Thousand
Full Moon: Meera Sham Dasharath
Contributed
By: Dr. Raghunath Boradkar
My wedding
date was a month away and every one including the elderly ladies in the house
started advising me on the do’s and the don’ts for a married woman. They
started giving me reasons behind rituals, explaining good and bad omens and the
general code of conduct. Finally the day arrived.
As I was
entering the marriage hall I remembered to put my right foot forward as that
was what I was asked to do. The next day my sister-in-law brought a three
strand Bindi (a head ornament) for me to wear. As I was fastening it the
string broke and all the beads scattered all over the place… After the marriage
ceremony as is customary my husband and I carried a big serving plate of Jalebis
to serve in the pangat (rows of people enjoying the feast). Due to the
pressure of the big dish a few of my green glass bangles broke… At the
reception a boy came running and announced that there was a fire in one of the
corners of the pendol and every one rushed there… After the wedding ceremony it
was customary for the groom’s family to take the new bride and the groom to the
groom’s house. But since my in-laws had some inconveniences my husband and I
stayed back and joined them after two days…
Four so
called bad omens had occurred in a row. But my entire married life went on
smoothly. My children are also happily married and well settled in their
respective families.
I wonder
some times what would have happened had my in-laws perceived me as ominous?
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