Friday, November 9, 2007

Miracles do happen!

I read about the case of a girl called Lakshmi born in a village in the Indian state of Bihar with a partially formed twin - thus giving her four arms and four legs. As usually happens in such cases, the villagers flocked to her home to have a look at the "re-incarnation" of Goddess Lakshmi. One can argue that the Hindu Goddess in question has 4 arms but not 4 legs. However, superstition and logic don't go hand in hand, do they? Lakshmi though was lucky to have parents sane enough to know that their daughter needed medical treatment.

A team of specialists with the Sparsh Hospital at Bangalore operated on her for 27 hours. Lakshmi was separated from her twin and is on her way to a complete recovery now.

I never believe in Ganesha idols drinking milk or sea water turning sweet or statues weeping tears of blood but news such as this makes me think that if ever there was a miracle this is one!

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