“Relations” indeed.
Yahoo! News - Man Accused of Having Relations With Cows
In his defence, he discloses that
He told police he never had sex with animals while maintaining a relationship with his a girlfriend or his wife, the complaint said.
To those who think India is all about annoying telemarketing calls, we say in contempt — “Harrumphthph!!” . India is the cutting edge of innovation. If we are altogether missing the outer trappings of civilization (car rentals, toilet paper, nachos, dental floss), it is only because we are in the process of reimagining them in accordance with Indian principles.
Consider, for instance, the glorious roll-out of a nationwide network of ATM machines by our fearless leader, the State Bank of India. Like your average “western” (haah!), you can at the touch of a button withdraw your money. But at the touch of your another button, you can make an offering of your money to the Goddess Vaishno Devi! Note that this second button is altogether missing from your western ((HAAH!) ATMs.
SBI launches e-donations facility for Vaishnodevi- The Times of India
“Rural Olympics are underway in Punjab., where the “big chests” are legendary (as are the big hammers).
Mr Sharma, for instance, is a man of varied interests, but if there is one thing he likes better than any others, it is (as you might guess) to have rocks broken on his chest with the aid of hammers.
First Look: Rural Olympics
Valentine’s day calls for a heartwarming fairly tale like this one. The eight-year old daughter of Shankar Munda is happily married to a dog (nope, not a FROG).
The girl’s father, Shankar Munda, was quoted as telling local newspapers that his daughter had grown “dog teeth” on her upper jaws which was considered a bad omen.
“If the marriage had not been solemnised, our family might have faced some trouble,” he reportedly said.
Now this is India, so naturally you are wondering if
the girl’s parents gave their daughter a dowry of Rs.22,000 in cash, a colour television and a bed among other household items.
In some sort of freaky coincidence this fine Bulgarian gentleman who was knocked down by a passing car turned out to have ninetyone percent alcohol in his blood.
He is in “stable condition”, although I wonder if the doctors are having their eyes examined.
Politics in the western hemisphere is in ferment over gay marriage. It is then natural to ask the question — what novel twist will India, the bleeding edge of democracy come up with?
India rarely disappoints. The recent case of two young ladies who married in a temple comes to mind, along with the futile attempts of their parents to annul the marriage. Incidentally, while this is perfectly acceptable in Punjab, Sikh clergy has been thrown into turmoil by the impending legalization of gay marriage in Canada — regarded by the Golden Temple as the Primised Land of Sikhism (I wonder if the Canadians know).
Those excellent URLs elude me for the moment, so I offer you a peek at Hypermarriage, a Malayali genralization of binary (and bipartite) marriage.
Dear readers, there is little we love as much as the endearingly desi habit of our favourite newspaper (Nation’s Masthead and all that) to make up just the right (ahem) stories to tickle us in all the right places. Yup, The Times of India makes everything up, but isn’t that missing the wood for the trees? The things it chooses to make up tell us not a little about ourselves.
Jivha - the Tongue has a particularly nice example.
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