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I may never be able to wear my Pink Golf shirt again…..
To Owais :
Just read The News ..online edition…. that the 2 “code Pink” activists who had come to Pakistan to protest have been ordered to leave Pak, by tuesday….these code pink(they wear pink clothing) activists(mostly women, initially atleast) pop up at all sorts of press conferences and media sessions in the USA protesting against the iraq war, bush, war funding, protest marches etc.etc. they always wear pink as they say that is the feminine colour and represents activism against oppression…good people, helpless people with noble ideas. They are always picked up and quite forceably thrown out of every event…..now being thrown out of pakistan…..could this picture draw better similarities….good donkey, helpless donkey, noble animal, But unable to protest…???
Notes of the photographer say this donkey was painted such to celebrate some Sikh festival at Panja Sahib, Hasan Abdal. I cannot confirm if it was indeed a celebratory paintning or not. To me it looks cruel. I was more shocked than awed after seeing this photo the first time and therefore decided to share here. I’ve seen some color decorations on sacrificial animal around Eid-ul-Azha but this donkey looks like got immersed in a bath tub full of pink dye.
Poor donkey…could this picture be doctored….
To Sharuk: Pink maybe the new black but it sure aint hip…
Pink is new Black