Indian goddess/American freakshow
Call me crazy, but if my baby was born with two faces, like little Lali of Saini Sunpura, India, I’d be a little freaked out. People in India, however, are recieving this new little bundle of joy, in a very unusual manner. Lali is to be hailed the reincarnated goddess, Durga. Her family will go from being impoverished farmers, to living the good life.
This is a perfect example of how very different our cultures are. If Lali were my baby, I would be at the surgeons office, asking what we could do to remove one of the faces. Can you imagine the ridicule that Lali would suffer if she were to live among American children? She would be treated like a freak. I’d be one very protective and concerned mother. Thank goodness she lives in India, where her peers will be bowing before her, instead of verbally bashing her.
You can read more about amzaing little Lali by clicking this link: Lali, the goddess.
Photo: Gurinder Osan / AP
Indian in rural areas tend to be superstitious, and a lot more religious than urban folk. If she had been born in a city, I am afraid she would have been taunted and called a freak. City dwellers are less likely to connect a deformity to mythology.
I was a little disturbed that they haven’t had a CT scan yet to determine if her internal organs are functioning well. I hope the entire village isn’t getting carried away by all this attention. Giving her a chance at a normal life would be better for her, than lighting lamps to her devotion, or whatever.
I would hardly consider any human life a freakshow just because someone looks different than “normal”.
Nor would I. I’m simply stating the fact that children in this country are cruel and my fear, as a mother, would be that she would be treated like a freak. I would do anything to keep that from happening.
You said that you would be “freaked out”. I wish that you would rephrase your words. Human life is special. Diversity should be embraced. Kadi, you can be rather mean. I am thankful that I am not your husband.
I embrace diversity. I, more than many people these days, know how special human life is. I would be freaked out that people would not treat the baby as the gift from God that she is. The post conveys me feelings accurately and I will not rephrase anything.
I too am glad that you are not my husband.