Dear parents, it is not enough to just pedestal your daughters as Goddess. Consider her as the rightful heir of the family business.

If certain custom has been patriarchal traditionally, why can’t we reinterpret it from a feminist perspective?  

Even though for most of the year we see Hindu goddess Lakshmi by Lord Vishnu’s feet, during the Diwali season, she is the center of all the celebrations. Commonly worshipped as a symbol of wealth, fortune, love, beauty and fertility; parallels to her can be drawn to the Greek goddess Aphrodite and Roman goddess Venus. […]