Muharram 16, 1448 AH

I witnessed a 39-year-old woman weeping like a toddler because she was asked to wait for five minutes before dinner. She wasn’t starving, from what I know. She had her last meal two hours ago.

Once, I ate with someone who ate twice as much as I did. The tables were cleaned. Ten minutes later, they said: I’m hungry.

Me: Eyeroll, walk out of the room.

Now, I know, some people might think: kuch logoN se bhook bardasht nahin hoti.

کچھ لوگوں سے بھوک برداشت نہیں ہوتی۔
ایسا نہیں ہے۔ کچھ لوگ بھوک برداشت کرنے کی کوشش ہی نہیں کرتے، اور یہی وہ لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے یہ بات پھیلا رکھی ہے کہ کچھ لوگوں سے بھوک برداشت نہیں ہوتی۔

These people don’t have any medical condition that makes them hungry or reduces their ability to survive hunger. They are just bhukkad. And I am like, is this what Mirza Ghalib meant when he said: Hota Hai Shab-o-Roz Tamasha Mere Aagey?

What more am I going to see?

 

NOTE: This is part of “write one post every day for a year” challenge.

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