![]() ![]() ![]() She would have woken much earlier, for she would have showered, then finished her half-hour morning puja, made filter-coffee and be well into making lunch. I would sip my tea standing on the veranda, watching the sun make its way up the horizon, listening to the songs on the radio accompanied by mum’s voice joining in as she busied herself in the kitchen. Every morning I would be woken by Vividh Bharati’s 6 am devotional music program which featured songs like my choice of the day. ![]() This song has sent me hurling back in time to my school years. From its annals of collective memory, it shows me the joy of Lord Rama’s birth and from my own personal memory, it shows me the joys of celebrations past.Īs I pick the song for today I am haunted more than by just Ramanavami. Thankfully for me, unlike Scrooge’s Ghost, my Ghost only shows me warm and wonderful memories of Ramanavami. Is this how it is for everybody? Do we all go through life shaped and then haunted by an unchangeable past and hemmed in by an unpredictable future? I wonder, what past am I creating today? How will it haunt me later? Just as Scrooge was haunted by this Ghost, I too feel the presence of the Ghost of Ramanavami Past all around me today. His amber-robes appear like lightning, pure, captivating.Dickens was a clever fellow, wasn’t he? I reckon he hit the nail on the head with the Ghost of Christmas Past. His image exceeds myriad Cupids, like a fresh, blue-hued cloud - magnificent । ![]() Who has fresh lotus eyes, lotus face and lotus hands, feet like lotus and like the rising sun ॥1॥ O mind! Revere the benign Shree Ramachandra, who removes ‘Bhav’ the Sorrow or Pain,’Bhaya’ the fear, and ‘Darun’ the scarcity or poverty. If we do find the remainder, we will add them here. Unfortunately in this case we were only able to find the first 5 of 8 verses for this version. Normally we do our best to provide a full translation. ![]()
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