Wednesday, December 23, 2020

The relation between the girl child and the God kartik




Especially in our Bengali society, a male child is usually regarded as the waterman assuming sailing the boat of dynasty on behalf of its forefathers in future. The specific culture, to worship Kartik idol by family members to give birth a baby, better to say a male child, by its fortunate Mother in a family leaves a mark of this phenomenal practice in the 21st century. A would be Mother is always at a psychological stake due to the prayers who are always busy praying for a male child to God just in front of herself. But the fact is that God kartik too does seldom make them happy with their cherished wishes! In other words, he betrays the prayers most of the time by not allowing their shout after wanting and even sometimes he is to be the culprit being accused of not allowing a baby itself! The mother giving birth to a girl child is usually subjected to inhumane treatment most of the time in our so-called modern society. She deserves nothing but curse from others. She also keeps calculating in her own mind while praying about what had been the miscalculations committed and what led to giving birth to a girl child. As God kartik himself is a cute boy what is wrong with him to grant others the same! Contrary, a mother giving birth to a boy child is considered as the Laxmi in the family. She deserves more love & blessings!  The newly born boy child too gets the same course as his mother. Again the newly born girl child is very lucky in a way as she had not had to be killed by drugs or any surgery earlier, as it were also very much possible when she was attached into her mother's ovary. God kartik sometimes disguised as a girl child comes in mother's dream and makes a request to her, " please don't kill me..." In this 21st century, when someone praying to God for gaining a child is as not desirable as at the same time not acceptable is the practice by any family members who are pro-patriarchal in their perspectives as well!... 

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