Thursday, May 31, 2007

why do I fast on tuesdays?

This was the question asked to me by one of my colleagues. I thought it would be wise to write a blog and share my views on fasting to a wider audience, ha, ha, ha! But before I elaborate on reasons for my keeping fast on Tuesdays, I would like to give you a glimpse of my esteemed colleague, who asked me this wise question.

She is an antithesis to fasting. In fact, even hearing the word "fast" makes her hungry. She eats anything and everything. These days she eats a mysterious seed-like thing, which comes out from and anar dana like bottle. God knows what that seed is. If that is for digestion, then she needs that more than any one on this solar system. Why??? Because, her eating session starts from 9 :30 in the morning and ends at 6 in the evening. She eats paranthas, seeds, sabzis, rotis, chawals, and even pen. Yes, she is the serial killer of all the pen that comes in her vicinity. The back of the pen is chewed continuously with such precision that nothing is left of that. Sometimes, ink from the pen finds its way out in to her mouth.

Yes sir! She is the best person to ask the question. Recently, UN has contacted her to for becoming the brand ambassador of 'how to eat and what to eat and why to eat and when to eat'. (God save me!!!!)
Now the reason for my fasting on Tuesdays:
  1. I fast on Tuesdays because it gives me an opportunity of not seeing something that I have been seeing for my entire life; the food. Next day, I am fresh to eating.
  2. I fast because it cleanses my body of all the toxins that keep accumulating for all the week.
  3. I fast because I believe in the strength of hanuman ji. He is the only god that could give us the strength to fight against the odds that we face in our life. And Tuesday is his day.
  4. I fast because it saves food.
  5. I fast because it gives me the opportunity to understand the pain of hunger, the pain of not eating.
All these reasons may sound old, cliched and boring but they are true and written from the heart; not from the stomach.

Cheers
Kundan

3 comments:

chua said...

hi kundan

thanks for a nearly perfect gastronomical analysis of me. i would only add one thing, 'she eats anything and everything' is not exactly correct. I beg to state that I detest any kind of health food ...and m more interested in

non-edible or edible but non-efficacious things. Please do make a note!
Now for your answer to my question, some observations :


1. I fast on Tuesdays because it gives me an opportunity of not seeing something that I have been seeing for my entire life; the food. Next day, I am fresh to eating.

Going by the same logic, can you perhaps, not breathe one particular day of the week? so that the next day fresh air seems fresher??

2. I fast because it cleanses my body of all the toxins that keep accumulating for all the week.

....what is the point, if after a one-day break you go back to the toxin-intake routine?

3. I fast because I believe in the strength of hanuman ji. He is the only god that could give us the strength to fight against the odds that we face in our life. And Tuesday is his day.


But y exactly do you think hanumanji would give you more strength if you refrain from eating? has he categorically stated such a condition of his benevolence anywhere?

4. I fast because it saves food.


but i am sure u make up for it rest of the days of the week. y not diet? for greater effect?

5. I fast because it gives me the opportunity to understand the pain of hunger, the pain of not eating.

give me a break dear..to just said u fast to please hanumanji. that is quite a selfish reason. dont try to pass it off as empathy or sympathy...


and old, cliched and boring but they are true and written from the heart; not from the stomach.

stomach? or mind with dwindling grey matter?????

De Dana Dan said...

The reasons have given are very much correct...Hanuman ji is the god of Kalyug and hence we can face all the difficulties in life, if hanuman ji is helping us...
Even I have started fasting and started feeling more confident in regular life that I was before...

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