A Delightful Cut

re slink #17:

Sorry to interrupt the girl-talk here but what`s so unusual about female doctors trying to look good before their rounds? Most lady doctors I`ve come across end up looking and dressing like their unkempt male counterparts a couple of years into their residencies or profession. The ones that don`t stand out. All power to them.

later

-sac

P.S: Please go easy on me.

Undercurrents of hard core pornographic literature. I`m not sure why (and probably not intended by the author-ess at all) but thats what this piece reminded me off. Yes yes I know what the comparison implies about my reading habits -but its well off the mark.

very strange. good writing though.

cheers

dL

slink #21, ``our taste in men is obviously very very different :)``

No it`s not. They`re all packaged the same way with their Little Richard`s in their brains.

Lubna #22,

Tum mujhe bhagay ka choro gi :)

AH #20,

thank you

Ayesha,

I think this is a brilliant piece of work. It does what all good writing should do, engage and provoke thought....shades of necrophiliac revenge fantasy...the objectification of the human body, its ultimate physical violation. This was refreshing and disturbing. Am I the only one to sense the deep dark black humour here? I like the way the work makes us confront our fear and fascination with the body.

I also like the mixture of poetry and prose, the narrator preparing for the cadaver as she would for a date....excellent...ambiguous

Dark, disturbing, imaginative...brilliant....

I think it is wrong to describe it as a feminist piece..such knee jerk politicising detracts from its imaginative powers as a work of literature

I think Ayesha is a very talented writer...

Harpreet

scout #20:

abhi tak? tum nahi sudharney wali... sigh...

[[Damn, I`d put some lipstick on if Humayun Saeed was my patient or Rahat Kazmi (back when he was young) was my attending.]]

care to pass the lipstick this way when you`re done? :) btw - think mr kazmi is even better looking now.

scout..

our taste in men is obviously very very different :)

sameerjb (63)

Do you really think Islam will keep `us` - whoever that is - humble? If the current situation in `Islamic` countries is anything to go by, I seriously doubt it. Unless by humble you meant poor, hungry, uneducated as well as illiterate, and of course deluded.

-p

adnan #54 I agree with you. MQM was the creation of Nawaz Sharif incidentally, who was a creation of Zia. MQM was just as brutal as Zia - it had torture chambers while Zia had the lash. Mushahid Sahib may wish to comment on what inspired him to join this group (although it appears Mushahid is doing any commenting anytime soon on chowk).

slink #17, `` i also thought of certain female doctors i know, who dress up when they go on their rounds. dont know why they do, but they do.``

It`s to get the hunky doctors or patients.

Damn, I`d put some lipstick on if Humayun Saeed was my patient or Rahat Kazmi (back when he was young) was my attending.

this is not a product of a disturbed mind, this is experimentation. please stop confusing the writers personality with her work.
this piece was indeed disturbing for it`s implications..living in a society that preys on women can make you twisted, frayed, suicidal, all kinds of things. i also thought of certain female doctors i know, who dress up when they go on their rounds. dont know why they do, but they do.
interesting stuff ayesha, do keep writing.

shandana

Brilliant!

A recommendation, though:

when slicing, try not to use a brand new blade. A blunt edge provides much more pleasure since it actually rips and shreds skin instead of just gliding through. It`s messier as well.

Just a little to give back to our patriarchal, hypocritical society.

Ahhh...revenge is shooooo shwweeeet.

he he he - surprised your husband sleeps at all!!

``the ancestor of every ation is thought`` I read this in Nepoleon`s Think and Grow Rich.... I hate to imagine what your acts must be like....

Euuuu!!!

Get a LIFE!!!

Wassalam.

-Aisha

Ayesha:

Disturbing.... well done - your objective has been achieved..... (that is what you were trying to achieve, right?)

I AM GLAD THAT I AM A WOMAN-by annonymous (perhaps it is conventional wisdom)

I`m glad I`m a woman, yes I am, yes I am
I don`t live off of Budweiser, beer nuts and Spam

I don`t brag to my buddies about my erections
I won`t drive to Hell before I ask for directions

I don`t get wasted at parties and act like a clown
and I know how to put the damned toilet seat down!

I won`t grab your hooters, I won`t pinch your butt
my belt buckle`s not hidden beneath my beer gut

and I don`t go around ``readjusting`` my crotch
or yell like Tarzan when my head-board gets a notch

I don`t belch in public, I don`t scratch my behind
I`m a woman you see -- I`m just not that kind!

I`m glad I`m a woman, I`m so glad I could sing
I don`t have body hair like shag carpeting

It doesn`t grow from my ears or cover my back
When I lean over you can`t see 3 inches of crack

And what`s on my head doesn`t leave with my comb
I`ll never buy a toupee to cover my dome

Or have a few hairs pulled from over the side
I`m a woman, you know -- I`ve got far too much pride!

And I honestly think its a privilege for me
to have these two boobs and squat when I pee

I don`t live to play golf and shoot basketball
I don`t swagger and spit like a Neanderthal

I won`t tell you my wife just does not understand
stick my hand in my pocket to hide that gold band

or tell you a story to make you sigh and weep
then screw you, roll over and fall sound asleep!

Yes, I`m glad I`m a woman, a woman you see
you can forget all about that old penis envy

I don`t long for male bonding, I don`t cruise for chicks
join the Hair Club For Men, or think with my dick

I`m a woman by chance and I`m thankful it`s true
I`m so glad I`m a woman and not a man like you!