As the month of September roars on, all the offices of Blue Caramel has seen a flurry of activities but not actual results. The proverbial "blank shots" have been fired left, right and central. An important development from the Udaipur office has been the re-induction of Ms Heena Pathik. Heena who used to be associated with us at Jaipur, has now resumed duties at the Udaipur office. Sanjay, Santosh and Mehul are yet to draw first blood in this month, which in a way is the starting point of the many important festivals that Indians celebrate in a huddle, starting with Ganesh Chaturthi.
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Ganesha, the Hindu God of Wisdom revered as the Remover of Obstacles. Worshiping Lord Ganesha at the start of any auspicious work, it is believed, leads to the successful culmination of the same and hence the deity has a place of great prominence in the hearts of Hindus all over the world. The story of Ganesha is a very unique one. Hindu mythology states that Lord Ganesha, who is depicted as a deity with a human body with the head of a tusker, is the son of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati. According to a legend, Goddess Parvati created a child like figure by sculpting clay and sandalwood paste and then infused life into the child. The child so created was entrusted upon by Parvati to guard her and protect her. When Lord Shiva came to see Goddess Parvati, the child oblivious to the fact that the mighty Lord was in fact the husband of Parvati and in turn his father, refused entry to him. This enraged Lord Shiva and a vicious fight began. The child or "Gana", a semi divine figure, who was outclassed by the powers of Lord Shiva, nevertheless continued to combat the mighty deity, as he put his responsibility and commitment to his mother over anything else. Soon, in this battle of the unequals, Shiva beheaded the child.
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When Parvati came to know of this, she flew into a rage and the grieving mother took on her husband. When Shiva understood the series of events, he too admired the dedication and loyalty of the "Gana", his child and was filled with remorse. As he had beheaded the child, he got the head of a tusker and fitted it onto the child's body and then infused life into it. The child sprang into life albeit with the body of a child and the head of a tusker and was named "Ganesha".
The story of Ganesha has a lot to be learnt from for the Blue Caramelers.
1) Dedication and loyalty that Ganesha showed to fulfill the commitment that he had given to his mother is something that should be imbibed by all.
2) Ganesha continued to fight against Lord Shiva fully knowing that he was fighting against all odds. But the important thing is that he kept on fighting.
3) Last but not the least is that the dedication and unwavering focus on the committed job at hand coupled with a never-say-die-attitude was even recognized by Ganesha's adversary Lord Shiva and eventually Ganesha was rewarded and he become a divine deity "Gana+Ish (lord)" from being an ordinary semi divine "Gana".
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Ganesha, the Hindu God of Wisdom revered as the Remover of Obstacles. Worshiping Lord Ganesha at the start of any auspicious work, it is believed, leads to the successful culmination of the same and hence the deity has a place of great prominence in the hearts of Hindus all over the world. The story of Ganesha is a very unique one. Hindu mythology states that Lord Ganesha, who is depicted as a deity with a human body with the head of a tusker, is the son of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati. According to a legend, Goddess Parvati created a child like figure by sculpting clay and sandalwood paste and then infused life into the child. The child so created was entrusted upon by Parvati to guard her and protect her. When Lord Shiva came to see Goddess Parvati, the child oblivious to the fact that the mighty Lord was in fact the husband of Parvati and in turn his father, refused entry to him. This enraged Lord Shiva and a vicious fight began. The child or "Gana", a semi divine figure, who was outclassed by the powers of Lord Shiva, nevertheless continued to combat the mighty deity, as he put his responsibility and commitment to his mother over anything else. Soon, in this battle of the unequals, Shiva beheaded the child.
When Parvati came to know of this, she flew into a rage and the grieving mother took on her husband. When Shiva understood the series of events, he too admired the dedication and loyalty of the "Gana", his child and was filled with remorse. As he had beheaded the child, he got the head of a tusker and fitted it onto the child's body and then infused life into it. The child sprang into life albeit with the body of a child and the head of a tusker and was named "Ganesha".
The story of Ganesha has a lot to be learnt from for the Blue Caramelers.
1) Dedication and loyalty that Ganesha showed to fulfill the commitment that he had given to his mother is something that should be imbibed by all.
2) Ganesha continued to fight against Lord Shiva fully knowing that he was fighting against all odds. But the important thing is that he kept on fighting.
3) Last but not the least is that the dedication and unwavering focus on the committed job at hand coupled with a never-say-die-attitude was even recognized by Ganesha's adversary Lord Shiva and eventually Ganesha was rewarded and he become a divine deity "Gana+Ish (lord)" from being an ordinary semi divine "Gana".
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