I was in Hyderabad for the Deepavali, last year. Our compound wall is pretty long and was wondering how to arrange deepams on the entire length. Remembered about the huge stock of materials dumped in the attic, when my wife was there. But how to climb , was the question.
There is a boy in the outhouse behind our rear wall.
‘Madhuuuuuuuu’, I cried. He jumped over the wall, climbed the attic and brought down a carton full of earthen lamps. I liked them. May be because I came from and will go back to earth, I like all products made of clay, lamps, pots even Moorthy of Ganesh for the Ganesh pooja.
Products made of clay will break, if you drop them, as we too will, one day. They won’t choke and kill animals as plastic does.
Mother Sita, who came from Earth, went back to the arms of her
Mother , leaving behind her husband, children and Kingdom. Her end was beautiful . More natural than mounting a vimanam and flying to heaven.