Prof Malashri Lal illuminates a soul’s quest for Ma Tara’s grace amid invisible battles, an evocative poem on DifferentTruths.com.
Looking for a female force
to whom I could be confessional
I went seeking Ma Tara
born of Avalokiteswara’s tears
caused by the prevailing injustices.
Under the green canopy of pines
I prayed for Ma Tara’s compassion
for mine were a woman’s invisible battles of a wounded soul.
Lost in reverie, I suddenly heard
‘Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha’,
She had arrived before I had completed my supplication.
Picture from wallpaper cave
Prof Malashri Lal, with twenty-six books, retired as Professor, English Department, University of Delhi. Publications include Tagore and the Feminine and The Law of the Threshold. Co-edited with Namita Gokhale is the ‘goddess trilogy’ on Sita, Radha, and Lakshmi, as well as Betrayed by Hope, which received the Kalinga Fiction Award. Lal’s poetry collections are Mandalas of Time, shortlisted for the Tagore Literary Prize, and the recent book Signing in the Air. Honours include the prestigious ‘Maharani Gayatri Devi Award for Women’s Excellence’ and the SETU Award of Excellence. She is our Global Consultant Editor.
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