Invisibilia
BONUS: The Prayer
Dec 7, 2018
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- The daily Hindu prayer ritual served as a way to reconnect with the narrator's father and find strength during a challenging period.
- Reciting the prayers became a means of channeling the narrator's father's love and support, leading to the restoration of their voice.
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Childhood Memories and Hindu Traditions
The podcast episode explores how childhood memories and Hindu traditions shape and influence the narrator's life. The narrator's father performs a daily Hindu prayer ritual called poja, which leaves a sacred mark on their foreheads. The father's dedication to preserving Hindu traditions inspires the narrator, who eventually learns the translated prayers and recites them in their daily life. However, a life-altering event takes away the narrator's ability to speak, and they undergo a transformative journey to rediscover their voice and reconnect with their father through the prayers.
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