I know what 'anoint' means

Offer milk every Wednesday to Sun and that would get you married.

Or, pray to a banana every day. (I think, that should be simple enough) so, how does one do that? Simple, take a banana, anoint it with vermilion/turmeric, offer some prasad to it, take a round around it and (i stopped listening by now).

Or, offer jaggery to Peepal Tree every Friday.

Or, wear a green precious stone touching your skin.

Or, go to a temple every friday and give the cow tethered there some jaggery and chana.

Or, wrap 5 whole turmeric in a yellow colored cloth and deposit it at the base of a tree, any tree, anywhere. 

Or, soak your pendant in milk every saturday night and re-wear it in the morning.

Or…

And the list goes on. Some I followed, some I refused. 

But i now understand that there is some great comfort in following them. It makes one believe that whatever problems one is suffering from, be it the pains of heart or the turmoil of brain, are taken care of by these remedies that the god-men have advised to follow.

So simple. The solution to me being jittery, in denial, in constant confusion – just pray to a Bannaa-nna!