During my morning walk I saw lot of people gathered in front of a shop. I was a Bit intrigued as it was quite early. 06:14 to be precise. Looking closely I saw the crowd was in front Indian Broiler shop.
I stopped and asked one of the tailenders as to why so much crowd in front of a chicken shop. He gave pitying looks at my ignorance. He enlightened me.
अहो आज पोळ्याचा सणं आहे. चिकन मटण खाण्याचा दिवस आहे. म्हणून गर्दी आहे ( Sir today is pola festival, hence a day to eat chicken and mutton That is why the crowd.)
Pola is a thanksgiving festival of farmers and their families for their bulls. Pola is celebrated to acknowledge the importance of bulls and oxen, who are a crucial part of agriculture and farming activities. It is a day for pampering of Bulls, which may begin a day or two before Pola.
I just did not understand how eating chicken and mutton by these worthies would contribute to pampering of bulls.
I also noticed that lot of them were not wearing masks. None was observing social distancing.
When I decided to write this blog I was wondering about the title for the blog. Thought of
1. The Fearless Indian.
2. The Festival Loving Indian.
Gave the former title.
I think more appropriate title would have been
"Covod19 and The Stupid Indian."
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