Owais Mughal
This notice board is from Food Street, Lahore. It reads:
“Entering the ‘Food Street’ wearing shorts is strictly prohibited: Food Street Administration”
Among other things on this notice board, I enjoyed reading the word sakht (strictly). As if the word forbidden didn’t sound serious enough, the administration had to add a prefix strictly forbidden to make sure people undrestand that administration means business here.
Credits: I found the above photo in rooq’s collection at Flickr.com.
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What is wrong in wearing shorts? It is an absurd prohibition for a country with eight-month long summer.
If there is anything to be banned from public places it should be shalwar-qameez, which almost makes it obligatory for men to scratch their privates without caring for people around them. Just ask a question, to a man on the street, which needs a bit of thinking, for example, and see how he concentrates to think in his loose-fitting dress. His hands won’t stop scratching his dangly bits; his brain perhaps too occupied with thing. Shalwar-qameez makes it all easy.
this is not new, I remember taking picture of the same sign at Gawalmandi food street in 2002 as well.
I believe we should give some respect to the feelings of Lahoris, it is not about being extreme interpretation of islam it is just like, when we go to foreign countries ,we follow the code of conduct of that country, so atleast we should follow something which identifies us,and if we are ashamed of even this we are undoubtedly the biggest loosers.
Most of the the owners and workers in food street wear shalwar qamiz there is no harm in showing some courtesy to them, please dont make it a joke and say they are old fashioned and stubborn, atleast we can preserve some of our lost values in our home.
Thanks
An extreme interpretation of the Islamic dress code. Sadly, our extremist nature is just too obvious now.
As for the gymkhana argument, one would hardly find food street as dignified or appropriate a place to where coat shoes, trousers and a crisp collar shirt.
Ahsan, are you suggesting that there are religious overtones to this warning. I think not. Most warnings about ‘no shorts’ (e.g., Gymkhana, Sindh Club, etc.) came from Kala Sahibs because ’sophisticated’ people don’t wear shorts at dinner :-)
But this place is full of foreign tourists. Do they have the same warning in English or in other foreign languages? Perhaps foreigners are exempted!
It is only a start. The day will come when bare-headed males and Hijabless females will be also forbidden.
Very funny ;-)
Well, why not. The Lahore Gymkhana has the same rule. So why not Food Street?
aww … dhotti ki ijazat hay ;-)