What is it about Princesses and Pakistanis? First Jemima Khan converted to Islam to marry Imran Khan. Then there was a whole drama between Princess Diana and her one true love, “Mr. Wonderful”, Dr. Hasnat Khan. Diana was reportedly considering conversion and possibly even a life in Pakistan. And now, the ever reliable Sun reports that Britney Spears is also considering converting to Islam and moving to Pakistan to be with her current boyfriend, paparazzi Adnan Ghalib.
But let’s back up to the Diana story first, because it’s the most interesting. According to her butler, Diana begged Khan to marry her:
“This was her soul mate,” he said. “This was the man she loved more than any other. It was a very deep and spiritual relationship.” Khan would often visit Diana and her boys at Kensington Palace, Burrell added, because the Princess was “adamant” that William and Harry get to know and grow to like Khan.Burrell revealed that he and Diana discussed giving Khan his own quarters at the Palace and that the Princess was so serious about marrying Khan she asked Burrell to find out if it was possible for them to have a private wedding.[Link]
She even met his family in Pakistan and kept in touch with his mother:
[Said Khan’s mother] “She was so nice, so friendly and down to earth. She met my mother, Hasnat’s grandmother, my nephews and nieces, all the family.” [Link]
Meanwhile she stopped speaking to her own mother because of her mother’s opposition to the relationship:
“She called the Princess a whore and said she was messing around with eff-ing Muslims and she was disgraceful and said some very nasty things.” It was after that conversation, he said, that Diana decided she didn’t want to speak to her mother ever again. [Link]
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p>Dodi then, was just a rebound, a way to get Hasnat jealous after he said that cultural differences would make it impossible to marry. This explains why the relationship was so public, and why she courted the paparazzi whose attention would spiral out of control:
She started dating Dodi in part, said Burrell, to make Khan jealous. …”She knew very well what she was doing.” All those tabloid photos of Dodi and Di cavorting on his yacht? The Princess counted on the cameras watching them… [Link]
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p>Britney Spears seems intent on proving the adage that history repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce:
Meanwhile the fallen singer has been telling pals how much she’s in love with Ghalib, 35 and that she plans to marry him and convert to his faith, Islam. In her crazier moments she’s even been threatening to fake her own death to start a new life with him in Pakistan.The News Of The World also revealed that Ghalib’s respectable Sunni Muslim family in Birmingham are so horrified by his antics they have disowned him. One family member told the paper: “His parents … are devastated. This week his dad gave him an ultimatum, ‘Give up Britney, or you are dead to me,’ which Adnan ignored…” [Link]
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Meanwhile Pakistani women are wondering what they need to do to get a bit of attention:
“Look at the way they treat our women. I think they are so chauvinistic and full of themselves. I wonder what these women find attractive in them? May be they should launch their charm offensive on Pakistani women. That’s something we women will never complaint against,” Haq chuckled. [Link]
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p>And Rasika is warning other desi men not to get too (ahem) cocky:
Move along guys, there’s no coat-tails for non-Pakistani desi men to ride here …
nala, port’s no dilettante and i’m no h-muff
The purpose of this, I simply don’t know? the goods you speak of, on which end does grow? Maybe to stir some feelings of resent? Not at all, best wishes to Mister and Miss-Represent.
Once you go desi… … well, who goes desi in the first place?
But when groped on buses They leave the feast
For greener pastures they are bound Where respect for women is found
And behind them follow Their desi sisters, not so shallow
They pine and they coo “are we not respect worthy too?”
So westward they travel Where now they can unravel (relax)
Ride the bus with ease No one there to “eve-tease”
Stri Shakti Zindabad!
Romancing the stone,
“IM IN UR BLOG, CHEET’N ALL UR PEEPLZ UV LIKN ANYTIN DAYZ”
351 HMF said
the likely cause is poetic license; grant benefit of doubt, dear h-muff, no beef, no aim to ignite incense; just a small helping of tough love. in re goods, the list is immense; but why tempt fate, why show off? best keep it wrapped in suspense. sincere wishes, a snow-white dove, goodwill, without a hint of pretense are sent; though protest and scoff, are traded when writings give offense. perhaps we’ll eschew the gratuitous shove, as there remains much smart talk and sense, as reflected in numerous comments above. the year’s young, already mutiny’s intense. some words will be soft, others quite rough; still, so great to see a new round commence.
Rahul comments so much, sometimes I wonder if he’s really a drone, and if not, does he have carpal tunnel syndrome?
I see Pardesi Gori has entered the thread, under the pseudonym ‘Romancing the Stone.’ Of nuance she has not a shred, she has distaste for all men with origins in a certain geographical zone.
So I should aim to be more like you, complaining that women are vapid, and go on and on and on about it, well I just hope your hand works rapid.
I still feel as if I don’t know Nala Hope, I steal, that she doesn’t stop for nada.
well I just hope your hand works rapid.
yah. thats original.
Once you go for a good Tamil lad, perhaps one like muralimannered, You’ll no longer deal with any Brads or Chads, and in devotion you’ll just get madder.
at least it’s not virginal.
oh yeah, did he ever ask him out for some dinnah?
pesarattu makes me want to vomit, I would rather eat an omelet.
at least it’s not virginal.
Thats even more original.
well I’m not from Australia, so you can’t call me aboriginal.
some brown guy breaks your heart, and then you madden and madden.
my experience, pardesi gori, is that the aunties will gossip, ‘chee chee! that girl is so whore-y!’
must this question even be asked? the desi men make you some idli, while in the afterglow in bed you bask.
those who would like to get their socks off hasty, and for days afterwards would like to be in a daze.
I went through puberty, in the land of liberty. I was harrassed so often on the subway, it was almost enough to make me join the cult of Amway. So think twice before you relax on the MTA, though you’re certainly very free to engage in PDA.
Once you go for a male bharata natyam dancer, you’ll be happily huffing and puffing even more than Prancer.
There was an ill-mannered boy named murali, all the deepams he blow out on Deepavali.
muralimannered is an abbai very tamil, for him I wouldn’t mind putting together a mehfil.
Once I partied with the Nizam of Hyderabad, we played beer pong, and at the end of the night he said, ‘Shabash!’
If you wanna go Indian, you better have some of that bling bling.
350 · Romancing the stone said
I’ve had black women compliment me on having “really straight hair” and nice eyes. I get the feeling that black women have an Indian men fetish. Is anyone else picking up on this vibe?
If you wanna go G-U-J-J-U, to you much respect is due.
With my experience, this does not jibe. It’s the black men that have perseverance, because some of that sweet brown liquid, they would like to imbibe.
375 · nala said
If you’re wanting to strut in gold And go out in a Ferrari, Hook up with someone brave and bold Go out with a Gujarati!
But the choice remains, Gandhi, Shah, or Patel? All are off the chain, but my first love is leaves of betel, and who knows, they could actually be quite mundane.
Besides, I’m from Andhra, not some bar in Bandra. I would go for a Patel, if any of them worked for Intel.
If you want a computer engineer, You should probably look for an Iyer. If you want to chill with hard partiers, You’re better of with a Gujju hoteliers.
So what if you are from Andra We can still have lots of majaa How about wild all-night Garbas And feasting on hot parathas!
My fellow desis. you need to watch the Sha booya roll call scene in Get on the Bus and learn how to rhyme.
Heh heh.
Once you go Pravin, he’ll blow you off like steam.
I think we’ve long passed the point of the thread. Time to close. Sorry, Nala since this obviously will impact you the most.