Divine Choice
In worshipping you, I rejoice. In praying for your Shakti to seep in, I find my voice. The dhakis dhak* beats, the dhanuchi dance*. Your radiant presence silences all noise. I become one with you...it’s all your divine choice. Oh Ma Durga! You are here with me. Giving me strength as much as can be. There is peace and joy all around. My humble self, immerses in the happiness sea. My inner being joins me in this glee. *dhak—a kind of drum, *dhanuchi dance—dance with a clay pot of burning fragrant material to invoke the goddess
Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick
Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick is a scientist, a poet, an editor and a literary curator. She has published ten books. Her poems have been translated into forty-one languages and have been widely published in national and international journals and anthologies. She promotes peace, multilingual, global and indigenous poetry. Paramita also promotes awareness of conservation and climate change through poetry. She is the President and Initiator of the Mumbai chapter of IPPL. She is also the Cultural Convenor and Literary Coordinator of ISISAR.