goddess of Knowledge according to Hindu Religion). Is'nt she getting angry and cursing this hot chic? Where is she and what is she doing? Ever since I was small I was always told, never touch a paper with your foot, even if it did touch my mistake always ask for mercy to Maa Saraswati by picking it up and touching it to your forehead. Well this was well cemented culture in me. I was feeling odd and it was funny thinking about this while I saw this good looking hot chic holding the paper with her feet while reading it.
So an open freaky question is there no Hindu Gods in America? Are'nt they getting angry? Furious? Where are they?
1 comment:
I too was instilled with the same set of rules throughout my childhood. In fact I feel that those messages are now deeply embedded in my psyche. I'll probably do my bit of transferring it as well.
However, what I remember thinking about often are the numerous paper pieces (from newspaper, novels, magazines etc.) that litter our roads and market places. Don't we place our feet over it? I wonder what do our God's think of that...or perhaps it is forgiveable for what can one do about that right... cleanliness out here being the way it is. Or perhaps the good Gods do not really care. If we can place our feet on earth - goddess as well - then I guess we can place our feet everywhere.
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