HAPPY DUSSEHRA !

A beautiful tale of  'Satyug' a triumph of good over evil----still enchanting our kids. A story of demon Ravana who abducted Lord Rama's wife to take revenge for his sister's insult.  This was his love for his sister. He abducted Sita to take revenge but fell in love with her pristine beauty.   So were the values of that Demon that he kept her in seclusion and waited patiently for her acceptance.

Now we are in 'Kalyug,' each day with new stories. Abduction, rape, molestation, burning toddlers in the name of casteism, killing humans over animals and so on.  With so much happening on this earth, I am sure there must be much confusion up there in heavens that who are this Yug's demons and who is a sage?

The Same day we culminate 'Durga puja. It says that  Demon Mahishasura created havoc on this earth, so Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesha infused their energies and gave birth to Maa  Shakti or Maa Durga with ten hands to defeat Mahishasura.  Maa Durga ended the tyranny of this demon, and so peace prevailed all over. 

But we also worship all the Lords with gaiety, pomp, and show in this Kalyug. Why can't we restore peace and harmony? Or the powers of Kalyug's demons have increased so much that even our Lords are taking the time to reincarnate another 'Maa Shakti' to end all rapists, terrorists, goons and many such scoundrels. Today's 'Maa' just cry after despotism ......hopelessly wait for justice and dies to wait for the same.

All our festivals have great lessons for all of us to teach ....but do we take any? My five-year daughter comes back from school and tells me,  "Mam has asked us  to write all our bad habits on paper and burn it with Ravan this year." I smiled and said,"Yes," I wish it was that simple....then there would have been no more Demons in this Kalyug.