Myth and celebration make for heady combination and the book Forever Friends: ‘The Gods and their Vahanas, makes for an interesting read
In hand is a book with a difference and ‘actually it should be my grand daughter who should be reading i. But it ‘draws attention of this old woman for its beautiful art and fine imagination as it tells stories of gods and their Steed or vehicles they rides they negotiate heaven and earth in great solidarity of the human and the animal world. The glossy ‘cover and paintings entice me to open it. ‘There one is face to face with a lite girl ‘named Nandi telling her story. Yes her name is Nandi and don’ think am mixing up things for you are thinking of Nandi the bull that Lord Shiva would ride in glory. Hold on for a while thistle girl Nandi has an interesting story to tell. believe it or not? Clad in a feisty pale yellow top with a print of ‘orange blossoms coupled by green lowers and sporting a fringe cut of her jet black. hair she holds a bouquet of flowers and holds forth with a smile: “I am Nandi: My father, a sage called Silada, prayed for long years to Lord Shiva to be blessed with a ‘child, Lord Shiva blessed him and I was born."