{"id":9651,"date":"2010-10-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2010\/10\/16\/a-wife-s-sacrifice-and-devotion-in-the-indian-tradition\/"},"modified":"2010-10-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T12:00:00","slug":"a-wife-s-sacrifice-and-devotion-in-the-indian-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2010\/10\/16\/a-wife-s-sacrifice-and-devotion-in-the-indian-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wife’s Sacrifice and Devotion in the Indian Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW YORK, USA, October 17, 2010 (By Shivani Vora): Of course I want my husband to have good health and a long life, but it took me seven years to give up food and water in hopes of it.<\/p>\n

Every autumn, many women — particularly those from northern India — observe Karwa Chauth, a daylong Hindu fast on behalf of their husbands’ prosperity. It falls on Oct. 25 this year. Traditions vary, but most rise before the sun for a meal, known as sargi, often sent by their mothers-in-law, and spend the day dressed in their finest Indian garb, skipping their usual household duties.<\/p>\n

Women gather in the afternoon for a prayer circle, where they pass around thalis — trays, with sweets, flowers or candles, and a glass of water five times while singing a song that explains the holiday’s origins. Then, come evening, they look at the moon through a sieve — never directly — and perform a prayer before their husbands, who give them their first sip of water and bite of food from their thalis.<\/p>\n

I grew up — in India, New Jersey and Cleveland — watching these rituals. When I became a mother two-and-a-half years ago, I had an urge to ingrain in my daughter all things Indian. So last year I went to my parents’ home in Ridgewood, N.J., and did a modified fast — I drank some water and ate a piece of fruit — sitting in that married-women’s circle, with my daughter looking on.<\/p>\n

See a slideshow of Karwa Chauth in America here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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