Started reading famous poet Ada Jafri’s autobiography ‘Jo rahi so be-khabri rahi’.
While mentioning her love for book, she refer to her visit to Washington’s library. After visiting library, she sat on stairs. In her words, ‘In USA, you can sit any where.. wear what you want to wear. walk bare footed. No one will stare at you. No one will bother what are you doing. But in Europe, you can observe people staring at you and sometimes their gestures carry contempt.’ She specifically mentions London from Europe.
The autobiography was probably written few decades back (yet have to go trough the complete book to see that).
An stranger on street in America will greet Good Morning, Good Afternoon or How are you doing… but you will never listen such greetings on European streets…
An stranger on street in America will greet Good Morning, Good Afternoon or How are you doing... but you will never listen such greetings on European streets....
have you got first hand experience of European culture or its just sunni sunai?
magar koii apne ghar ke saamne kisii aur mulk kaa jhanDa lahraa ke to koii dikhaaye! Canada meN visiting Americans kii gaaRiyoN par amriikan jhanDe nazar aa jaate haiN magar Canadians apne jhanDe apnii gaaRiyoN par amriika meN nahiiN lahraa sakte…
…vaise, amriika meN jaanwar banne ke liye bahtareen jagah hai…jo jee chaahe karo, koii ek aaNkh bhii uThaa kar nahiiN dekhegaa…
koii sag parast, koii qabr parast, koii cow-parast to koii daraKht parast magar afsos k is daur meN Haq parast aaTe meN namak ke baraabar bhii nahiiN rahe!
dehaatii aurat? kiskii taraf ishaarah hai? vaise, jamhoor meN aurteN bhii shaamil haiN to jamhooriyat unke haath meN kia nahiiN honii chaahiye? vaise bhii aurtoN kii aur bil-Khusoos dehaatii aurtoN kii ta’daad city slicker women se kahiiN ziyaada hai…
dehaatii aurat? kiskii taraf ishaarah hai? vaise, jamhoor meN aurteN bhii shaamil haiN to jamhooriyat unke haath meN kia nahiiN honii chaahiye? vaise bhii aurtoN kii aur bil-Khusoos dehaatii aurtoN kii ta'daad city slicker women se kahiiN ziyaada hai...:)
Man-Mohan Singh was referred as Dehati aurat by our Mr Sharif