Re: What do you like about Desi and Des.
its the land my forefathers fought for.- how can I not have a soft spot for it. if u look at history, there are stories of my ancestors heads being chopped off and hoisted at city gates at the war of independence in 1800s. from there all the way to demonstrating for pakistan, going to jail for civil disobedience..and in the end, leaving everything and everyone to move to their new homeland..I can not forget that and turn my back on the country.
i like some desi food - cuz of variety and taste (easy on the ghee please)
I like desi music (unless its just stolen)- chillin to sitar and tabla is an experiennce not to be missed
I like desi poetry and literature- ghalib, mir, faiz, iqbal, ibne insha, yusufi, shfeeq ur rehman, ibn e safi..need I say more
I like desi family atmopshere
what X2 said and more
how can i dislike the place for whose independence my ancestors prayed for? the land to which they migrated to? for which they made their sacrifices. it's got it's problems, but then again so do all the other lands.
i like it's history. it's chock full of amazing sites, sights and sounds. the people that lived there, the people that tried to tame the land. the things that came out of it. the art, the architecture. just head to RKS, or travel and tourism, image 2/3 and look at some of the stuff there. take a trip to it, and look at the archeological sites, and see how there are layers of history there, right on top of each other.
i like the food. how many places do you know has so much variety on one single ingredient? so many ways to cook daal, sabzi, gosht. the spices are talked about all over the world. heck we spoiled the goras, so much so they "discovered" the americas to get to what we had.
the natural wealth. some of the most amazing precious and semi-precious gems are found here. then the way we present these, you can't find it anywhere else.
the music is good. some like it, some don't. but the talent is there. desis can most of the time sing. the kinds of musical instruments we have is just amazing.
and the passion we have for all things desi. we hate it. we love it. but you can't deny it, in either case, there is the passion. can't take out the desi from a desi.
oh and the half desi kids. the cutest things on the planet!