Would you really body shame a 7-year old?????

I live in a country where from the birth, a girl is taught what she can and has to do and what she can’t do and how she should present herself. She is taught how to do makeups and cook. It’s not like that She is not given opportunities as boys and son(s) of the family she is, but at the end her “success” and her “career” is measured on what her husband is and how many of her children are boys.

I don’t really go to the social gathering, because that place is crowded with people who really wants to make conversation. And I really don’t like talking to those people who still think the domain for girl/ women is kitchen and her married life only and that irritates the hell out of me.

Teej

Today is Teej, for overall Hindu female either married or unmarried women, a teenager or a girl it is their festival. In this day all the women fast for the long life of their husband and unmarried girls fast so they will get a good husband and have a good future with them.  The person taking this fast will neither eat nor drink, not even a drop of water. It is believed that fasting this way god will be pleased and grant the wish of the fasting person. Since it is very unhealthy not to eat and drink for a whole day straight, priests and Gurus encourage to eat fruits and water to the person who is fasting. Health conscious people, weak women, pregnant women, elder women and ill women can eat some foods which are rated as ‘ok to eat’ like rice pudding, milk product, yoghurt, Sabudana, fruits etc. Basically don’t eat salt, meat, garlic, tomato, onion. This day women would go to the Shiva Temple and if they can they will go to Pashupatinath temple.

some hindu women performing a teej ritual

It is believed that this tradition was started by our Goddess Parvathi when she fasted for days without eating or drinking anything so she will get married to Lord Shiva. And after this she did got married to the Lord Shiva and lived happily with her husband.

The fast starts with taking a shower in the morning and wearing a pure clothes which usually means clean, washed clothes. Since it is Teej, the choice of color is Red for clothes. Married women get ready in Red Sari, beads, golds, bangles, anklet, tika, wear makeups and etc. And goes to the Temple. Then they gather around sing folk songs about Teej and dance.

At the evening, the fasting women will have to lit a diyo and pray to god again. Then they end their fast by drinking water washed from their husband’s foot, and eat only fruits as dinner.  The fast ends properly when they take bath the next day.

Six Random Things Only a Nepali Would know

I have listed six random things only a Nepali would understand.

#1 Mo:Mo

No matter which restaurant a Nepali would go, they will stare at the menu for minutes and minutes and what do they order at last?? Mo:Mo  yeah that's right no matter what time is it or where they are (of course in Nepal) there is a solid chance a Nepali would order Mo:Mo to eat. Mo:Mo is not just a food it is a lifestyle and unofficially it is a national food for city people.

#2 Relatives

Oh my god, relatives are spread like a ray of light, they are EVERYWHERE! 

If you are going to some social event, you might as well glue your hands together to say Namaste to everyone because everyone attending that event is either your relatives or your relative's relatives.So

whenever you go to some social function then you get to know how strong your mother's memory is because she can remember her cousin's uncle's wife's grandfather's aunt's neighbor's daughter, and makes us to greet them.     

#3 Gundruk ra Bhat

This might be crazy but never in my life i have met a person who haven't ate or tasted gundruk ra bhat of course if you are below one year. 

#4 Buddha was born in