Memon Pride

[sally]

Originally Posted by RunningMascara

yay memon pride thread!

so... does anyone know exactly how to do the mirchi nazar utaaring thing? i have the mirchis and i know you read something and then burn the mirchis... but anyone have the exact details! it'd help A LOT.

dude. im the only person here who would prolly know the answer to that, but no i dont cuz i stopped believing in that junk..im prettttttty sure it's a placebo effect..there's no other explanation whatsoever

[RunningMascara]

dude i knowwww but my MIL says i have to do it and i dont want to argue...

[AM415]

Originally Posted by Spice

Um, dandiya?

wait...you dont know Kashif Memon? Currently he has the best bio-data out of any single memon:
He can dance, hes famous, hes a sandwich shop manager, and hes been in Amreeka for almost 6 years, which means he probably has a green card YouTube - America's Got Talent (Chicago) - Kashif

Originally Posted by RunningMascara

dude i knowwww but my MIL says i have to do it and i dont want to argue...

Wouldn't your MIL know then? I thought you read the last 3 Quls.

My Nephew got sick last time we went to India and my aunt had us take nazar off him with a live Kaala Murgee I had to carry it back from the market. I wish I took a picture, but that would probably have resulted in another nazar utaaring process.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by Timbit

'Cause if it is a state in this context, then how can it also be a verb?
Chup karo does mean to assume the state of being chup. That's the way I'm thinking of it, at least and I'm not really understanding why you'd say that chup is a verb.

I'm not.. I'm saying chup karo isn't proper because chup is not a verb. "Chup thiyo" means to assume the state of being chup. "Chup karo" would mean "Do chup." People do say "chup kar," ("chup kar ne") but "chup thi" makes more sense & especially when you start speaking formally ("aein").

[sally]

Originally Posted by AM415

Wouldn't your MIL know then? I thought you read the last 3 Quls.

My Nephew got sick last time we went to India and my aunt had us take nazar off him with a live Kaala Murgee I had to carry it back from the market. I wish I took a picture, but that would probably have resulted in another nazar utaaring process.

that's hilaaaarious. memon pride!

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

I'm not.. I'm saying chup karo isn't proper because chup is not a verb. "Chup thiyo" means to assume the state of being chup. "Chup karo" would mean "Do chup." People do say "chup kar," ("chup kar ne") but "chup thi" makes more sense & especially when you start speaking formally ("aein").

mashaAllah since you know SO many variations of saying shut up, why don't you tell yourself to do so?

great, thanks

[RunningMascara]

Originally Posted by AM415

Wouldn't your MIL know then? I thought you read the last 3 Quls.

My Nephew got sick last time we went to India and my aunt had us take nazar off him with a live Kaala Murgee I had to carry it back from the market. I wish I took a picture, but that would probably have resulted in another nazar utaaring process.

Well, she does know, but I don't want to ask her because she'll think I'm really ignorant for not knowing because to her it's sooo super important...

The 3 Quls sounds right... anyone else?

[sally]

Originally Posted by RunningMascara

Well, she does know, but I don't want to ask her because she'll think I'm really ignorant for not knowing because to her it's sooo super important...

The 3 Quls sounds right... anyone else?

ummm, so what if you're ignorant? it's not like a sunnah or fard..just ask her dude.

you're such a scardy cat.



plus isnt there a lot of OTHER stuff she believes in that you can totally afford to remain ignorant about?

[sally]

Originally Posted by AM415

My Nephew got sick last time we went to India and my aunt had us take nazar off him with a live Kaala Murgee I had to carry it back from the market. I wish I took a picture, but that would probably have resulted in another nazar utaaring process.

btw, i never ever heard of it being done with a live chicken. must be some crazy gujju memon ritual

[AM415]

Originally Posted by RunningMascara

The 3 Quls sounds right... anyone else?

well, they had my sister mention everyone who could have given her son "nazar." and she had to mention her own name too. God knows what else was part of the process

They're really superstitious there. My sis once put her son to sleep and then stepped over him to leave the room. They got mad, and made her go back over the baby backwards or else he will not be able to walk...or something like that.

also, I was showing my nephew a mirror, and they got mad at me. The next day he got a virus and it was my fault. I should have known showing a baby a mirror gives him a virus.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by sally

mashaAllah since you know SO many variations of saying shut up, why don't you tell yourself to do so?

great, thanks

Is that what 'chup thiyo' translates to? I wasnt trying to be rude, I was trying to say 'be quiet'.

oops.

[sally]

Originally Posted by AM415

well, they had my sister mention everyone who could have given her son "nazar." and she had to mention her own name too. God knows what else was part of the process

They're really superstitious there. My sis once put her son to sleep and then stepped over him to leave the room. They got mad, and made her go back over the baby backwards or else he will not be able to walk...or something like that.

also, I was showing my nephew a mirror, and they got mad at me. The next day he got a virus and it was my fault. I should have known showing a baby a mirror gives him a virus.

lol, that's so ridiculous

and i wont say stuff like that is unheard of in karachi...some old schoolers still believe in that kinda junk..it's just so sad.

Originally Posted by Spice

Is that what 'chup thiyo' translates to? I wasnt trying to be rude, I was trying to say 'be quiet'.

oops.

awwww, aren't you such a proper girl? all apologetic.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by sally

awwww, aren't you such a proper girl? all apologetic.

I'm so proper!

Now I will go back to picking my nose. Cheers, sally

[RunningMascara]

Originally Posted by sally

ummm, so what if you're ignorant? it's not like a sunnah or fard..just ask her dude.

you're such a scardy cat.



plus isnt there a lot of OTHER stuff she believes in that you can totally afford to remain ignorant about?

yes well she already thinks im super ignorant (plus a terrible person) for being ignorant about all of that other stuff. i dont really want to give her more opportunities to say/think stuff.

[sally]

Originally Posted by RunningMascara

yes well she already thinks im super ignorant (plus a terrible person) for being ignorant about all of that other stuff. i dont really want to give her more opportunities to say/think stuff.

yes because you're not dhorajiwali

there'll always be some people who think you're terrible..you'll never be able to change that..but i'd say do what you want as long as it's not disrespectful

[RunningMascara]

Originally Posted by AM415

well, they had my sister mention everyone who could have given her son "nazar." and she had to mention her own name too. God knows what else was part of the process

They're really superstitious there. My sis once put her son to sleep and then stepped over him to leave the room. They got mad, and made her go back over the baby backwards or else he will not be able to walk...or something like that.

also, I was showing my nephew a mirror, and they got mad at me. The next day he got a virus and it was my fault. I should have known showing a baby a mirror gives him a virus.

yup, there were definitely people like that in karachi... i heard about the mirror thing, apparently if the baby sees himself in a mirror, he gives himself nazar...

plus youre not supposed to rock a baby's seat if the baby's not in it (like i did that a lot out of habit, but its supposedly bad...) and lots of other things...