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DEAR AUNTYJI

I believe that when you move to a new country, you should try to behave like the locals. So here is my story. Aap to jaante hain ki kitna garmi ho rahi hai Sydney mein. This month, it was 45 degrees where we live. To apni gori saheliyon ki tarah, I too decided to wear shorts to go shopping. Auntyji, kya tamasha hua! You would have thought I was walking bilkul nangi through Blacktown shopping centre. All the Indians who passed me did a double take and I even saw two mataji types shaking their sar at me. Every single desi out there mujhe ghoor ghoor ke dekh rahe the. I was pissed off; here I was, minding my own business, and everyone was staring. At me. I mean, all these people coming from India, why do they bring their purani khayalat with them? What should I say to the people who stare at me? Can I tell them off?

AUNTYJI SAYS

Okay so we all know that shaming others is bad and that women should be able to wear whatever they want without others casting aspersions or making them feel bad. Especially in this garmi. Now I have no false illusions about being politically correct, so I will tell it to you like it is. Suno. We go out in the world, and if we are sensitive and self-aware, we make a point of ensuring that nothing about us causes offence to others. Of course, we can't always predict what might offend others, however there should be some considerations made for what these could be. For example, if you are the size of a haathi, or bhains ki tarah you waddle through Blacktown shopping centre in hot pants, then you know that it's only a matter of time before human nature gets the better of aam log and they will look at you - startled out of their daze at the mere sight of you. And if besharam ki tarah you are swaggering all over Coles, then of course, log dekhenge nah? Now for the asli sawal How do you know people were looking at you? The only way you would know this, is if you were actually looking at others looking at you. Iska mutlab hai ki you must be thinking you are hot stuff, and you are walking around checking out people checking you out. Yeh sub behuda harkat hai. Put on some clothes and stop offending others with your half-naked body. No one wants to see a desi aunty showing her charms in public.

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Time keeps passing by...

DEAR AUNTYJI

Recently I turned 40 and I am starting to worry that life is going by sooo quickly. Just yesterday it was 2018 and now it's 2019 and soon it will be 2020. I am worried that I won't be able to do all the things I want to do. I’m not having an existential crisis, I am happy with my life - I have a good job, a loving wife, two wonderful children and I like to think I am a kind human being who helps others. But still Auntyji, don't you think that it's shocking how fast life is going? Do you have any tips for how I can stop thinking like this, Auntyji? Half my life is over and I have not done everything I wanted. Please provide some advice.

AUNTYJI SAYS

Sabko ek din marna hai; kyon pareshaan ho rahe hain? The meaning of life is this, my nadaan nasamajh We are born. We do stuff. And then we die. Sometimes if we are lucky, the length of time from janam to maran is long, and sometimes, not so much. But the thing is this. Each day that we are here, we should feel grateful for this life we are given. We don't come with guarantees that our life will be long - so we should focus on appreciating what we have, rather than what we will lose by time flying. If agle janam mein you don't want to come back as a kutta or ullu or cockroach, to focus kijiye nah on all the good things you can do in the service of others in the short time you have. And yes, I agree that time is flying. As you get older, this is a known thing. But what to do? You can't stop time. You can't avoid dying. The only thing you can do is to focus on the here and now and make each day count. You have lived 40 years. Many have not had that privilege. And you don't know kitne din aur baaki hain! So fill your days with good deeds, serve others and be happy that you rose this morning to see the suraj. At this point, I quote Amitabh Bachchan from Muqqadar Ka Sikander: Zindagi to bewafa hai, ek din thukrayegi; maut mehbooba hai, apne saath lekar jayegi. Amitji is 100% right. Maut go gale lagao like Sikander. That's your only guarantee. Life is a mayaa bewafa. Bewafa se nain kyon lada rahe ho? fair, jolly nature and a good mix of Indian and modern values. Working in an MNC. Australian citizen. Educated family. Parents well settled. Send details with photo: sydgirl09@gmail.com

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