A rose by any other name!

#95, Farzana Versey, {"Chauhan may not even be his name; he is Pakistani (which when a Hindu says is okay, it has got to be okay)"}

Farzana,
Please give the poor man a break. At least you acknowledged that he is associated with Pakistan. Several Pakistanis have denied him that little recognition - not that being Pakistani is anything to write home about. Curiously, several Pakistanis would even deny him his Turkish blood - as if they perceive that to be a notch above being Pakistani. Now, even you have doubt about his being a Rajput. On a positive note, most Pakistanis on Chowk are glad to bestow upon him a Bihari attribute - as if, in some way, that degrades him to a level that even they feel comfortable about. So, if we defer to Pakistani Chowk opinion, Salim is neither Turkish, nor Persian, and neither Pakistani, nor Rajput, but a "lowly" Bihari Qadiani. No, he is not even Muslim. It’s a good thing that Salim has no problem with being identified with the persecuted and the down-trodden. If he really wanted to establish superiority, he would have claimed direct descent from the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and be lost in the 87% of Pakistanis related to the Hashimi clan of the Quraish tribe from the Hijaz. Seriously, Farzana, do you really think that any amount of P&P, repackaging, or "under new management" signs can help these people?

KKandK
Attorneys-at-Law