A stereotype about Pathans / Pashtuns

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Re: Puranay Ghar Kay Mosam

@marwati

What could be reasons behind it?. Do parents in Sindh, U.P and elsewhere fear that pathans (pashtuns) would kidnap their kids for bacha bazi?. You said you belong to Aligarh, now this town was renamed from ramgarh to aligarh by Pashtuns/afghans in 18th century. From your U.P, pathans like poet josh malihabadi, zakir hussain (former president of india), Maulana jauhar ali and shaukat ali, Ahmad raza khan bareilwi etc emerged…are you telling me that people of U.P fear community of this calibr as potential pedophiles, child-kidnappers or some thing like that?..

first of all, i did NOT say this ‘fear’ to be REAL or related to Pedophilia. it was just a myth and my parents never scared us. it was just a thing among kids. who started this? i dunno.

it may be because they did NOT belong to the local population, they came from some far away land and because they covered themselves with garbs/chaadars and the kids feared that they hide the kids under the cloaks/chaadar and take them away.

btw, i am NOT from AligaRh…i studied there at the Muslim University. i am from Lucknow/Allahabad.

Dr. Zakir Husain’s daughter, Safia Apa, was married to a professor, Dr. Zilklur ReHman Khan, and was my neighbour. DR. Zillur ReHman Khan was later appointed as the Education Minister. most of the personalities you mentioned in your post studied at AligaRh and we respect them and hold them in high esteem.