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ANNULAR S LAR ECLIPSE
DISCOVERING ECLIPSE
Chavi
An unusual feeling got over me! I felt a sense of commotion,
It was my fourth month; perhaps that filled my mind with such emotion. Craving for loads of sugar was at an all time high,
And how much I missed my mother...it nearly made me cry.
“You can’t leave,” Frail voice of my mother-in-law exclaimed from the other room, “It's the day of solar eclipse, you go outside and our heir is bound to face doom.” The shadow of Rahu Ketu will create some undesirable obstructions,
Leaving the house is considered a bad omen, owing to all the superstitions.
I took it upon me to pop the bubble of myths running in families for generation,
You could mistake it for an act of gallantry, but, I gathered everyone and made a declaration. “Together we will view the solar eclipse and its mysteries!”
It is all an alluring interaction of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and their trajectories.
The mighty Sun is the star around which our Earth revolves,
And circling around the Earth is something in which Moon always involves. When these three celestial bodies come across in the same line,
Shadow of the moon conceals what we see of Sun, and it appears to not shine.
We humans could not decode the science behind this sudden loss of light, A fire of myths and superstitions hence it did ignite.
But seeing hope in their eyes with logic prevailing over fallacies, made me delighted, The barrier of delusions drove us apart, nonetheless science united.
“Now let us all experience this magnificent show,” said my father-in-law, After watching the beautiful eclipse through solar glasses, they were in awe!!
POETRY
The author is Project Associate in Vigyan Prasar. Email: chavi@vigyanprasar.gov.in
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