I remember in an interview Fatima Surayya Bajiya (famous playwright) complaining about the lack of manners of new generation. She was referring to sitting style (jotay ka talla samne bethe ko dikhai de).
I heard from my ammi that when their father entered home, they all went silent. No shor sharaba.. I didn’t find this in new generation.
I’ve seen my elder cousins meeting their teacher by touching their feet. I never did that.
So is the definition of good manners change from generation to generation?
Or it remained constant and time has no impact on some manners. I’ve seen people bending before judges in courts, like they used to bent before English judges before partition.
Yes we are very badtameez now.
We can share weird jokes with our parents about which my mother reminds us often Besharmun hum to aisa soch bhe nahi skty thy apny barun k samny kehny ka
I see students or young people don’t leave their seats in respect if they see a teacher or elderly standing and don’t offer them their seats.
Teachers are being called by their names
Aj shakeel ki class bunk krni hy
Yes...even my dad was saying ke himmat nahi hoti thee dada ya abba ke samne shor machana. But i think...what i am seeing is, we are all going down-hill. We don't have respect for each other and that is because there is no tolerance anymore.
Hmm my mom says that about "aankhen dikhaana" during an argument that our generation is fearless whereas theirs used to always lower their eyes and not utter a word when getting criticized by an elder.
My dad sometimes complains that when his dad used to come home, he should rush to the door to greet my daada abu and take grocery bags from his hands. Our generation just keeps busy in our own affairs so we are selfish and self absorbed.
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