Passage 20

In English

These lights and microphones which we now use may fail us at any moment. If there is a wick and oil, the lamp will continue so long as the oil and wick are there. These three components are called , and . here stands for the wick and stands for the oil and if the wick and the oil are there, we can get the ; but if either of them is exhausted, the would disappear and the disappearance of is called or disappearance of all action. This kind of was lit and put in the verandah of their house by every day. All the ladies of had the tradition of going in a line and light their own lamps from the particular lamp lit by . As was growing and coming of age, the number of women coming to that verandah was dwindling gradually. The reason was that the mothers-in-law and the husbands in each household who could not recognise the true form and nature of were preventing the young women from going there. However, those husbands and mothers-in-law who had good feelings at heart permitted the women to continue this tradition. They not only permitted but encouraged the continuance of such a practice. In the pretext of lighting this , the used to go to ’s house and come back with their hearts filled with bliss.