A Girl is a Girl.

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 Yup! You heard me right. A girl is a girl. Don't personsify a goddess into me. They chided that it is a positive message and I should not mind that. Right. This happens in India especially in the Northern Belt where one is blessed with a baby girl, people shower congratulatory anecdotes of the arrival of Goddess Lakshmi at your home ( like Unke Ghar mein Lakshmi aayi hai). Seriously! I asked, " Why Lakshmi and not Durga (the vociferous)? Hmmm...Not comfortable with a goddess at your house in human form that you cannot actually domesticate? Not comfortable with a goddesss who can question, retaliate and rebel if needed? 

Positive messages are good but this positive discrimination beyond a reasonable limit should be looked down upon with acute suspicion. To further my suspicion, I have not yet heard anyone showering congratulatory personification of  male gods Mahadev or Vishnu on the arrival of a baby boy (like Unke ghar mein Mahadev ya Vishnu aaye hai) instead it is a quite straightforward (like Unko ladka hua hai) meaning they got a baby boy. So, why it is different for  a girl? That's like when Mahatma Gandhi designated the Untouchables as Harijans (People of God), the people in question including the tall standing leader Ambedkar grew skeptic  of the intentions. 

Seriousness apart, we are Gods and Goddesses in our own right. We define our powers and we define our limitations. Period. 

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