Archive for the 'Family' Category
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Depressed, repressed, objectified: are men the new women?
So – although women hold only 17 per cent of parliamentary positions across the globe, despite there being only 10 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and ignoring the fact that it is still illegal for a woman to drive a car in Saudi Arabia – it seems that, sometimes, it is harder to be a man.
Monday, May 26th, 2008
The Gift.
As the day of my departure for a dreaded family reunion/wedding approaches, I’m at a loss concerning what to give the couple as a gift. The groom is a first cousin of mine, but I haven’t seen, or even spoken, to him for a few years. And I’ve never met the bride. So, I can’t really know what they’d like or want. Suggestions? Should I give them money? That’s the SOP in Pakistan, isn’t it? If so, how much?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Being Cyrus.
I watched Being Cyrus last night. It’s an Indian English-language drama released in 2006. it has a couple of big Bollywood names in it — Saif Ali Khan and Naseeruddin Shah — but it’s definitely not a Bollywood film (no wet saris here).
The action takes place in Mumbai and Panchgani with a cast of just seven lead characters, most of whom are Parsi and members of the Sethna family. Cyrus Mistry (Saif Ali Khan) — the lead and narrator — apparently just wanders into the family’s life, and it seemed like it would turn out to be a soppy ’self-discovery’ type of film. Fortunately, the story takes a couple of dark turns and turns out more interesting than I had thought it would.
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
family conventions.
there’s a good discussion of the extended family in a piece here on Pickled Politics.
having ‘grown up’ [whether or not i'm grown up is, of course, up for debate] in karachi, amongst a multitude of aunts, uncles, cousins, and an assortment of other peculiar creatures, i have to say it rings true on many counts, especially the point that relationships with extended family members should be enjoyed in moderate doses.