by B. R. GOWANI
Shiva and Parvati giving a bath to Ganesha. Kangra miniature, 18th century. Allahbad Museum, New Delhi IMAGE/Wikipedia
Karna in Kurukshetra war field. A circa 1820 opaque watercolour on cloth painting. IMAGE/Wikipedia
people have a tendency to feel great about themselves
about their nation
about their religion
about their civilization
…
powerful people do this powerfully
without giving a damn to logic
Indian Premier Narendra Modi
at a hospital re-dedication ceremony,
in presence of doctors and scientists, said:
“We worship Lord Ganesh.
There must have been some plastic surgeon …
who got an elephant’s head on the body of a human
… and began the practice of plastic surgery.”
He also said:
“We can feel proud
of what our country achieved
in medical science at one point of time.
We all read about Karna in Mahabharat.
If we think a little more,
we realise that Mahabharat says
Karna was not born from his mother’s womb.
This means that genetic science was present ….
[And so,] Karna could be born
outside his mother’s womb.”
so mythical god Ganesha
had a plastic surgery
and Karna was born
of Kunti and Surya or Lord Sun
I hope nuts from other religions
don’t come out with similar nonsense
such as
a Christian could argue that
surrogacy is a Christian science
(Jews won’t accept that claim
because Jesus died as a Jew
and Christianity got introduced decades later)
because God used Virgin Mary
as a surrogate mother
and so on
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com