Ms Piggy

I must admit there is one thing that I cant do . I can’t pout . I just cant pout to save my life or to get a selfie. I mean they do come out right but man! I can’t pout . How do all the girls and the women get it right? I don’t even know where my cheekbones are, you know those knife sharp cheekbones that are contoured and suddenly they come out just like the Alps. 

I still cant figure out which side of my face is the right side , I have freckles on one , and the other one shows my nose like Cleopatra just out of Asterix . you know where Julius Ceaser loves her on the barge and serenades to her . I take pictures and upload them just like they are meant to be .I guess am old fashioned like this . 

Maybe my soul just is stuck in the black and white era and the kodak moments where every picture meant money , every negative was money . Not the digital age , where one  can take a zillion pictures and keep on taking till the perfect one comes along. 

Have you ever noticed at Punjabi weddings here and I’m guessing everywhere when a picture is going to be taken , we all tighten our stomach muscles, make a pose and then smile and crick our necks and try to glow as if Fenty Beauty would save us and make us more beautiful. 

We use filters, apps to make ourselves look thinner, get more likes and, have weirder snap lenses to be more attractive.What about recognising the true face and just presenting that ? Increasingly I see women losing them selves and their identity to confirm to beauty standards set by the West . One has to be fair , pristine white , have a statuesque body and hair that is bouncy and beautiful tinted with color and then to have those killer cheekbones, perfect nose and bee stung lips.

And these are the same women , who share quotes everyday where they share highfaultain quotes. The pressure that is created is so vicious and immense that they spend a lot to achieve this look . I have seen girls getting so many treatments done to their hair that I wonder how the hair even survive, and what about the chemicals that are seeping\. Vfnnfsvw njnnv VA in their systems .

‘And this is something they don’t ever consider or just remain oblivious to the whole thing or  are in an escapist situation thinking that its not going to happen to me. I wish we would have a safety board where guidelines could be set to save us for these chemicals that seep into us maybe  a Fitbit to actually save us . In fact all these fancy schmancy hair treatments ,  peels and  surgery done to correct the face and just to get those likes . Do you know I have had people who have also asked me why I didn’t like their post ? Or , the best is checking every post on the social media but never commenting and never posting and what comes on my mind is that people who don’t post on Facebook think they have a degree in maturity . 

But , the social pressures these days are such that men are posing are shirtless and showin their abs( photoshopping them with oil ) and slick back hair and women with their poses with a soft filter and bigger eyes to just be more attractive.

In the end , it’s all about the pout and all I can think is abou the village kids who were so taken by a foreigner that they kept on smiling and saying ok and ok with screwed up faces. So , all I can do from now on is to screw my face like a pig and try to look attractive . Or maybe be a Miss Piggy and be cute .

A Sad Sombre Love day

A few days ago , we had the worst massacre on Indian soil by a terrorist group that infamously claimed it as their handiwork .And , then hell broke loose on both sides of the border . We have warmongers baying for blood on both sides . Instead of recognising what the problem is the politicians on both sides are using inciting, hateful languages just to show who has the bigger balls and the wider chests , both our social media has got polluted with hate statements and trying to score a goal on one other and to get the maximum likes by their followers.

As, the days go by , no one wants to deal with the real problem , all we hear are challenging statements, inciting each other to war and to take revenge. Twitter on the day it happened went crazy with hate lines mocking and making fun of one of the famous lines How’s th josh ? .

Terrorism is a heinous , hateful act of cowardice against humanity and it’s occurred on both sides of the border and we have all faced it, be it Peshawar and now Pulwama. Did we make fun , mock or incite? It was devastating, so many innocent lives lost without any reason and families destroyed . It strikes deep and never does the chasm fill . All we want is that the terrorist group which is residing in Bahawalpur be brought to justice. A terrorist who is thumping his chest and claiming the killing in the war to free our state ie Kashmir is residing on your soil and you want us to give you proof. I thought you all were looking towards a Naya Pakistan , a newer soch , you all claim to have changed your mindset and want development and progress and prosperity for your country that has been ravaged by problems aplenty. 

So , why not cooperate ? Why not jointly help us ? Why not extradite ?

Why not bring him to justice?

Why do we use delay tactics? I have a best friend living in Lahore and we text , message daily , it doesn’t mean all Pakistanis are bad or that they hate us , or Muslims are bad ; we have a larger population of Muslims than them. It’s time that Imran Khan walks the talk, he delayed giving a statement as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was there but now if he looks for proof , we can give them . 

If that is all there it is , lets give it to him and lets see what he does. I eagerly wait the day when he is a Sacha Mussalman and helps us . Right now , soldiers and their families are bleeding and crying as all is lost , the future looks bleak. The country is united and we are all looking for answers , and instead of blaming each other and mocking and being childish , lets all rise above this and look for a joint answer , that is not war , nor is it making childish , inciteful stateemnts . 

It’s a grave , sad moment in our lives and when we are witness to such heinous crimes and history will judge us if we didn’t act accordingly and stop this hate . Indians also bleed red , just as Pakistanis do ; so end this without succumbing to destroying each other .