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4meAndyou · F
They separated from India. They used to be called Bangla Desh, but then they changed their name again. They don't like Hindus as a general rule.
I knew a family of Pakistanis who came to the USA to live. The father was what we call "an exchange scientist"...sort of like an exchange student but a lot older. I always wondered if they had to move because the father was Muslim and the mother was Hindu, but the father also mentioned riots.
The father, Professor A, told me that if he wanted to, he could have more than one wife. I remember that I was really shocked! But he was teasing me. He told me that you have to be able to afford more than one wife. His wife spoke Urdu.
The older son was really cute. He gave me my very first kiss, when I was only thirteen years old.
The family really liked chicken. My mother used to make fun of Nafis.
"We will have dinner on Saturday, at 7:00 p.m., at YOUR house, and we will have chicken!"
I knew a family of Pakistanis who came to the USA to live. The father was what we call "an exchange scientist"...sort of like an exchange student but a lot older. I always wondered if they had to move because the father was Muslim and the mother was Hindu, but the father also mentioned riots.
The father, Professor A, told me that if he wanted to, he could have more than one wife. I remember that I was really shocked! But he was teasing me. He told me that you have to be able to afford more than one wife. His wife spoke Urdu.
The older son was really cute. He gave me my very first kiss, when I was only thirteen years old.
The family really liked chicken. My mother used to make fun of Nafis.
"We will have dinner on Saturday, at 7:00 p.m., at YOUR house, and we will have chicken!"
walabby · M
4meAndyou · F
@Gumnaam I have a very vague and incorrect memory of Bangla-desh...in a Beatles song, I think...and I am not sure why but when I learned that there a country called Pakistan, I assumed it was all the same country but they had changed their name...again. Sort of like those countries in Africa that are always changing their names.
Regarding Hindus, I know that the country of Pakistan is VERY Muslim, so I suppose I assumed that Hindus were not well loved there.
The rest of it I learned from being WITH the Pakistani family I mention above. They were close to my family and often came over to visit.
Ah...and I remember asking them about Hindus, because I didn't know what they were for sure. What stood out was that the wife emphasized that her religion was different, and told me a little bit about festivals and flowers and so on. But I think it was their son, (who gave me my first kiss), who said that it was not considered good that his father was Muslim and his mother Hindu.
Regarding Hindus, I know that the country of Pakistan is VERY Muslim, so I suppose I assumed that Hindus were not well loved there.
The rest of it I learned from being WITH the Pakistani family I mention above. They were close to my family and often came over to visit.
Ah...and I remember asking them about Hindus, because I didn't know what they were for sure. What stood out was that the wife emphasized that her religion was different, and told me a little bit about festivals and flowers and so on. But I think it was their son, (who gave me my first kiss), who said that it was not considered good that his father was Muslim and his mother Hindu.