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Weird title right? Well lemme explain.. around 2 years back my brother brought home chickenpox from school.. and well it was the 2nd day of my 3rd year semester final! And I was in no mood to get sick considering i was aiming for a rank...
So what happened was my mom doing the neem paththi (kohomba leaves as we used to call them) and stuff, the pujas and everything. I mean mannat mangi and everything..
But well we knew about the vaccinations available cz we got a doctor's opinion on it and I ended up fighting and asking for it telling to hell with the consequences and I will not get it contracted! (cz my mom was worried if the vaccination is safe or not)
So well a i got it done and right spot on i was spared!
So that was the first part.
then well my cousins live right next door n they r very small (then 3, 4 & 10).. and so keeping them away was a hard task and we tried to get them vaccinated so much and much to my growing annoyance it was point blank refused calling it 'god's sickness' or some such term (sorry i dunno how to translate)
and duh it took less than a week for all the 3 kids to fall sick! And then also they did everything traditional, quarantining, messy medicines the likes of khada and lying on neem paththi, etc etc! Everything except taking the pills the doc prescribed!!
I was getting annoyed so much! cz my extended family, ALL of it actually still believe in this crap despite living in 21st century! Its fine to as dadaji explained along with CC to go to mandir and do a puja, take offerings and everything, use neem paththi as an antiseptic..but also combine it will western medication that is so effective and makes it so easy instead of going through weeks on end of scratching, and then the stupid spots!
Anyway then when it was over, my mom called me and got me to agree to keep my mouth shut instead of arguing when the topic came up next cz i was honestly completely riled up due to the idiotic behavior of all the adults.
Mom told me, 'yes beta i know u are correct, but they r so entrenched in their beliefs that what u tell them will make n o difference, they still will hang on to their old beliefs and the only thing that will ensure is u having a fight. So next time any of my aunts tell about these stupid things they did just keep quiet and let them be!'
I was angry, but i still stick to it,, I roll my eyes heavenward and grimace at my bro when something like that comes up...
So today i was like 'this is so damn real!!'
I have never seen another serial tackling these such day to day very normal issues that a regular person can relate to..
i truly hope this serial survives, just for the fact that it gives us a slice right out of our own lives!
So what happened was my mom doing the neem paththi (kohomba leaves as we used to call them) and stuff, the pujas and everything. I mean mannat mangi and everything..
But well we knew about the vaccinations available cz we got a doctor's opinion on it and I ended up fighting and asking for it telling to hell with the consequences and I will not get it contracted! (cz my mom was worried if the vaccination is safe or not)
So well a i got it done and right spot on i was spared!
So that was the first part.
then well my cousins live right next door n they r very small (then 3, 4 & 10).. and so keeping them away was a hard task and we tried to get them vaccinated so much and much to my growing annoyance it was point blank refused calling it 'god's sickness' or some such term (sorry i dunno how to translate)
and duh it took less than a week for all the 3 kids to fall sick! And then also they did everything traditional, quarantining, messy medicines the likes of khada and lying on neem paththi, etc etc! Everything except taking the pills the doc prescribed!!
I was getting annoyed so much! cz my extended family, ALL of it actually still believe in this crap despite living in 21st century! Its fine to as dadaji explained along with CC to go to mandir and do a puja, take offerings and everything, use neem paththi as an antiseptic..but also combine it will western medication that is so effective and makes it so easy instead of going through weeks on end of scratching, and then the stupid spots!
Anyway then when it was over, my mom called me and got me to agree to keep my mouth shut instead of arguing when the topic came up next cz i was honestly completely riled up due to the idiotic behavior of all the adults.
Mom told me, 'yes beta i know u are correct, but they r so entrenched in their beliefs that what u tell them will make n o difference, they still will hang on to their old beliefs and the only thing that will ensure is u having a fight. So next time any of my aunts tell about these stupid things they did just keep quiet and let them be!'
I was angry, but i still stick to it,, I roll my eyes heavenward and grimace at my bro when something like that comes up...
So today i was like 'this is so damn real!!'
I have never seen another serial tackling these such day to day very normal issues that a regular person can relate to..
i truly hope this serial survives, just for the fact that it gives us a slice right out of our own lives!
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