{"id":4860,"date":"2008-04-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2008-04-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:30:00","slug":"the-bhises-and-the-botaljis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-bhises-and-the-botaljis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bhises and the Botaljis"},"content":{"rendered":"
In my 34 years of existence, I have accumulated little knowledge and less wisdom, but there is one useful piece of advice I can offer you with absolute certainty: Never deny a mango to a Maharashtrian. The Times of India<\/i> has a report<\/a> today of the terrible consequences of one such cruel denial:<\/p>\n The daughter of the Bhises was being married to the Botaljis’ son. Just before the ceremony, the Botaljis demanded that their relatives be served aam ras<\/i>. The Bhises expressed their inability on grounds that the menu for the occasion was decided between the two parties a long time ago and it was not possible to arrange for aam ras<\/i> at the last moment. This led to the cancellation of the marriage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Needless to say, a police complaint was filed in this case—by the groom’s side. I’m sure feminists will complain and demand an Anti-Mango Law, but I don’t think they’ll get far in our patriarchal society—and, more to the point, in summer.<\/p>\n PS<\/B>: I’m not even sure that Botaljis are Maharashtrian, but the report says they’re from Talegaon-Dabhade, so I’m assuming they are. Why spoil a good parable?<\/p>\n (Link via email from Saurabh.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my 34 years of existence, I have accumulated little knowledge and less wisdom, but there is one useful piece of advice I can offer you with absolute certainty: Never deny a mango to a Maharashtrian. The Times of India<\/i> has a report<\/a> today of the terrible consequences of one such cruel denial:<\/p>\n The daughter of the Bhises was being married to the Botaljis’ son. Just before the ceremony, the Botaljis demanded that their relatives be served aam ras<\/i>. The Bhises expressed their inability on grounds that the menu for the occasion was decided between the two parties a long time ago and it was not possible to arrange for aam ras<\/i> at the last moment. This led to the cancellation of the marriage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Needless to say, a police complaint was filed in this case—by the groom’s side. I’m sure feminists will complain and demand an Anti-Mango Law, but I don’t think they’ll get far in our patriarchal society—and, more to the point, in summer.<\/p>\n PS<\/B>: I’m not even sure that Botaljis are Maharashtrian, but the report says they’re from Talegaon-Dabhade, so I’m assuming they are. Why spoil a good parable?<\/p>\n (Link via email from Saurabh.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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