She was a village girl
She never went to school
She did not know the complications of
life
She was a simple girl married to a person
Whom they called an insane
But she had a deep respect for him
She loved him a lot
In fact, she loved everybody
Whoever came to her
Her heart was full of love for every
great and small thing
She was a village girl
Who was the power of god man Ramakrishna
(*Maa Sarada or Mother, as she is popularly known as is the wife and
companion of the great Indian sage Ramakrishna Paramahansa)
YOSHODHARA
Lord Buddha left her when she was
sleeping
clinging to her son Rahul
She was abandoned
Nobody knows what was really going within
her
Was she feeling angry, helpless, insulted
helpless?
Or was she weeping alone?
Nobody knew her state of mind
She never cursed her husband
She cut her long wavy hair
Because she came to know that Goutama had
cut his beautiful hair
She used to take a little food
She slept on the floor
The queen Yoshdhara renounced all the
pleasure of the palace
Because her husband renounced all
happiness and pleasure of a prince
For the good of the universe
Buddha becomes a God, but Yoshodhara
can’t be a goddess.
SUBHADRA
Subhadra was her name
She was a little abnormal
She lost her parents when she was only
five
Her uncle brought her up
Her uncle died when she was sixteen years
old
She started working as a maid in a family
She was there for 5 years
She was a little eccentric and suddenly
left her job
Everybody tried to convince her to
continue with the family
But she refused everybody
She roamed here and there and slept in an
open verandah of a house
Everything was going on well
Until suddenly, it was found Subhadra was
carrying
The ladies tried to know the name of the
father of the baby
But the abnormal girl said firmly he who
left me behind
Can’t be the father of my baby.
Nandita
Bhattacarya (b.1963) is
working with NYKS, under Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India
since 1988. She is a prose writer and also writes poetry in Bengali and Englih.
She has translated works of many poets and writers into English. Her notable
books are Unnayaner Golpo, Mahatma bonam Gandhi (Translation of
Mahtma vs. Gandhi by Dinkor Joshi) Amar Kobit, etc. Her articles and
poems in Bengali and English have been published in several magazines, e-zines
and anthologies.
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