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Our Piñata: The Western Culture
Posted by ana Sep 21, 2009 05:58 am
"If you have been selfish enough to leave the country of your birth or ancestry to adopt a new one for whatever reason, it should not be insulted by remaining an alien there."

Not feeling too comfortable with the negative connotation of being selfish here, for some reason, Fouz.

Good article, Taji.
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 20, 2009 01:41 pm
Teen sau se oopar rai diye gaye haiN, aur inn maiN se shayad bees ya bees se kam achay rai, aur baqi, zyaada taur par tauheen pe tauheen.

Ye hai Chowk, meri jaan. Piyo aur jiyo!
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 02:52 pm
Skeptical #203, #204

I am curious. Do you go looking into people's interacts on their pages, and judge how they are based on where they interact.

Don't get me wrong. I know you want to defend Padash and there's nothing wrong with that. Some of us respond more in pages where we think we have a little more "knowledge" to speak. If we teach English, be it writing or literature, we comment more there. As women, we don't necessarily comment on every article written by women, although it would be nice.

As for me, I only comment on articles where I find I have something to say. neembu has actually commented on many articles over the years. That isn't "nowhere else".
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 01:21 pm
#189

csg, the reason I asked if anyone had read it, after reading your comments on dagh's piece was because, well, it's erotica (if not obvious from the title). The book has various stories, the first being "The Hungarian Adventurer" and it's been called contrived, boring, all sorts of things as well as praises, but apparently it is now held up by some for its literary worth.

What is trash or contrived to some is pearls to another.
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 01:07 pm
Okay, since my previous question to csg got lost in the mire here, I'll ask has anyone read Anais Nin's "Delta of Venus"?
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 12:53 pm
csg:

just out of curiosity, have you read Anais Nin's "Delta of Venus"?
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 11:53 am
neembu:

I've learned not to take offense at anything you say anymore, but thank you for pointing out the inaccuracy of my comment. I will stand by it, however, if you don't mind, on the basis of the insults flung by some - and I meant some in my previous comment - here.

Calling Padash a whore, or talking about her giving bj's even if she is romanticizing about stripping involves the same "filth" that some folks think she or her writing is for whatever reason. And considering the bloody awful things we've been called and fought against over the years, if you can't see that that is what I am talking about here, then no offense, I would rather we agree to disagree again. I hope Padash does continue to write, about something non-exploitative, because I happen to think she can write.

Back to Telly Savalas. And speaking of which, anyone who thinks that one cannot watch shows from the 1970's on a television channel is an ignorant fool. Anyone who brings up age, gender and sexual prowess or lack of to make a point is an even more ignorant fool, because if your argument really was about exploitation then making jokes about age is a really poor defense.
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 11:20 am
vaisay I'm missing Telly Savalas bare his chest on television, which is much more enjoyable than this so I bid you all farewell.

Who loves ya? ;-) Eid Mubarak!
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 11:07 am
Gentlemen, gentlemen: Fruitless to discuss merits or demerits of Padash's writing with Tahmed saab. He stopped "bothering" to read the entire piece early on. His objections therefore have more to do with the life Padash writes about than the way in which she wrote it.

As said earlier, some here do not care about how "effortless" her writing is or how she wrote about it, they hate that she wrote openly about something that was best left "in the closet".
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 10:38 am
how does that song by Noor Jehan go, come on girls (and boys) sing it with me: "jadoN holay jai lainda mera naa" *sighs*
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 09:37 am
hamid dada:

greetings and salutations!

arre ji, why you are not understanding? In the eyes of some, prostitution, stripping, running around trees in bad Punjabi fillums, all same same.

Not to imply this is tahmed saab's thinking. I am thinking he is thinking stripping is debasing to womanhood, and he is throwing prostitution in like bandar wrench. :)

but #105 is proving me wrong. The balle balle of seeing a post before posting your own.
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 18, 2009 08:59 am
balle balle ni ToR punjaban de, balle balle ni Tor punjaban de, juti khhaldi, maRoR naiyo chaldi, ToR punjaban de, balle balle . . . .
Women and the Process of Decolonization
Posted by ana Sep 17, 2009 11:24 pm
parthaab ji, namaste. Have no fear, the males are awake. I think your daily calls to action have ensured that they will never sleep again.
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 17, 2009 11:12 pm
"sultan rahi in a pair of neon pink speedos"

oh, that image is hideous yet hilarious. . . hahahahaha
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 17, 2009 03:56 pm
I'm actually not fixated on you particularly szaman. I am however, attentive to interactors (men, and even women) who have a problem with women expressing themselves on this site. It's a double standard. You calling Padash a prostitute, while you're acting like a "pimp", offering her to others who are defending her. That's all.

Please don't flatter yourself by thinking I'm fixated on you. You're not my type. ;-D

And Chowk has been removing your posts, so try fixating on that. :)
Two Tears in a Bucket
Posted by ana Sep 17, 2009 02:22 pm
#77 does not merit a response.
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