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.
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 ;-)