The Cycle of Life
I whimpered and rolled uneasily in my crib, my mother says. What an extraordinary sample of life! She thought, and gently thumped me back to sleep.
One day I demanded to know the purpose of a girl’s life. Was it only to please my parents? To merely memorize what the teachers demanded? [...]
MA: THE LOVABLE STOIC
(Fiction)
A few years prior to her death, I visited Ma’s house in Bombay, where I grew up, the youngest of her twelve children.
During my visit, after dinner my mother and I would sit in the front verandah. We talked about life, reminisced old days and I sought her advice. She listened [...]
Female Creepers, Male Trees
Portrayal of a virgin entwined around a blossoming tree is a characteristic motif of the early Indian art (c. 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE).
Such voluptuous females with abundant jewelry, elaborate headdresses and coiffures are reminiscent of Indus Valley terracotta figurines. These figures are believed to be charged with [...]