Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
It is a name, a name in an Indian Hindu family belonging to an Assamese Muttuock community. It is the name of my lovely ‘beti’ (daughter), who always accompany me as a guide, a beautiful realisation of motherhood for the second time.
In Assamese the term ‘Chanasya’ stands for “Chandrataap”. Chandrataap is a sacred piece of cloth in white with red pleated border. It is a kind of a shroud – close to God, close to the holiness. The picture below shows the Chandratap hung above tied to the pillars. These are stitched in various sizes, often in a squared shape.
The people of the Assamese community offer prayers in namghar or in thaan, or in sattras. All these places have significant role in making the belief system of faith, of hope, of union with God.
I miss my dear daughter, but somewhere when I recall her good name, I take solace in the thought that she is safe in her heavenly abode.
@jishti 2024
Sprinkled feathers 