Zindagi Safari

Prayers and rituals have always been an integral part of most of our existence- they have evolved and taken various shapes depending on an individual’s caste, creed, religion, beliefs and so on. I feel very amused however by the whole idea of associating Prayers with such limitations, and mostly by the whole “fear of God” ideology. For me, prayers have always been more of a conversation with God, a way of communicating with this higher power that lies deep down inside my soul and knows me better than anybody else. As any other child in India, I have grown up watching my mother do the rituals- lighting up an earthen lamp at the corner of the room where she kept the different pictures of God, mainly Krishna. And somehow I inherited that faith and found it easy to follow to my liking. It filled me up with this instant positive energy to face the day. Also every Thursday she would visit the Namghar, a place of worship in Assam where a group of women and children  gather and sing pray