It is a surprising fact to know that most women to claim to keep a 'fast' on Karva Chauth, do everything but that precisely.
They're waking up at 5:00 a.m. to gorge on Paranthas and Sweets, sleep until 12:00 p.m. - Do Puja at 4:30 and then they can have any kind of liquid they want.
At 7:30, they're onto breaking the so-called fast and eating to their heart's delight.
And for all that, they expect their hubbies to buy them gifts, new clothes and what-nots.
I had dinner at 8:30 last night, worked until 5:00 a.m. - and then woke up at 12:30. All this while, I didn't take a morsel of food or glass of water. Thats 16 hours of fasting for you - without intention or reason. So am I really a bad person for not keeping the Karva Chauth Fast?
Or can I rejoice in knowing as much that as long as my husband loves me and I love him - there really isn't a reason to blackmail God for a long life.
I just want a happy one.. thats all!
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one thing that I dont understand in all this is.. why only women has to suffer? I mean do fasting? why not men? (nothing that I will start fasting.. am already thin.. dont want to vanish.. :p)
made cooler by Dhaval Faria on October 11, 2006 10:09 AM
Dhaval: LOL on the vanishing part :P Our mothers and grandmothers may be sincerely fasting and starving themselves for sheer love alone.
But nowadays women are neither fasting themselves, nor are doing this for love. Its for material reasons or for 'tradition'.
Then whats the point of having traditions when their true meaning is not lived up to?
made cooler by Lime on October 11, 2006 12:15 PM