Determination

Day before yesterday morning, while I was waiting at tarmac to step into a coach I saw a duo of Grand Mother and Grand Child holding each others hand, while I was still admiring their bond I noticed that they were bare foot. It was something new that I observed which pushed me to get into a conversation with them, but to respect their private space I initially stopped myself until I saw them standing next to me at baggage belt. 

I observed that the teenager had an injured foot already and was looking for a trolley. Post assisting him I started a conversation with his grandmother asking if this was a way to express gratitude to any fulfilled wish, to which she said"it is Navratri time and during this time she wants to absorb as much energy from earth, the logic of magnetic fields". 

Before posting this blog I did my quick research and found out that walking barefoot does have multifold benefits, I however couldn't search for correlation between Navratri and earth's magnetic fields. What inspired me to write this blog was the determination with which the duo followed their ritual without thinking of the thousand eyes that were judging them and shall continue to do so for coming days. 

Seeing the injured boy I thought, was it rather safer for them to practice their ritual in areas that had lesser hazards? There comes the thin line of believes, rituals and it's implementations.

Manisha Dawar