MAA: Magnetic - Absolute - Achiever

MOTHER – A six letter word that envelops the entire universe in itself.

Haven’t we all experienced the joy of witnessing a seed bloom into a flower?

Well, that’s exactly what and how a mother feels when she sees her child, her very own creation, ripe to a grown-up, independent person! That second-by-second, minute-by-minute feeling of ecstasy, euphoria, solace, exuberance that she feels when she sees this transformation is an emotion that is beyond the bounds. Isn’t it so?

If we want to really understand the genesis of mother in her entirety, our minds will obviously flashback to the nostalgic memories that we have, culminating from the various stories and poems we have read and heard in our childhood. Since times immemorial we have heard, even narrated stories on how a mother nurtures, endures, sacrifices, supports her child unconditionally and consistently, how she plays a strict disciplinarian, the one who withholds the various choices for her child, whose demands and desires for her child can be unending!

Well, do we all agree with what has been aforesaid? (am sure the answer is unanimously in affirmation J) In fact most of us can even associate with it, having experienced motherhood on our own.

But let’s think over it. Is this all that a mother is? Isn’t she the APEX structure of surpassing magnificence; a creation who is exceedingly beyond just feelings and emotions? Is she also not a WOMAN who is multi-faceted?  

A Mother – A Woman has diverse forms. She is Draupadi, who is hard enough to face humiliation, still fight a war and win it too. She is also Saraswati, signifying that knowledge and wisdom is not gender biased. Yet she is Sita, who can stay alone, raise her children all by herself and can refuse to give agnipariksha meaninglessly. Not to forget she is Parvati, who believes that marriage doesn’t mean letting go of your identity. She is also Kali, who propagates that it is simply okay to be dark complexioned, ok to mess up with your looks sometimes, yet stand with conviction and be proud of yourself. She is THE Lakshmi, who can handle her finances well enough. She is the effervescent Ganga, who can leave her mark wherever she goes. And of course she is Adi-Shakti, who is far away from all limits and control.

So on this Mother’s day, let us all say cheers to the spirit of a Mother; who is as Divine as Durga; The ONE for whom just 108 names are not enough yet we call her MAA!

Here's a picture of my me sharing the frame with my MAA. Lucky frame :)