ASK AUNTYJI Summer wear selection

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.