T3 || বাণী অর্চনা || 26য় Madhu Sriwastav

T3 || বাণী অর্চনা || 26য় Madhu Sriwastav Veena Vadini Saraswati Puja holds many memories though I can't recall my first five siblings, my grandma and my diligent mother the whole house would be active and alive getting the deity from the market place wearing yellow sarees even as kids waiting hungrily for the puja to be over to devour the prasad and the kuul… the forbidden fruit… not to be eaten till offered to the Muse student life passed to marital blues in a school the tradition went on now shouldering responsibilities then into college a larger playground with more hands to take over I focussed more on my personal space today at a ripe age Devi and her Puja make me think of our tradition the need to invoke the Devi each year today on the eve of Vasant Panchami my prayers are for knowledge that stays creativity that weaves magic in the air vitiated by the bombarding’s of internet hail stones among rains In this age of information explosion we need the blessings of the Devi all the more to keep us grounded lest we be blown by the winds of insignificance O Devi bless with discretion O Devi bless with purity O Devi bless with truth in my heart that I may tread light on this life path with the music of your Veena in my heart conscious of my life choices learning unlearning relearning from one and all!