Indian Mythology - Tumblr Posts
In deewano ki mohabbat se door raho bhole ke nashe mai choor raho-Translation-stay away from the love of these men,be intoxicated in Shiva's name
๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช๐ท ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ At the time of birth, the female child is stronger than the male, yet as adults men are considered stronger than women. In Hindu mythology, knowledge, power and wealth are represented as three goddesses: Saraswati, Parvati and Laxmi.
Feminism is not about fighting 'against' men for the betterment of society. But fighting 'along with men. We should be able to move with them shoulder to shoulder as our ancestors could. Females need to stick together and stop behaving like crabs and trying to bring down others. We are not seeking sympathy or pity. Before taking on the streets we should be sure that no matter what we will support, cheer and help each other. We need to be strong enough to say the truth and refuse to accept the wrong.
Women were not oppressed in ancient times, they were treated equally to men. But we divided ourselves on different grounds of religion, caste, colour, region and gender. Our goddesses have equal importance as our gods. And if we truly are their children and a part of them is within us, then why are we so distant towards each other?
My views might not resonate or be appreciated by some people. But it is alright. All of us should be able to express our thoughts because that is how conversations and debates are carried forward.
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The lesbian story in question
In the absolute highlight of my week, I was talking to my (very sheltered) grandma (Lived in a village of a thousand people all her life in an absolutely orthodox family, has trouble with the concepts of multiple countries and time zones, absolutely unaware of a thing such as homosexuality)
I told her that these days even two women or two men can get married. And then if they want children, they can adopt. And she's like oh I haven't heard of that, is this more of a thing in foreign countries ( we live in India). I explained yeah, but there are people in India who do it too.
She pondered a bit about, yeah they can't have biological children (didn't want to go into the whole surrogacy sperm donation thing), but adoptions great! A child gets parents and parents get a child!
Then for the part I was absolutely not prepared for, she proceeded to ask me about the sex. Keep in mind this is an 80 year old woman who reads scriptures and mythological stories all day.
The way she asked was also amazing, because we don't share the vocabulary for sex, or lust, or sensual desire. She tells me a story about Diti and how she really wanted her husband Kashyap one fine evening and Kashyap kept saying no "because it's evening time and the gods will curse us" (amazing reason to not have sex Kashyap, 10/10, gonna use this when I'm not in the mood next time)
So my Grandma says, what do these two married women do if they feel like that. And I am speechless. I did not expect that from my sweet grandma. And idk what to say. So I tell her, well they get married when they're in love with each other (arranged marriage is the norm here). She's like, yeah ofc and looks at me like I'm not understanding her question. "Love is awesome, but" proceeds to tell story again, "what do they do for that?"
One of the great regrets of my life that I was not ready for that and told her a lesbian story from mythology and moved on.
I am in awe of this wonderful woman.
I am so so happy. What a wonderful woman. I hope someday when I encounter a strange concept I've never heard of, I respond to it with that open curiosity and acceptance.
