On recent Ganeha Chaturthi festival, sure many would have remembered this Hindu mythological story. It's of Lord Ganesha returning back to his celestial abode after having stoked himself up with scrumptious sweets, supplied by his staunch devotees.
And, finding this rare sight of round-bellied God, riding on his rodent-vehicle, really hilarious, the radiant moon would have let out a rip-roaring guffaw that would have riled Lord Ganesha. As counterblast, Lord Ganesha would have hurled a curse, saying, anyone beholding the moon on this Chaturthi day, even inadvertently, would face false allegations fused with flagrant flaks. Well, many times, many of us do encounter these uncharitable and unfounded allegations against us, for the wrongs we wouldn't have committed! A friend of mine, years back, had moved to Chennai on a job transfer.
Since she wasn't conversant with local language, she was compelled to constantly hobnob with her rather crabby neighbour. Once, when this lady had called on my friend, on sighting a sleek coffee-percolator, she cast aspersions, saying, my friend had filched it from her place, as it had gone missing! Later on, the lady did find her own percolator, the same facsimile, while scouting for something in her kitchenAt times, our behaviour and even facial expressions, too, get misconstrued, inviting excoriating allegations against us. Once, when I was sipping tea at a roadside bistro with two of my friends, one of them, feeling all mushy, had mentally meandered into a melancholic mood, moaning over her mum's infirmity since many months. The other friend was listening with a deadpan expression.
Looking at her pokerfaced look, the other friend let out a waspish diatribe, accusing her of callous and nonchalant attitude. Only to feel penitent later after perceiving how the other person too was in a poignant state, post the loss of her precious Pom pet days back. If innocuous silence can incur allegations, one can imagine the intensity when some of what we utter gets misconstrued n' morphed - ironically, when we wouldn't have meant the way it'd have been taken!Now, at workplace too, when some person would have bungled up some work, we, at times, would have received barbed allegations for that botched up work of someone else! And, when we'd have done some stupendous work, someone else snatches the credit, and again the false allegations are flung at us for having dodged our work!
How do we then counter these wrong allegations? At first, we should see whether actual 'matter' involved in these allegations is 'trivial' or 'vital'. If the matter is trifling, then best bet would be to ignore the allegations, just as we ignore dust specks on feet! If matter is of some magnitude, then with unflinching spunk, we can try battling it out, till the baseless allegations are blotted off. If it's beyond our capacity to counter allegations, then it's better to leave the matter to God and to time of course, which after all is the best healer.