All I can think about when I hear SHRAWAN is people clad in reds, greens and yellow dresses, dangling potes on their necks, clinking glass bangles, hands and legs filled with designs of henna and FASTING.
Every thing goes great until I imagine fasting.
Would a man live more if you stop complaining and cooperate with him or would he survive more if you fast? Well men on those days were pretty clever because the lesser energy women have the lesser they fight right?
I know. I know. Fasting and abstaining from meat is pretty healthy, during this time of the year more as the metabolism is poor and meat carry much more germs than vegetables.
But how sane would it be to push yourself to fast if your body can't cope with it and you land to hospital with your entire week's diet jumbled.
Not complaining more let's look at the better part. Everyone goes Gaga over Mehendis during Shrawan. Whether it be incorporating the name of your loved ones or your favorite football team or favorite series Mehendi is bae.
It gets better because compared to potes Mehendis don't have the marriage quota.
Aunties say darker the Mehendi the more love from your husband. It's funny how my would be husband's love is directly proportional to the chemicals used in my Mehendi.
Again I wonder how these aunties are so into darker mehendi but not into darker girls and push fairness creams every time as if fair and lovely had sponsored them .
No attacks on the religious sentiments, do what makes you feel good. If doing all of these makes you happy do it I am no one to poke my nose on everyone's business. My nose is anyway smaller compared to the Brahmin standards.
But make sure you stay away from Mehendi filled with chemicals and stop fasting as soon as you feel you can't handle it.
Happy Shrawan.
Happy Shrawan.
