Why daughters are always referred to as Goddess Lakshmi and not Goddess Saraswati or Durga? (Food for Thought by Bobby Sing)

I have never given more importance to money than is actually required. I have always kept my necessities under my control so that those could never go beyond my means. A daughter can never be a liability if one does not give much importance to meaningless social customs. My daughter was born almost at the moment when I got my selection letter for the post of Probationary Officer in a bank. As I had always adored Saraswati, I named my daughter after Saraswati only.

I admire your many of the appropriate observations Bobby dear and this article too falls in same box. Growing tendency of dowry demands from late 70s till current era, and to help the Babul in best manner through words and deeds, right from the birth of a girl where she is termed as Goddess Laxmi to become Talisman for her father in meeting all the needful demands of life including married one to developing many practically implemented idioms like " Never drink a glass of water at daughter\'s house", "Never go empty hands to meet daughter", " Sanjhi Tiyaan" etc.etc. So yes you are right to note why they were never revered to Gayatri or Saraswati initially. This has impacted into deep alpha-consciousness of females too as they choose to stay Laxmi and be a spendthrift than to think wisely and get educated with sensible demands. Its like new hindi / punjabi film song which we hate to hear but it gets banged on our heads through all media so many times that we too start humming" Char bottle vodka". So yes we must address girls with educated voices to help her develop as a better human and not just a burden on fathers, brothers, husbands and sons.
Regards
Vinay Ved

Bobby Sing

Very nicely written. RESPECT
However the problem is the people, who read your blog or visit web, are already blessed with the brain to understand this and they try their best to educate girls. Problem comes as you move outside the urban periphery where people still think this as a burden. State like Haryana is a prime example. On top of it people use chemical substances to have boy child which not only puts the life of child in danger but children born through this medium are well endowed mentally.

- a long time follower

Hi Bobby, 
So grateful that people like you and all of us reading here have that much rationale to understand this ugly truth. I feel we should just let people understand their worth and there should be no one sitting on the judges seat to tell that, Whether it be our moms or dad or brother or sister or anybody. The so called contractors of our society take the back of closed minded people, and if thats not enough, the long back written texts which we all know can/cannot be biased and glorify women as lakshmi so that they remain in that zone and never question the reality.