Stradlater Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Have come to despise Holi celebrations and the hysteria associated with the festival. Also I absolutely detest Bollywood and everything it represents. What do you guys do that is quintessentially not Indian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 other than curd rice and biriyani , I hate all other rice dishes speedheat and Alam_dar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hate loudspeakers playing bhajans and all day near households as much as azaan, even garba played outside Stradlater, beetle, velu and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hate the entitlement of the elders and their belief that somehow only they are good sacrificing parents and rest of the world are just raising kids children like animals. Alam_dar, Turning_track, Stan AF and 5 others 1 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, coffee_rules said: Hate loudspeakers playing bhajans and all day near households as much as azaan, even garba played outside The jagraatas of bhajans to the tune of bollywood songs. And the namaz on public spaces .I have heard of people doing it on airplane aisles on flights to middle east and no one dare stop it for fear of offending the holy ones who have no problem inconveniencing the others. Also the bhandaaras on road sides that cause traffic problems and result in people littering the road with disposable plates and glasses. Edited February 3, 2020 by beetle Stradlater, coffee_rules, Alam_dar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Stradlater said: What do you guys do that is quintessentially not Indian? Refuse to keep karva chauth fast. Not my culture and refuse to get carried away by the commercialised fanfare associated with it. Hate it when other women go ' you don't keep karwachauth!' why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global.Baba Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 minute ago, beetle said: Refuse to keep karva chauth fast. Not my culture and refuse to get carried away by the commercialised fanfare associated with it. Hate it when other women go ' you don't keep karwachauth!' why ? Maybe can help if not for the punya atleast on the weighing scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Global.Baba said: Maybe can help if not for the punya atleast on the weighing scale Weighing scale is very happy these day ... Global.Baba and Laaloo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The mobile temples on the roads, they get some mata, hanuman or some such deity on the back of tempo or e-rickshaw, blasting Bollywood song tune based bhajans blasting on the roads, are a big nuisance. 2 years back when we visited the golden triangle, this was a very common scene, also a lot of children dressed a Ram, Durga, Hanuman and begging at traffic signals. Never seen such things happening in the south. We get eunuchs touching and asking for Chanda in the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 27 minutes ago, beetle said: Refuse to keep karva chauth fast. Not my culture and refuse to get carried away by the commercialised fanfare associated with it. Hate it when other women go ' you don't keep karwachauth!' why ? We don’t have KC in the south. We have a similar thing in the south, Bhim’s amaavasya, where the wife does puja and takes the husband’s blessing. We don’t do that in our household, even my mom never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 41 minutes ago, beetle said: Hate the entitlement of the elders and their belief that somehow only they are good sacrificing parents and rest of the world are just raising kids children like animals. True in most household, parents generation struggled more, they had less technology, child mortalities and income as well. In our class, everyone got out of poverty because of education. The entitlement comes from suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I don't like South Indian food, even though everyone in my family does. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 minute ago, coffee_rules said: We don’t have KC in the south. We have a similar thing in the south, Bhim’s amaavasya, where the wife does puja and takes the husband’s blessing. We don’t do that in our household, even my mom never did. We don't do it in uttarakhand although it is becoming popular now and there is a lot of pressure on new brides because of the constant tv serial influence on the mother in laws and others in the family....specially in delhi/ ncr. Also it is an excuse to dress up like a bride and kind of get an off day at home. No one in my family keeps except for one aunt who is punjabi. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: True in most household, parents generation struggled more, they had less technology, child mortalities and income as well. In our class, everyone got out of poverty because of education. The entitlement comes from suffering. Their parents suffered even more. We will 'suffer ' more compared to our children.It is a cycle of progress. If you choose to have children, the raising of these children is your duty and not a sacrifice to be payed back by children through complete obedience and taking over their life decisions. One of the 'elder' in my family had eight children,most of them educated and married off by his eldest son who lived his life like bonded slave because he was raised to believe it was his dharma to help raise his siblings (fathers children). This poor guy has a wife and two sons who hate him because he never had the time,love or money for them. The old man still gave sermons about sacrifice. Edited February 3, 2020 by beetle Alam_dar and coffee_rules 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, FischerTal said: I don't like South Indian food, even though everyone in my family does. I find Litti chaukha and makki di roti and sarson da saag over rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlater Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 40 minutes ago, beetle said: We don't do it in uttarakhand although it is becoming popular now and there is a lot of pressure on new brides because of the constant tv serial influence on the mother in laws and others in the family....specially in delhi/ ncr. Also it is an excuse to dress up like a bride and kind of get an off day at home. No one in my family keeps except for one aunt who is punjabi. Same here. KC used to be a minor festival before Bollywood and Ekta Kapoor turned it into a desi valentine's so much so that these days even some husbands keep the fast in order to showcase their eternal 'love' for their better half. Imagine the cringe! beetle, JourneyMan, coffee_rules and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, beetle said: I find Litti chaukha and makki di roti and sarson da saag over rated honestly I have never tried any of these lol. why do you think they are overrated? Edited February 3, 2020 by FischerTal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlater Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, beetle said: I find Litti chaukha and makki di roti and sarson da saag over rated Litti chaukha is the poor man's daal bati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 @coffee_rules don't be sad. I can tell you I hate gujju food even more and I'm pretty sure most of India does as well Laaloo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stradlater said: Litti chaukha is the poor man's daal bati. I don't like the litti.......don't mind the chaukha part though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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