Ai Giri Nandini

This  stotra known as "Mahisasur Mardini" is said to be very powerful. Each year on Durga-Ashtami, we visit the Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi and they perform this stotra  during the aarti. I have to admit, it does have a very powerful impact. I remember playing this stotra and the Hanuman Chalisa in a loop on Winamp during the days and nights when I used to work on my MCA project and studies.

It is again that time of the year, when I start to feel better. The weather is being pleasant, at least in the mornings and there is that feeling of "Durga Pujo" round the corner. Life from here on till March-April beginning is cool with one festival after another following in quick succession. The weather as I said earlier too supports the festive fervor to the fullest.

Speaking of goddess, I am privileged to have acquaintance with two of them. One is of course my mother. I have never come across an individual so selfless and sacrificing as her in my life. Even till date, I see that she is so forthcoming to sacrifice pretty little things for someone else's cause. I have seen her as the workhorse of housework for years and I am ashamed to admit that I may not have given the credit she deserved for this work during my younger days. I have taken her for granted so many a times in the past and yet her interface towards me never changed. This lifetime and many more, I will not be able to repay the dues.

The other one is my wife. She has been an awesome companion to me for all these years. I have a friend with whom I can talk and behave carefree. She is always forthcoming with constructive discussions on important matters and decisions we need to make. I am not sure if I have been able to reciprocate the same towards her, but again her interface has never changed. In the past couple of months, she has shown tremendous dedication towards her duty as a mother, which frankly if I were in her place, I would have freaked out by now.

Maybe that is why god did not make me a woman.

May god bless both of them always.