In the wide range of Indian castes and mysticism, some people are born “Mangliks.” Mangliks are cursed to something like 27 years of bad luck, which I think is divided into 20 years of bad luck and 7 years of really bad luck. The “matrimonials” section of the classifieds, which is a great read, has several listings that specified “non-Manglik.” There was also a guy who was 60, but “looks 50!” and several ads that were overtly seeking a family “alliance” via marriage.
Mangliks have particular bad luck on the marriage front: a Manglik’s first spouse is doomed to die an early death. But there is supposedly a loophole in this curse: you marry an animal or some other semi-animate object first. That way you’re only killing a dog, or whatever. Makes perfect sense, right?
Sanju and I had talked about Mangliks before, but I met a guy at a party last night who’s a Manglik. He said he’s supposed to marry a banana tree before finding a bride. Apparently that’s what Aishwarya Rai did to break her curse. I guess whatever fates are concerned with Manglik punishment are fooled by this. Or bound by Indian bureaucracy to kill the banana tree and break the curse, even if they’re aware it’s a bogus out.
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