gods of their liking

in bharat the land of deities

no matter where one looks

one finds pictorial representations

of the 'trinity' especially

shiv & vishnu

thats not a bad thing in itself

but for the fact that

they all look like fat shopkeepers


talk about making god in your image

or your desired state's image

or simply your liking & convenience


in the last 100 years one can

see these representations

change

from leaner to fatter


not surprising in a decaying culture

which sees chubbiness

as a sign of prosperity

and fattyness as the emblem of 'personality'


the female deities

are all based on faces/physiques

of popular bollywood actresses


even the representations from the west

convey more deitylike qualities

simply bcoz they don't suffer

from the worship of plump bollywood stars


if this is what is being worshipped

one is not surprised by the results


pictorial human representation of deities

belonging to other dimensions

is a subtle tricky process

requiring coming together of the

best of everything

not a pandering to the

convoluted programmed aspirations of the

lowest common denominator