DOODLE STORIES - MY TWIN SOUL JOURNEY

"Your heart and my heart are very very old friends" - Hafiz

STORIES!!

Everywhere, every single minute of our life holds a library of tiny stories filled with animated emotions of love, gratitude, anger, fear, worry!!!

We don't playback all of our stories, yet we consciously choose to replay some of the melodious happy stories!

Let me tell you a doodle story!!!

The scene opens up with a curious tension, first day of the ninth grade and the class teacher puts me up with a tiny short girl with a grin whom I never realized was my twin soul for life!

Kalai,she wasn't a heroine,but she was a tiny angel with a ninja attitude!

With tiny fights for bench space it grew to possessive fights!

The trail to our school was a dreamy, magical path filled with colorful, happy memories that pulls me back to the roots of school days filled with innocence and purity.

We walk along the shady silent streets along with my cycle drooling over the vibrant flowers, decorative lights hanging over the balcony sighing with a dream  running behind our minds living in a beautiful house fitted with our dreams.

The nook and corner of the streets were our  open air theatre talking about the worldly affairs,injustice,life,philosophy and ending with more of dreams created in our hearts.

Annual exams posed a tension and last minute reading to all, while we watched world cup matches, discussed it all over and got lost over Dhoni's shots.

Rainy days,colourful lanterns,princess talks,cricket,long trails were the happiness factors.

We were like the two sides of a coin, her attributes were brave and beautiful while I was kind and charming. Her first bravery witness happened when she a  knocked a bully's head with an observation book. BEWARE NO BULLIES!

The years rolled by and we departed with different career choices.

Everyday phone calls shrunk to weekend talks and meeting.

Different people, different environment grew around us making our weekend talks to monthly talks and birthday surprise meetings.

Temple tanks, pradakshina paths, terrace, water tank top was our meeting  venues under the beautiful starry night sky.

In a single call we shrunk our monthly college happenings to one hour talk and we both had a transitional phase.

Sometimes we felt there was a huge gap between us,things were not as we used to be in school still we continued hopefully on our paths.

The first important lesson we learnt was the yin and yang!

Our school memories were an abode of paradise whereas the transitional phase and the new life changes created a lot of upheavals and yang made its presence totally inside us.

As I was sensitive the effects threw me a long way down and its only at those times,she would emerge without a call for help.

Things which were complicated felt simple under her practical, but magical talks.

Life still started to roll by graciously with its  many tasks to unlock!

There came a time when I no longer shared much of my inner battle with her yet she would sense my pain and come to my rescue!

Her long talks shrunk to three words,"All is Well" and surprisingly ,that was what my heart wanted to hear and here ends my playback of a beautiful story with no end.

Inspirations,lessons learnt through life experiences, downfalls and pits, sensitive alarms,sudden gaps,transformation...it all brought us to the trail where we started and dreamt .

The time I spent with her, dreams that I relished with her..are the plaster of paris :p for who am I now!!

And here is my well wisher,fairy,strong mirchi chatpata getting married to her charming prince!!
She will be there and always be there for me..Thank you my dear "Rapunzel"

"TRUE FRIENDSHIP  ISN'T ABOUT  BEING INSEPARABLE,

 ITS BEING SEPARATED AND NOTHING CHANGES"

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NAVRATRI GODDESS DOODLE SERIES - DAY 6 -KATYAYNI!

Maa Katyayani is the sixth form of Maa Durga. So the sixth day of Navratri is dedicated to Durga Katyayani. She is called Katyayani because she was born as the daughter of Sage Katya of Katya clan. Sage Katyayan performed very hard penance of Maa Bhagvati. It was his wish that Maa Durga born as his daughter. The Goddess acceded to his request. Meanwhile, army of the powerful demon Mahishasura, who could only be killed by a warrior Goddess, had reached heaven to overthrow the Gods from their abode.The trinity of Gods – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, got infuriated and they created the Goddess Durga, who was a culmination of the powers of all deities. Sage Katyayana had the first privilege to worship her, so she was also named Katyayani.

NAVRATRI GODDESS DOODLE SERIES - DAY 5 -SKANDAMATA!

The fifth manifestation of Devi Durga is known as Maa Skandamata. She is fifth among Nava Durgas, thats why she is worshiped on the fifth Navratri. Devi Maa is the mother of Kumara Skanda or Kumara Kartikeya also called Lord Murugan in south India. Thus being the mother of Skanda she is Skandamata.

Navrathri Goddess Doodle series - DAY 4 - Maa Kushmanda!

Her name is derived from the word “Ku-shm-anda” meaning “the cosmic egg.” It is said that the Devi Kushmanda formed the universe in the shape of an egg with her divine smile. She gives light to the universe through her heavenly smile.
Worshipping Mata Kushmanda removes all hindrances and obstacles from life. Devi Kushmanda governs God Sun. Devi Kishmanda blesses her devotees with long life and good health through her nectar jar which she holds in her hand

Navrathri goddess doodle series DAY 3- Maa Chandraghanta!!

It is a common tradition to worship Goddess Chandraghanta on the third day of Navratri. All the devotees of this form of Shakti pray to her on this day to get her blessings to get rid of all their distresses, physical sufferings, mental tribulations, sins, and ghostly hurdles.

People believe that she governs the planet Shukra. Her followers easily achieve success in all the fields. This form of the goddess is not different from its other forms. It only shows when the goddess is provoked. She is always ready for a war with her weapons in her hands. Her bitter form is called as the Chandi or Chamunda Devi.

She destroys her enemies and evils but for her devotees, she is a compassionate and kind mother who showers her devotees with great peace and prosperity in life. It is believed, if any of her devotees gets to hear diverse sounds and smell the divine fragrance, the goddess has blessed him.

NAVRATHRI DAY 2 - GODDESS DOODLE SERIES!!

NAVRATHRI DAY 2 - GODDESS DOODLE SERIES!!
Done on peepal leaf!
Devi Brahmacharini is second beautiful form of Goddess Durga who is Worshiped on the second day of Navratri. As her name denotes 'Brahmacharini', she addresses 'Brahma' (penance) or strong influencing tapasya. She is symbolized as the Goddess who performs Tapa or hard penance. She holds Kamandal in her left hand and Japani (Rosary) in right. She wears white Saree of bright-orange border and Rudraksh as ornament. When Shail Putri awoke about her essence love toward Lord Shiva, she decided to perform the strict Tapasya or Yoga Sadhna to delight Mahadev. She is the Goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Admiring Goddess Brahmacharini, the Rishi-Muni, disciples and devotees of Durga accomplishes their Yog-Sadhna, Pooja and penance. Solar radiations behind her head glorify her luster.

NAVRATHRI DAY 1 - DOODLE SERIES

NAVRATHRI DAY 1 - GODDESS DOODLE SERIES!!
Done on betel leaf!
On the first day of Navratri, the first form of Navadurga and the daughter of Himalayas, Shailaputri is worshipped. She is the absolute form of mother nature. Shailputri is the part of goddess that was born as the daughter of the mountain king Himavant (or the Himalaya). She is also known as Parvati, a name that comes from 'parvat' which is the Sanskrit word for mountains. Goddess Parvati was Sati in her previous birth. According to religious beliefs, Shailaputri who holds a trishool in her right hand and lotus flower on her left, blesses those who worship her. People believe that those who pray to her and have strong faith in her, she blesses them and grants them what ever they wish for.