God calls for Birds

Spiritual Homecoming

Ganpati (Indian God) in Madhubani Style Painting by Shringi Kumari

“O Naadan Parindey Ghar Aaja”
O Naive Bird, Come Back Home

The song kept buzzing in my head. It annoyed my seemingly well-settled soul. There is no home, that I needed to be. There is no home, that wasn’t made of too many walls. There is no home, where warm food could take away the stench of forced human belonging. For all the things I am, a naive bird, I was not.