Festival goes on for entire nine days thus ‘NAVARATRI’ is also its more called name, the temples, the roads all in fabulous & glamorous with all the possible neon, LED lights, transforming big & smaller towns/cities into a format of carnival, people perform special prayers, devotees fast for nine days eating only fruits & especially food made for this fasting periods, sacrifices are made with offerings called ‘pushpanjalis’, even offerings are made to fire on the eighth & the ninth day called as ‘asthami’ & ‘navami’ followed by huge open kitchens to feed as many as possible people called as ‘BHANDARAS’, where anyone who is interested can even donate & even provide voluntary service.
This is one part of the story but the more crucial part of the story is – Do we really know our powers especially the females or as in INDIA we refer to it as ‘NARI SHAKTI’ or women power? Do we really know our rights? Are we really working upon on it? Or are we just hiding behind the cocoons of our houses thus thinking that yes we are powerful? Do we really stand for women who really needs us at the time of any emergency or then we become some speechless idols?
The point is we really need to hardy when required & not nerdy as per the circumstances demand & also we really need to know to say ‘No’ or keep in mind the fine line ‘don’t say yes when you have to say no’, we before exhibiting our powers we have to see it in us feeling empowered from inside out, not just for showbiz. Are we really praying to our hidden ‘durga’ or are we sedating the ‘durga’ inside us? Or we don’t dare to let that ‘durga’ come out & face the real world? Or are we scared to say a stench ‘no’ at the face of injustice? Real prayer will be then when we arouse our inner ‘goddess of strength’ that is in deep slumber inside us…
to be continued…