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Saree#25…
Finally Silver Jubilee….!
Todays Story is about An Average Woman…We are so addicted to hearing Inspirational Stories..that we have lost the Charm of looking for the ‘IT’ factor in all things average and mundane!
A Child-woman who grew up on the outskirts of Naginahalli…
from a well to do family..
faced the loss of both parents at the age of 11…
was stripped off all material things and married off at 12 to a widower who had a 7yr old of his own.
A Woman, as the village would say-
who looked Beautiful!…
who cooked wonderfully!…and
who donned the most purrfect Rust- red-Circular kumkuma on her forehead!….and
who boasted of A ferocious temper to match….!
there are these stories that if she didnt find the handa of rasam to her mark..she would carry it across and fling it into the nearest nallah and start afresh…all this in an age when good women could never ever afford to display such temper publicly.
With 11 children to rear and being a widow at 30…she had almost always managed to retain her child like humour and enjoyed life to the ‘T’…A woman who was colorful and yet lived devoid of colors for the next 45 years…
Would I call the many such Child-Women’s Life Average?
Today was the yearly Shraddh ceremony of my Grandmother at Pejawar Mutth…something we have been attending for the last 27 years…I love the food and the drive with my parents.
( They love to see me drive….all the more so when the car is driven by a kanchi-cotton saree clad chauffeur!) Finally Silver Jubilee….
Todays Story is about An Average Woman…We are so addicted to hearing Inspirational Stories..that we have lost the Charm of looking for ‘IT’ in all things average and mundane.
A Child-woman who grew up on the outskirts of Naginhalli…in a well to do family..With the loss of parents at age 11…was stripped off all material things and married off at 12 to a widower who had his own elder one at 7.
A Woman as the village would say looked Beautiful…..cooked wonderfully…and donned the most purrfect kumkuma on her forehead…..and Had A huge temper…there are stories that if she didnt find the handa of rasam to her mark..would carry it across and fling it into the nearest nallah and start afresh…women in those times could never ever afford to display such temper.
With 11 children to rear and being a widow at 30…she had almost always managed to retain her child like humour and enjoyed life to the ‘T’…A woman who was colorful and yet lived devoid of colors for the next 45 years…
Would I call the many such Child-Women’s Life Average?
Today was the yearly Shraddh ceremony of my Grandmother at Pejawar Mutth…something we have been attending for the last 27 years…I love the food and the drive with my parents.
( They love to see me drive….all the more so when the car is driven by a kanchi-cotton saree clad chauffeur!)