Retelling the Ganesha story!
I like to celebrate my festivals with stories, music, flowers - oh and food too. I wanted to tell and explore the allegoric narrative of Little Ganesha (Elephant-headed Hindu deity) with my 3 year old who obviously stayed on with his listening ears, till we got mid-way. So the full version had to go somewhere. Again this is the same old narrative, but with some bells and whistles - It is a beautiful day in the life of Ganesha and Karthikeya (Brother). Their parents Shiva (Father) & Parvati (Mother) tell them "Oh little ones, we are about to have a fun race between the two of you. Whoever comes around the universe first, gets to be the winner and do I have to say, you get a prize too (apparently the fruit of knowledge) and...before you could think twice, let's get you on your mark and GO!" Little Karthikeya jumps on his peacock (his mount or vehicle) which can fly at the speed of light, and goes vrooommmmm into the skies! Ganesha on the other hand has a Shrew (mouse-l...
