Maggots found in woman’s nose

Warning – Gross story. An Indian woman in Mumbai was found to have 40 maggots crawling inside her nose and chewing her flesh after doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her.

The 70 year old woman had a nose bleed for 5 days and her family took her to 2 hospitals but the doctors did not realize what was wrong with her and gave her nosedrops which of course did not work. Only after she was taken to the civic-run Sion Hospital that doctors found out she had maggots inside her nose! Read the rest of this entry »

A frog marriage

I used to recall fairy tales about a princess kissing a frog and turning it into a prince. Well, what happens when BOTH the prince and princess are….er frogs? Well, check out these pics of a frog marriage made in….where else, but India.

The marriage between Ram and Sita in a village near Kolkata was arranged supposedly to bring back monsoon rains which have gone missing with all that wonky weather we all now have (worldwide in fact)….

Ok, I now pronounce you husband and wife….the groom may now kiss the bride….

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Cannibalism still exists

A group of 4 men were caught cannibalizing a half burnt corpse on a funeral pyre in Palwal, India. The cremation grounds watchman, Ajay, that witnessed the incident alerted other people, and soon a crowd gathered around those men and beat them up. Read the rest of this entry »

Man does not bath for 35 years

A man in Varanasi, India who was desperate to get a son after having 7 daughters has not bathed for 35 years in the belief that it would help him get a son.

Kailash “Kalau” Singh, 63, even refused to dip in the Ganges River as was the custom, when his brother died five years ago, outraging his family.

“I still don’t remember how it all began,” he said.

“I just know it started about 35 years ago.” Read the rest of this entry »

Man kills father for not voting for his favorite movie star

A man in India killed his father when he found out that his father did not vote for his favorite movie star who had turned into a politician and had formed his own party to contest in the ongoing national elections.

The 23 year old man, Kosuru Rajubabu, was a huge fan of K. Chiranjeevi, an actor-turned-politician who had formed his own party called Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). He stabbed his own father when he learned his father voted instead for the Telugu Desam Party. Read the rest of this entry »

A dog as a wife

Fancy marrying a dog and having her as your wife? In India, a group of tribal elders have married a male toddler to a female dog, in order to prevent his “predicted” death by mauling from a tiger.

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Soft drink made from cow urine

India’s Hindu nationalist movement believes it has the answer to Pepsi and Coke – A soft drink made from cow urine.

The Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group is currently developing the soft drink.

Om Prakash, head of the department, says it is almost near final development and will be available “very soon.” Read the rest of this entry »