Devi (দেবী)

Uncle

Where's father?

Look there!

Uncle

Look there!

Hail, Goddess Durga!

Take this.

Write letters for the next 12 days, one each day.

What if I don't have anything to write?

Then write the same thing.

And what if I forget?

Then you won't be forgiven.

Really?

What will you do?

You dare to forget first.

What's happened?

Why are you leaving?

I have to attend college.

I have an exam.

I have to pass it.

What's the use?

Meaning...

You're doing all this for a job

and a job means daily wages.

- Yes. - And daily wages means money.

Yes.

So are you falling short of money?

So?

When he was studying in England

was Raja Ram Mohan Roy short of money?

No.

Do you know

how intelligent your husband is?

Do you know what the professors say about me?

As if you can't be educated without learning English!

Isn't your brother educated?

Yes. He is. But it's the same old thing.

There's an age of difference between me and my brother.

Do you understand?

You don't understand?

You won't understand.

No.

Suppose I pass the exams

and get an opportunity to go abroad.

Then I'll have to go.

Will you come with me?

Why wouldn't I? I'll accompany you wherever you go.

Tell me.

What if father doesn't agree?

He won't be able to live without me.

Suppose I've convinced father.

What then?

How will Khokha stay here without me?

He will.

Will he be able to?

As if there's only one small boy.

Whatever it is.

I won't be here to call out to you as "mother" any more.

You've provided everything for me. You've helped me. You're the light of my path.

I won't be here to call out to you as "mother" any more.

I call out to you continually

as mother. Mother!

Are you still my mother?

You've become my eyes, guiding me everywhere. I call out to you continually

as mother. Mother!

Are you still the mother?

You've become my eyes.

You've endowed me with knowledge.

Mother, listen to the pleas of your son.

Can a son survive if his mother dies? I won't be there to call you

"mother" any more. You've provided everything for me. You've helped me.

You're the light of my path.

I won't be here to call to you as "mother" any more.

I'll be going from house to house and beg for food.

I won't be coming and taking shelter in your arms.

I won't be here to call to you as "mother" any more.

You've provided everything for me. You've helped me.

You're the guiding light of my path.

I won't be here to call to you as "mother" any more.

Mother! Give me something.

Mother!

The burden I've given you

are you unhappy about that, dear one?

What else can you do, mother?

This old son

can't do much for you.

Oh God!

Should I be continually thinking of you?

As if I had nothing else to do!

No.

Don't call out to me when I'm at work. Understand?

Aunt

you won't eat from my hands or do any of the other things.

Close you eyes.

Don't open them.

Open your mouth.

Wait a minute.

Give it here.

Who will you give it to?

The postman.

Give it to him.

Come back straight away after that.

Uncle postman...

You don't have to sing any more. Go to sleep.

Lie down properly.

Only then I'll tell you stories, like every day.

Now lie down properly.

What story?

It's a very good story. You'll like it very much.

Stay there. I'll be back.

Jairam!

Mother, give me some rest.

Give me some.

Does mother appear before you

just because you call her name?

Can you tell me how many people have such a mother?

Years ago

when I wasn't able to walk without a stick

if mother hadn't been there

I wouldn't have been able to come back to this state.

Do you know all the things I've done, dear one?

I couldn't find peace of mind in this world

so I thought

that going to the pilgrimage place in Tarapore would

be a good idea.

But that wasn't to be.

You came into this house.

The house was illuminated.

Then the yearning died down.

In this old age

when I've got a mother like you

She of course is the Mother Goddess.

She can make the impossible possible.

What do you say?

Do you know what worries me?

I'm worried about your husband.

Nowadays it isn't easy to cope with such a fast paced boy.

You're the only one who can control him.

He listens to whatever you say.

Doesn't he?

Does he write letters to you regularly?

Or does he miss that out too?

Does he?

Does he write letters every day?

What if I'd died of shock?

How nice that would have been!

Would it have been nice?

Then where would you listen to stories from?

Mother, who would put the dark powder around your eyes?

Mother

who would feed you?

Mother.

Then go and sleep with your mother. Why have you come here?

Tell me a story.

What story?

What story?

The demoness story.

What demoness? There are lots of demonesses.

The one that relishes the flesh

of small children.

There was a demoness.

One day she...

Mother

Mother

Mother

Why didn't you tell me this all those days, mother?

Father

what are you doing?

Prostrate before her, son.

I was told in a dream, she's the manifestation of the goddess.

O Mother Goddess, O Mother of the World

bless me.

Mother

What's happening, mother?

Mother's entered the trance of samadhi.

Mother

How are you?

Whose house is this, sister?

It's your house as of today.

Why?

Because God says so.

It's good for you:

a ground floor house. You don't have to climb any stairs.

They'll worship you in the morning and

the evening, as you're a manifestation.

Where's Khokha?

He must be somewhere. He hasn't come here.

He's terrified of father-in-law's carrying on.

I'm leaving. It's time for evening prayers. OK?

Sister

What?

Will you write a letter to him?

I will. Don't worry.

I've made a mistake, Mother.

I've made a mistake.

Forgive me for my mistake.

Forgive me for my sin.

Dear brother-in-law

I'm bringing up your wife for an important reason.

I'm not writing much in this letter.