Videha ‘िवदेह’

Videha ‘िवदेह’ थम मैिथली पािक्षक ई पिका १ नवम्बर अक्टूबर २००८ (वषर् १ मास ११ अंक२१) িরেদহ' পািkক পিtকা Videha Maithili Fortnightly e Magazine িরেদহ िवदेह Videha িবেদহhttp://www.videha.co.in/ मानुषीिमह संस्कृ ताम्pr epar at i on was under way f or put t i ng oi l and ver millon byhost t o t he women who t ook par t i n t he cer emony.Thel adi es woul d be gi ven gi f t i n t hei r sar ee and r i ce cookedin mi l k al ongwi t h f r i ed chapat i woul d be gi ven i n t hei rhands.The mar r i ed par t i ci pat es i n t hi s and f eel t hehappi ness about t he wel l -bei ng of t hei r husband,t her ef or e t he near est and dear est r el at i ves ar e cal l edf or t hi s cer emony. So t he boy’s mot her i nvi t ed t he near estcl ans-women. Any newl y-mar r i ed, daught er -br i de woul d notgener al l y come . But why anyone shoul d f eel negl ect ed?Mi nimum f i ve mar r i ed ar e essent i al , i f al l ar e cal l edt hen al so i t woul d be sevent een. She i nvi t ed one and al l .She i nvi t ed al l but among t hem Kal yani ’s name di d notf i gur e. She was not i nvi t ed.The f unct i on of Si nur har was t o be hel d bef or e t he r oomof home-goddess., t he boy’s mot her was busy i nar r angement s. Kal yani was i n east er n house’s sout her npar t i t i on. Kal yani was si t t i ng i n f r ont of wi ndow.Fr omt her e she was hear i ng and l ooki ng ever yt hi ng. The newl y-weds, daught er s, women wer e making line for Sinurhar . Thejoyous mood was al l -over and was resulting in springsof l aught er now and t hen,was enough f or changi ng moodof anyone t o a pl easant one.Onl ooki ng and over hear i ng Kal yani now and t hen wastrembl i ng. She coul d not i magi ne t hat i n Si nur harf unct i on of hi s own br ot her ’s investiture ceremony shewoul d not be pr esent . She st oods and st ands up i n f r ontof mi r r or . Ot her day she woul d f eel shy by l ooki ng at herown i mage. That l ook t oday seemed unr ecogni zabl e.Shet hought - “Why came her e? For what enj oyment ?”Her concent r at i on moved t owar ds her mot her . At once sheremember ed her gr and mot her . By her name she remember smore of silly rituals then of her affection. Everybody,her mot her and aunt i ncl udi ng,wer e i n domi nance of her141