Demon Fair

Kullu: Thousands attended the traditional eight-day-long Fagli Fair or demon fair on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh.

The fair started with the beginning of the Phagun month of the Hindu calendar and ended in Kullu with Kotlu, a ritual where local youth put on demon masks and perform traditional dances. Read More................Thousands celebrate traditional demon fair in Kullu

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Ghost Fair

Palamu: Though people all over the world visit religious places to seek blessings for happiness and a good fortune for themselves, an annual fair held in Jharkhand's Palamu district attracts people who wish to free themselves of the suspected evil spirits' influence.

Hundreds of devotees of tribal and non-tribal families participated in a unique the 'Ghost fair' hosted in the vicinity of Sheetala Mata temple here recently. Read More................Ghost fair in Jharkhand witnesses a sea of humanity

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Man gets 2-year jail for calling wife 'black'

For a society often seen to reflect a deeply ingrained bias for "fair skin", a Supreme Court ruling sentencing a man to two years in jail for driving his wife to suicide following taunts over her "dark" complexion will serve as both a warning and a mirror to its uglier traits.

The apex court was firm that ridiculing a wife by calling her "black" amounted to severe mental torture.Read more.......................Man gets 2-year jail for calling wife 'black'

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When 'New-age Draupadi' walked out with the winner

“ Ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)."

The above words are of a woman from Teldiha village of Bihar's Banka district in India who lost herself away in a game of dice to a villager on Dussehra day.The 25-year-old woman was taken by the victor to his house from where she was 'rescued' and restored to her husband two days later after fellow villagers intervened.

In Mahabharat, Pandavas gambled away their wife Draupadi to Kauravas but this moderen day Draupadi, has been a regular visitor to the Jua Mela or gambling fair organised here during Dussehra. She always won "handsome amounts". This year too, she won Rs 1,400 during the initial one-hour game. Then her luck ran out and she ended up losing even her principal — Rs 700. "In exasperation, she yelled, “ ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)." Read more..............................'New-age Draupadi' walks out with winner

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Weird - Religious Festival / Mela

Can you ever imagine a Religious Fair in which people drink lot of liquor, openly hurl swords, guns & other arms in the air, sacrifice goats / sheep in a weird manner & all that in the name of Shavite religion (Religion of followers of Hindu God Shiva).

In "Nadia District" in West Bengal State of India, a 4 day fair/festival/mela is held by the "Dalit Community" over there. This fair is called "Chaitanya Dev Mela". In this fair, people brandishing illegal arms like swords, guns etc. can be seen all around in the fair & most of these people are drunk as drinking lots of liquor during the festival is a norm.

All of them say that they are devotees of Hindu God "Lord Shiva". These people sacrifice more than thousand of goats, sheep etc. daily during this 4 day festival. People can be seen dancing with the head of Goat/Sheep after it has been cut by them only to appease the God. Many time they dance while keeping the head of the sacrificed animal on their own head in the most weird manner.

Later on they people cook & eat that scarified / killed animal as "Prasad". Other ceremonies like Mundan ( Shaving of hand) of little children are also performed in the fair.
Interesting thing is that local police & administration keep a blind eye to all these openly brandishing of illegal arms by the people in the fair & sacrificing / killing of thousands of animals by the devotees during the 4 days festival, all that in the name of religion.

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