Pakandi baba 154 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 If it's no obvious, it's the giving of money as pyar, why is this being done? it's annoying. I said to my family there that if we had to do that here in the west we'd never go to relatives houses lol - It's just adding more financial burdens for no reason at all. BAN it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luckysingh99 1,221 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Never done it or ever accepted it ! It's all fake, ego....counting......remembering...judging......MANMAT like most punjabi cultural actions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hsingh8963 374 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Kids love the money though lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S1ngh 2,418 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Respect culture of other regions is all i have to say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranjeet01 3,828 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I am not a big fan of it either. You feel obliged to do it if there is a kid you are seeing for the first time but then the whole "nahi nahi" drama unfolds. If you are at the receiving end, you cannot take the money immediately but make a reluctant hoo haa about and then begrudgingly accept it where if no one gave this "pyar" you would slag them off behind them behind their back because they came empty handed. We have a strange pakhandi Punjabi culture. If you are honest and upfront in your dealings you are a befkoof, however if you do this behnji behnji indirect behaviour it is a good thing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Akalifauj 900 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 If you purely give a gift from your heart then it is fine. But if you expect to receive something back at a later date then don't do it in the first place. Those who do it for formality sake receive nothing but i take from them to have a good laugh. Love how they start doing nindiya....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gsingh12345 60 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Along with money the giving of suits for women and shirt/jacket for men. I never understood why this was done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JagsawSingh 860 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Along with money the giving of suits for women and shirt/jacket for men. I never understood why this was done. On the positive side, we're doing our bit for the economy and medium sized businesses. After all, we as a community, are single-handedly responsible for ensuring the economic survival of the 'Van Haussen rubbish old fashioned shirt in a box' industry. If not us for our lainha denha, who else buys those rubbish shirts ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranjeet01 3,828 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 The suit business is quite funny because I have heard of a lady passing a suit to another lady which then get passed to another lady back to the lady who gave it in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JagsawSingh 860 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 The suit business is quite funny The suit business is mostly funny because we men are an insignificant afterthought. A suit and a shirt are given together. The suit will be a £200 or £300 beautiful latest design / latest fashion suit. The man's shirt laying on top of this lovely suit will be a Van Haussen £3.99 1970's fashion outdated rubbish cheap shirt. Now, my theory is that they deliberately ensure the shirt is extra rubbish to ensure all's attention is drawn to the extravagence expense gone into the suit beneath it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kamc 131 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 The suit business is mostly funny because we men are an insignificant afterthought. A suit and a shirt are given together. The suit will be a £200 or £300 beautiful latest design / latest fashion suit. The man's shirt laying on top of this lovely suit will be a Van Haussen £3.99 1970's fashion outdated rubbish cheap shirt. Now, my theory is that they deliberately ensure the shirt is extra rubbish to ensure all's attention is drawn to the extravagence expense gone into the suit beneath it. You do realise that these shirts are actually original 1970's shirts, the fact is that no one opens them so they will go from family to family and have been doing so for the last 30 odd years. On a serious note, the whole giving "pyar" is really up to the individual, it's taken me 12 years of moaning to stop my in-laws from putting money in my birthday cards, this year they finally gave in and i got an empty card, happy times. The unfortunate thing is, like everything in the punjabi culture, it becomes about one up-manship, if somebody gave you £20 then you have to either match it or step up the game, but like i said, it's up to the individual. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pakandi baba 154 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Kids love the money though lol Kids love the money though lol OK for the kids it's fie, but the adults do it too. And as they give you pyar, you return it by giving them pyar, so it call comes back instantly but it's very bizarre. You can understand going for the first time and it's done, but not EACH time. Those saying the little business benefit, well they don't because it's the same suits and shirts that are in circulation form weddings and what not from years ago lol If there are people from Muslim, Hindu religions, do they have the same custom I wonder? please contribute to the thread Fateh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JagsawSingh 860 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Those saying the little business benefit, well they don't because it's the same suits and shirts that are in circulation form weddings and what not from years ago lol Yeah it was a joke. Unless, of course, a small business called the 'Van Haussen Rubbish Cheap Shirt in a Box Company' actually exists ! :omg: OK for the kids it's fie, but the adults do it too. And as they give you pyar, you return it by giving them pyar, so it call comes back instantly but it's very bizarre. You can understand going for the first time and it's done, but not EACH time. I'm actually an authority on this whole lainha denha business. When loud arguments start on the doorsteps of Punjabis houses, as guests leave...as the guest says 'banadha ah' and the host says 'Neih'yn....nein banadha'. It is then that they call me, for I am an expert in kerdhi cheej banadhi 'ah and kerdhi cheej banadhi nein. In the example you stated , I will inform that, as the guests have previously visited and left pyar for the kids, they are not obliged to do so again on subsequent visits. Unless, of course, the hosts have had a new kid since the guests last visited. In that case, that kid didn't get his or her pyar last time around and it would be a grave insult if the guests gave no pyar on this visit. So, now that we've established that pyar will be given we need to know how much is to be given. Agian, at this point, they call me for I am an an authority on these matters. I will tell them kerdhi cheek banadhi 'ah and kerdhi cheej banadhi nein. I will tell them banadhi ah to give either a £10 or £20 note to a child as pyar. If however, it is that kid's birthday and you are giving a card then banadhi 'ah to add a £ to any note you give, so it should always be either £11 or £21 for example. The same with the money you give with the lovely suits and the rubbish men's shirts. That money should always end in the number 1, so either £21, £31 or £51 etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
savinderpalsingh 708 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 no one does,when you grow up they do that incase of girls only . its kind of a custom to give some gift after visiting from a long period of time. sikhs used to do that .so sometimes they say "we forgot to get anything , heres some cash buy something " personally i dont take it, but if another singh is giving with love you have to respect and accept the offering . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pakandi baba 154 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah it was a joke. Unless, of course, a small business called the 'Van Haussen Rubbish Cheap Shirt in a Box Company' actually exists ! :omg: I'm actually an authority on this whole lainha denha business. When loud arguments start on the doorsteps of Punjabis houses, as guests leave...as the guest says 'banadha ah' and the host says 'Neih'yn....nein banadha'. It is then that they call me, for I am an expert in kerdhi cheej banadhi 'ah and kerdhi cheej banadhi nein. In the example you stated , I will inform that, as the guests have previously visited and left pyar for the kids, they are not obliged to do so again on subsequent visits. Unless, of course, the hosts have had a new kid since the guests last visited. In that case, that kid didn't get his or her pyar last time around and it would be a grave insult if the guests gave no pyar on this visit. So, now that we've established that pyar will be given we need to know how much is to be given. Agian, at this point, they call me for I am an an authority on these matters. I will tell them kerdhi cheek banadhi 'ah and kerdhi cheej banadhi nein. I will tell them banadhi ah to give either a £10 or £20 note to a child as pyar. If however, it is that kid's birthday and you are giving a card then banadhi 'ah to add a £ to any note you give, so it should always be either £11 or £21 for example. The same with the money you give with the lovely suits and the rubbish men's shirts. That money should always end in the number 1, so either £21, £31 or £51 etc. Nice read Also the another question arises from the post you've made. Why the 21, 51, 101 uneven number? is that a superstition thing as again it's odd. I've told my mum to stop it and she has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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