I’m essentially incubated by the reflective space necessitated by my perception and seldom does it open to an outside “air”; risking at this point is injurious! But a recent invasion radicalized rather by a deserving eye has made a safe way in and I wonder what it might lead to. This one was strong; though I do not deny the usualness of it. It struck me hard; perhaps the stealth of the expression made the difference.
P.S: I was told, “firang (pardon the language) girls are so much more beautiful than the Indian ones. You won’t understand it’s a guy thing. They dress better, they know so much more than the Indian girls, they are so perceptive, aware and bold.”
Well, if this were to come from a lame fugitive Indian chauvinist male, I’d rather disown him or ‘bark’ at him. But knowing the origin of the statement I fail to make it sound unsubstantial. This was not an over perceptive acrobatic that got through successful; this was a genuine opinion and I believe it deserved acknowledgement, if not as a unanimous surrender to affirmation then a collaborative challenge of scanning the cause and ideating the possibilities of intervention. And I believe I’m up for this challenge...well, OPPORTUNITY, to minimize this disparaging comparison between the west n us!
