Happy Belantine’s Day!
While I try to keep dodging belans and other assorted missiles at home, hope you all have a safe and wonderful Valentine’s day.
Do try and stick to your respective partners, do not buy multiple “You-are-my-only-love” cards and have a great time.
Meanwhile, I have my belantine to deal with…
Posted by Manish on February 13, 2009 in In Personal
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Manish you are too much. hahahahaha
Take good care of the belan – she has given it to you so lovingly, right???
happy matarcheelantine day also manish!
That reminds me of this email which was forwarded to me:
In spite of what you have been told by everyone, the truth is that Valentine’s Day originated hundreds of years ago, in India, and to top it all, in Gujarat!!
It is a well known fact that Gujarati men, specially the Patels, continually mistreat and disrespect their wives (Patelianis) . One fine day, it happened to be the 14th day of February, one brave Pateliani, having had enough “torture” by her husband, finally chose to rebel by beating him up with a Velan (rolling pin).
Yes….the same Velan which she used daily, to make chapattis for him….only this time, instead of the dough, it was the husband who was flattened.
This was a momentous occasion for all Gujarati women and a revolt soon spread, like wild fire, with thousands of housewives beating up their husbands with the Velan.
There was an outburst of moaning “chapatti-ed” husbands all over Anand and Amdavad. The Patel men-folk quickly learnt their lesson and started to behave more respectfully with their Patelianis.
Thereafter, on 14th February, every year, the womenfolk of Gujarat would beat up their husbands, to commemorate that eventful day. The wives having the satisfaction of beating up their husbands with the Velan and the men having the supreme joy of submitting to the will of the women they loved.
Soon The Gujju men realised that in order to avoid this ordeal they need to present gifts to their wives….they brought flowers and sweetmeats. Hence the tradition began.
As Gujarat fell under the influence of Western culture, that day was called ‘Velan time’ day.
The ritual soon spread to Britain and many other Western countries, specifically, the catch words ‘Velan time!’. Of course in their foreign tongues, it was first anglicised to ‘Velantime’ and then to ‘Valentine’. And thereafter, 14th of February, came to be known as Valentine’s Day!
Wonder what the RSS and Bajrang Dal and Muthalik have to say to this one? Are they implicated or not?
Happy Belantine to you and nitu have fun and do make her a nice meal kanjoos and buy her something nice
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