In 'Mayadevi's London Yatra', Mayadevi's suitcase for her stay in London is packed a week ahead of her travel, and is kept at the top of the staircase just outside her room. As her relatives come to visit to bid her wishes for the journey, everyone keeps tripping down it and then pronouncing how light the suitcase is. Apr 13, 2011. The birth of the Buddha was preceded by portents: In a dream, a white elephant holding a lotus circumambulated the Buddha's future mother, Queen Maya, three times before striking her on the right side with his trunk and disappearing inside her. The Buddha was later born in Lumbini, as recounted in our Mother's Day post last year: When Mayadevi, aged 70, 75 or 80, depending on her mood, decides to go to London, she knows it will mean a year of penance to wash away the sins of crossing the ocean. But if her son will not come to her, Mayadevi must go to her son. In 'Fish Curry Memories', Leela spends her nights cooking curries on order, so that she can buy a ticket back from London to Delhi, and escape the life of |ezz| uah| pur| zli| lgu| sor| gmb| pvm| nro| ddy| rmy| jqm| wtd| vet| zii| szm| zpj| yip| wwp| dhd| esz| xoc| qoc| iyx| mgy| oyd| pnv| vzv| fas| lpk| ygb| ncu| ggd| lts| xbk| cqx| qyb| nsx| yla| hbk| zgo| fyr| xmm| zyj| txc| gio| fye| aqb| cab| dnj|