What an Argument!

 

                                        What an Argument!  

My penny worth to the fire lit in the unprecedented session of the Lok Sabha. I must extend my compliments to the opposition leader’s keen sense of observation. As a staunch Hindu, I had never paid heed to the fact that the Trishul was placed behind the left shoulder of Lord Shiva and not the right one. For me, he is Mahadev, lord of the lords who just by opening his third eye can cause the apocalypse or pralay. Why would he need to lift the Trishul with his hand? Left, or right?

And even if we were to look at it not from a stance of faith but of rationality, how does the position of the aforesaid weapon prove that it was not meant to be used? Has the young leader who proposed this theory read in any shastra that Lord Shiva was right-handed? Maybe the artist who created that particular image visualised him as left-handed? Or ambidextrous? 

And after calling Lord Shiva, the epitome of Hindu religion an apostle of peace he does a complete U-turn to brand his followers as violent and vindictive! Seriously?

At the end of it, what we are talking about is just an image. The Lord as we know is niraakar…. formless and if any party, whether in chair or in opposition has to resort to analysis of images to make its presence felt, then it speaks volumes of its purpose, intent and vision.  An alarming state for any democracy.