The Young India

Kartikey Sehgal

While reading a document on ‘Women in Hinduism’, I noted the sentence:

“While today we normally assume that the ‘husband is the breadwinner of the household’, traditional Hindus say that it is Devi Annapuurnaa who is the presiding deity of Foodgrains.”

Of course. This is how it works. A man goes to earn food for himself and his family. To what man would Devi give food? To a man who is honest and hardworking. And what is this idea of praying?

Take this …

Kartikey Sehgal

The title is a line from a story published at vbelonghere.blogspot.com where Baskar writes:
What I mean is, what with our anxiety about the fate of our sisters, the love we have for them, the loss that we will suffer without them, and the grief their tears will cause us, I mean what is a gift or two to purchase some peace of mind?
He then states that “The second source of anxiety is that, should your sister cry, you will come to …

Kartikey Sehgal

Chin Chiari and his family lived in a village. One day, some English speaking ladies came to the village to talk to Chin Chiari’s father. He didn’t understand anything the ladies said and asked them to speak to Chin Chiari.

The ladies were very happy to learn that Chin Chiari spoke in English. They praised him and called him “cute” and then they pulled his cheek. Chin Chiari smiled and told them that he didn’t like make-up of any kind.

The ladies asked …

Benita Fernando

Don’t tell me

The palpitating secrets of your shredded heart

I already know them.