In keeping with the times where we want to celebrate our girl children too…
As organizations grow, we often think only in economic terms (Lakshmi growth). We not think of the impact on emotions (Durga); the associated loss/gain of power. We do not think of the impact on imagination and thought (Saraswati)…
The Goddess is equated with the fierce mother and very clearly distinguished from the woman who is seen as property and object of pleasure…
It is time to stop and look at them, decode them, understand what they mean, for locked in them is wisdom of our ancestors awaiting discovery…
Like the idol of the deity in a Hindu temple, meaning comes from the devotee…