The Hindu
Rewind to Chaya Building, Parsi Colony, Dadar, Mumbai. My mother would come with a glass of milk, singing Mira’s bhajan, ‘Jago bansi wale, jago more pyare’. I asked Brindamma what ‘Vata Patra Sayanam’ meant, and she explained that it referred to an endless expanse of blue water, with a small Banyan leaf floating on it, upon which lay little Krishna, …
