Pandora's Box

A few months back, while bidding adieu, my sister hung up the phone with the words "Jai Bhagwan". This was new, I thought she picked it up from somewhere and hence I ended up asking her, "what does it mean?". She in her naive words said - "Though Hinduism has the concept of Polytheism, I don't wanna differentiate and do partiality amongst God's. So from now on I will hail all as - Jai Bhagwan". She giggled and logged off, stirring some new thoughts in my head. Coming from a religious South Indian Hindu family, I was taught about religion, customs, etc. from very childhood. I never questioned nor doubted the existence of God. I still remember learning hymns from my grandmother and chanting them. There's an incident from my childhood, which I always reckon whenever I think about God. I was in 4th standard and when I lost my notebook a day before my finals, I got tensed and went crying to my Grandmother. She wiped my tears and asked me ...