{"id":4270,"date":"2009-03-26T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2009-03-26T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:35:00","slug":"rhino-sacrifice-in-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/rhino-sacrifice-in-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhino Sacrifice In UP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WTF quote of the day comes from a 30-year-old woman<\/a> who wanted to “find a match” and went to a tantrik named Farid Shah for help:<\/p>\n

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Shah said that sacrificing a rhino would remove all obstacles and within a week’s time I’d get married. I paid Rs 2.95 lakh to perform the puja. He told me that he would book air tickets to go to UP to catch a Rhino and will return after completing the puja.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The cops are looking for Shah, and they’ll presumably book him for fraud when they find him—unless he really sacrifices a rhino and the chick hooks up with someone. So he’ll get what he deserves. But what of the woman? She’s apparently the daughter of a retired ACP, and is now a manager in a software company—that means she has a certain minimum level of education. I hope her friends and relatives are kicking her ass bigtime for her stupidity. How could she believe that a rhino sacrifice would help her find a man?<\/p>\n

That said, I find her faith no odder than that of anyone who goes to a temple or a church or a masjid and prays for anything at all. Still, we’re all entitled to our beliefs, and the faith of others is none of my business. But I am<\/i> bemused when they complain about the consequences.<\/p>\n

(Link via separate emails from Girish<\/a> and Doc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WTF quote of the day comes from a 30-year-old woman<\/a> who wanted to “find a match” and went to a tantrik named Farid Shah for help:<\/p>\n

\n

Shah said that sacrificing a rhino would remove all obstacles and within a week’s time I’d get married. I paid Rs 2.95 lakh to perform the puja. He told me that he would book air tickets to go to UP to catch a Rhino and will return after completing the puja.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The cops are looking for Shah, and they’ll presumably book him for fraud when they find him—unless he really sacrifices a rhino and the chick hooks up with someone. So he’ll get what he deserves. But what of the woman? She’s apparently the daughter of a retired ACP, and is now a manager in a software company—that means she has a certain minimum level of education. I hope her friends and relatives are kicking her ass bigtime for her stupidity. How could she believe that a rhino sacrifice would help her find a man?<\/p>\n

That said, I find her faith no odder than that of anyone who goes to a temple or a church or a masjid and prays for anything at all. Still, we’re all entitled to our beliefs, and the faith of others is none of my business. But I am<\/i> bemused when they complain about the consequences.<\/p>\n

(Link via separate emails from Girish<\/a> and Doc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,15,24,23,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRhino Sacrifice In UP - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/rhino-sacrifice-in-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rhino Sacrifice In UP - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WTF quote of the day comes from a 30-year-old woman who wanted to “find a match” and went to a tantrik named Farid Shah for help: Shah said that sacrificing a rhino would remove all obstacles and within a week’s time I’d get married. 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