If this were in a movie, no one would believe it

WickedLou9 · 02-29-2008, 03:24 PM

New-born baby girl of Bhuri Kalbi, 33, lies inside a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 28, 2008. The baby girl survived an ignoble birth after slipping down the toilet bowl of a moving train onto the tracks when a pregnant woman unexpectedly gave birth while relieving herself on Tuesday.
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7960 · 02-29-2008, 03:41 PM

wow.

I wonder why the woman is covering the baby's head. I used to work with an indian woman and would ask her questions like that. She thought it was interesting that I'd never heard of or seen many of their (what I said were) "odd" practices.

WickedLou9 · 02-29-2008, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

wow.

I wonder why the woman is covering the baby's head. I used to work with an indian woman and would ask her questions like that. She thought it was interesting that I'd never heard of or seen many of their (what I said were) "odd" practices.

I'm kinda more suprised that someone can "unexpectedly" give birth... while dropping a deuce no less, and then have the baby fall out onto the train tracks from a moving train and survive. But Yea I guess it's wierd that the lady has her hand on the babies head.

7960 · 02-29-2008, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

I'm kinda more suprised that someone can "unexpectedly" give birth... while dropping a deuce no less, and then have the baby fall out onto the train tracks from a moving train and survive.

I thought all of those were covered by your post plus my "wow."

But Yea I guess it's wierd that the lady has her hand on the babies head.

They do weird stuff, like shave their child's head to get rid of the "unclean" hair. I told her "that's weird" and she said "and baptism is not?" We both laughed.

ARRANGING MUNDAN or CHUDAKARANA

Chudakarana also called Chaula or Chudakarma, this is the ceremony in which a child's head is shaved for the first time, leaving a tuft on the crown. 'Chuda' refers to this tuft .This ceremony is also commonly called 'mundan' in the north.

This sanskara developed for reasons of physical hygiene. Usually performed when the child is approximately three years old, it is believed to have the power to cleanse the body and soul. The hair on a child's head when he emerges from the womb is considered impure and must be shaved off to make way for the strong, clean hair that grows thereafter. In addition, to shave the head, a razor or other sharp instrument was required. Chudakarana is also a symbolic release of the child from his mother. Usually by three, the child is no longer being nursed by the mother, and is no longer physically dependent on her. During the Chudakarana, even the hair that he was born with is removed. Therefore this ceremony is believed to mark the point in the child's life when the mother's influence is reduced, and the influence of the father becomes dominant. With the father's influence, the child's education is also believed to begin.

WickedLou9 · 02-29-2008, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

I thought all of those were covered by your post plus my "wow."

They do weird stuff, like shave their child's head to get rid of the "unclean" hair. I told her "that's weird" and she said "and baptism is not?" We both laughed.

yeah I guess circumcision is a pretty messed up custom too but we don't think twice about it.

RMNIXON · 02-29-2008, 05:31 PM

Why does a toilet on a train open to the tracks below?

7960 · 02-29-2008, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by RMNIXON

Why does a toilet on a train open to the tracks below?

you must have missed "Indian city of Ahmedabad"

avsp · 03-01-2008, 05:16 AM

UK trains did till fairly recently drop their inter-city patron's crap onto the tracks.

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RMNIXON · 03-01-2008, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by avsp

UK trains did till fairly recently drop their inter-city patron's crap onto the tracks.

WickedLou9 · 03-02-2008, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by RMNIXON

They did it here at some point too.

Linzyhop · 03-03-2008, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

yeah I guess circumcision is a pretty messed up custom too but we don't think twice about it.

the only positive i see would be the elimination of dick cheese.