Re: Does your online personality reflect who you are IRL.
Thanks for the good wishes ![]()
It’s a wish but I’m hopeful. I always wanted to be a poet/writer and use my words to help people notice and see things they never did before especially when it comes to India/Pakistan relations. My grandmother told me stories of Akbar/birbal when growing up, I watched such tv series and lately noticed lot of similarities in pakistani dramas/films and life in India. my fav film which was touching is ramchand pakistani.
I’m like most desi children just going about my career but one day when I am established I hope to pursue these interests. It’s like whatever career I chose kept leading me back to India/pakistan. I don’t know. Maybe it’s a sign that this is where my passion is. I know if I was an engineer I’d want to do joint indo-pak projects and if I was a doctor I’d want to be part of peace clinic and the groups that help with treatment across border. If I was a lawyer id want to be part of the recent sc initiatives on both sides to release prisoners. If I was a journalist id want to write for indo-pak papers where these issues are discussed.
If I was into entertainment/arts/marketing id want to be part of zee zindagi and future joint India/pakistani dramas
One of my good online friends is a pakistani archaeologist based in UK so she has also been inspiring.
I have a few non desi friends who are interested by Kalash people so I feel it would be interesting to include them.
Pakistani aesthetics is an idea I got from lot of indian media which kept writing articles on looks of good looking Pakistanis I.e hina rabbini khar, imran khan etc. I found it interesting and I wanted to write about this fascination.
I’d make a GS thread on it but I think I’ve already made too many on this issue
so will give it a break for some time.