The Badaga community is the largest indigenous social group in the Nilgiris. I was blessed and lucky to participate in the festival celebrations in Beragani and Manjoor village last December. The sacred abode of the Goddess of the Badagas is Beragani village, where the annual festival Hethai Habba (Habba means festival) is held. The deity of the Badaga community in the Nilgiris is HETHAI, the all powerful Goddess whose history is an epic of inspiration. I am grateful to my superiors at office who were understanding and gave me several days off from work to be with mom. He was there to pray for my family, gave examples from his own personal life to say why God was doing this to us, and consoled me all through those difficult days. He would call me or send me messages almost every day enquiring about my mother’s health. I am grateful to yet another friend with whom who I had lost touch for several months surprisingly called to say hello. I am grateful to a friend who transferred a huge sum of money to my account overnight and insisted that I return the money only after my mom is back from the hospital When one of her brothers stroked her head and consoled her that all would be fine, mom was visibly happy. I am grateful to some of my relatives who rushed to the hospital to visit Mom. He put on a brave face throughout the ordeal, while I knew what he was going through within. I am grateful for a caring brother who broke down when my mother was upset saying that she was a burden to all of us. He wept with me when I could not bear my sorrow, and was constantly in touch with my mom reassuring her that everything will be alright.
I am grateful to have got an understanding husband who was there beside my mother, said the right words and did the right things. Only then I realized how much he loved her.
He would recollect all the good old days he spent with mom and kept saying that she had the best of everything in her life. He was miserable the whole day when she was in the ICU post operation. He would just hold her hand and say a few soothing words which would be enough for my mother to smile and go to sleep. I have never seen my dad shed a tear in my entire life. I am grateful for having a dad who was with mom all the time, consoling her and assuring her that she would be fine.
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