dhak beats
every woman
a Durga
every woman
a Durga
The dhak (a drum played with two sticks) is considered the heartbeat and spiritual call of Durga Puja and other Bengali Hindu religious celebrations. It symbolizes the arrival of Goddess Durga and the triumph of good over evil.
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Vandana Parashar is an associate editor of haikuKATHA and one of the editors of Poetry Pea and #FemkuMag. Her debut e-chapbook, I Am, was published by Title IX Press (now Moth Orchid Press) in 2019, and her second chapbook, Alone, I Am Not, was published by Velvet Dusk Publishing in April 2022. She won the 2025 HIGH/COO Chapbook Award, and her third chapbook was published by Brooks Books. She is a Lord Shiva devotee, but believes in goodness of thoughts, words and deeds rather than following elaborate rituals to appease God. She likes to spend time with nature and herself.
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