The three sisters ... maya uma and mamata

India is a land of strange coincidences, we see every spirit of human nature represented somehow somewhere. I just thought of three sisters of Indian Politics - Mamata (didi), Maya (bhenji) and Uma (didi) and saw how different qualities in each reflect the true world.

Let us first understand the literal meanings of the three names. Mamata or motherhood is the love for a child. Maya is an illusion, a veiling over the truth. Uma means "luminous or serene". But when we look at the conduct of the three political sisters, there are facets of the opposite in all three.

In Mamata we see a woman who stops her car to apply band-aid to an injured person near the vijay chownk (5.6.09), an act of care, love which is nothing but motherhood. But we also see in the same person a leader whose protest can lead to violence and death. Unconditional love and violence (for whatever reason) are the extreme personalities of the same leader.

The other sister is reported by media as a collector of lot of wealth in form of gifts from party men. She may be using the wealth for welfare of poor but her actions appear to be actions full of the earthly desires. Many of us believe that Maya is illusion because its only the nature (Brahman/ universe) which is truth but we forget that it is Maya which causes the material world to be seen. The Maya in behanji understands that without the economic uplift-ment of the poor , the social uplift-ment is not possible. So, she also represents two extremes of personalities one of Maya and other of Mahamaya (who works for the poorest of poorest)

The third sister or didi is the one full of enlightened. On one hand Uma carries the best of philosophical thoughts, is a thought leader in her might and actually an enlightened soul (a true sanyasin) but on other she is full of anger, lack of patience and is notorious for her temperament. The split in her brain was once completely analyzed by the Times of India when she challenged her father (remember pitta putri and all) .

But the fact is that each person is a split personality and the three sisters are no exceptions. Every person is a combination of Black and White. The scholars claim that no person is black or white completely but everyone lives in shades of Grey. However I believe that every person is a dual personality , he acts sometimes from his enlightened self and sometimes from his dark self. A person never does a half harm or a half good. So, the best understanding is that a person either has a good conduct at some time and a bad conduct at other time.

When we look an average women in a house - sister, mother or wife, (like the world of Indian politics) she is full of all - Maya, Mamata and Uma. She is full of unconditional love for her child. But she is full of earthy desires as well. She would wish her child should get good marks, admission in good college, high salary, beautiful wife, promotion and more. Blinded by these illusions she will keep fasts, visit pandits, pray to God and consult astrologers. By doing all this she never realizes that by her Mamata she has made a child weak. Her earthly desires appear to have a precedence over the happiness of her child. Even though she does all this out of her mamta but she never realizes the harm she has done to her child.

And then there is one more aspect. In her quest for Maya and Mamata , the lady forgets the true happiness of her child. Lost in the external world she would like her son to become an engineer when he wants to be a painter, She would like him to prepare for IAS when the child wants to work for an NGO, she would force her child into matrimony when the child still wants to be single. Every mother blinded by her desires cannot look into the true happiness of her child. She always thinks that her definition of happiness is correct and whatever her son is talking is out of his immaturity. A mother always remain blinded by Maya and Mamta but unless that UMA (Enlightenment) comes to her she cannot understand the happiness of the child. It may also happen that she works with very good and noble intension, but instead of giving happiness to her child she is always blinded by the illusions. She initially brings up her child through her mamta and then through the lenses of her maya. But she never looks into the enlightenment. All I wanted to say is that it is high time that the three sisters should come above this motherly or earthly love and should take an informed decision for their children (citizens of their respective states).

But whatever may be the intension - good or bad. It's now not only a time to rage a war against the lie.. but also replace it with the truth.

I hope the message goes home.