Our society/cuture/tradition/religion/caste or whatever u call it, has not always been the one with a male-domincated thinking. There was one instance, they told --
"மாதா பிதா குரு தெய்வம்."A mother does everything that she can (or) even more than what she can, for her kid, what we call by a very simple term "nuturing the kid". But, who takes all the pride et.al..."THE MAN" but he actually is just "a man".
Is he called a father, because he is the kid's mother's wife? What else has he done as being a father? He can be called a father only if he has done at least a little bit of what the mother has done. A financial helper, who can buy rice and dhall for the mother to cook is not all that is required.
Only if the father is able to instill a fwwling that I am your second mother, the kid wil cherish the relationship and feel the coziness of the relationship.
Their presence must be felt in their absence also.
Even after a person grows up, he must be able to appreciate the efforts put by his/her parents in bringing him/her up.
Whether u r elated (or) sedated, the people u remember at that moment are the one's who have really made you to what you are today.
At this moment, I remember Amma, Appa and Shankar (no specific order). I can remember a little of Meera (my niece) too!
I wrote this when i was having heavy fever and feeling very lonely at home... :)
PS: Only today I realized that "Matha Pitha Guru Deivam" is a very popular adage in Tamil language. Somehow, I had a thought that it was in Sanskrit.
See this link: "Matha Pitha Guru Deivam" is a very popular adage in Tamil language. This means the greatest "Truth" is the mother (Matha) who gives entry to this world by giving birth to us. Next comes father (Pitha) , because it is the mother who knows the truth about the father and she points us to the father. The father then takes us to the teacher (Guru) and it is the guru who then points us to God (Deivam). Here God represent the "Our Real Self".
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