Comments on: Delicious Desi Aunties http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/ CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM REFLECTIONS ON THE BREADTH OF LIFE Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: umer jaan http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-16267 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:18:59 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-16267 howr u sweet kya hall hai aap ka gee

]]> By: UmmZahra http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15807 Sun, 18 May 2008 00:53:53 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15807 mashaAllah. I loved this post. Here’s to delicious aunties!!! w00 w00

May we all become one someday. ;)

]]> By: Saniya http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15805 Sat, 17 May 2008 17:44:56 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15805 Baraka! gosh what can i say.. just like take a sigh of relief that we can have this discussion and say hey u know what i like my extra pounds and i’m happy i dont have to be counting my calories all the time. Its so exhausting to be living with this pressure that we have to be a stick.. actually just at the begining of the month i had made a resolution that i’m going to be a stick… i’ll work my ass off.. but u know what… whatever really!!! I mean yes for health reasons of course you do have to exercise but to have this constant pressure to have no extra piece of meat on ur body is too much… Its just great to have aunties comment on my body that how guys these days want skinny girls and ofcourse whose counting the flab on their sons or their own bodies haha. insanity really…

]]> By: Meghan Hils http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15793 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:17:18 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15793 Assalaamu aleykum ukhti,

I must be a desi auntie at heart because I am not meant to be thin. Ever. Ever ever ever. A size four was pre-puberty to me. Now these hips are not meant to fit into anything less than a size 16, I am sure. I was so happy when shopping for jilbabs and abayas to see that I actually fit into a medium for the first time ever in years! Alhamdulillah for clothes that are meant to fit women with actual bodies.

Anyway, shukran for this wonderful post! It’s a good reminder about what is really important…and that is not obsessing about fixing what Allah gave us.

]]> By: mskoonj http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15790 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:01:44 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15790 Yes, and rebecca’s right, you know. Shopping on Main Boulevard in Lahore, I could NOT find anything in my size (a mere M-L). Barely a thing. The girls are losing their boobs, it seems. Skinniness has become the new god. What’s the point!

And when you get clothes tailored, it seems that the tailors are zubaan-e-haal se forcing you to fit into 2 sizes smaller than what you are. Loose? everyone asked me. Are you SURE? Don’t you want it TIGHT?

]]> By: Baraka http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15786 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:19:40 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15786 Salaams dear friends,

You all crack me up with your responses! :)

Rebecca, you’re right. Where desi women had a fair-skinned, plumper image to live up to before, they now have a super-skinny, fair-skinned ideal in its place.

Women are under pressure in every culture to reach an idealized standard, which changes just enough to keep us hopping and unhappy. Accepting one’s body in a healthy and loving manner remains an act of revolution.

Warmly,
Baraka

]]> By: Irving http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15785 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:33:13 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15785 Salaam Dearest Sister :)

An excellent ode to the Mae West aunties we all remember and love :)
Skinny is overrated.

Ya Haqq!

]]> By: Umm Salihah http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15778 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:41:44 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15778 Assalam-alaikam Barakah,
love this post. How can I not love a post that mentions Anjuman in it (I think I have seen every one of her films). There’s defo no running away from the Punjabi in you either – you’re GOING to get bigger AND louder no matter what.

You’re right about the “Murdochization of South Asia “, 10 years ago in Pakistan I used to get asked what was wrong with me, why I was so skinny, now me and my sisters get asked how we stay slim. You can also see that most of the women on Pakistani TV have the severest collar bones ever.

Long live delicious desi aunties I guess.

]]> By: mystic http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15776 Wed, 14 May 2008 04:27:38 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15776 woh kiya hai, lurki zara moti hi honi chahiye…

saath ho to, desi lurke ko ‘security’ ka aehsas rehta hai !!

]]> By: Muse http://othermatters.org/2008/05/13/delicious-desi-aunties/#comment-15775 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:37:31 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=508#comment-15775 Oh my GOD. Why didn’t I read this BEFORE I went to the gym today? I totally would have said the hell with it and dug into that naan/salaan in the fridge with pleasure. Now I’m sitting here post-workout tired and miffed. Wonderful post Baraka! :)

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