Comments on: Dear White Boy

By: fathima

fathima — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:40:07 +0000

yo, what was the less offensive word for ‘dada’? i remember mrs. asma once (rightly) giving us shit for it.

By: hala

hala — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:10:56 +0000

how do you not remember? you made fun of my dress, bitch.

By: Geetha

Geetha — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:40:53 +0000

I continued this conversation: “You look like those book covers you detest” and a grim hoarse chuckle exited from one Fatima Cader’s lips.

By: sophister

sophister — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:50:19 +0000

I wore a sari one ti…. wait never mind.

By: adnan.

adnan. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:36:03 +0000

you’ll do fine without the sari and pottu too.

By: fathima

fathima — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:22 +0000

hala,
i don’t remember this. were we not friends then? i do remember my cousin (kg? grade 1?) was in the audience. “omg i saw you!” “no you didn’t. that wasn’t me. pff.”
like there weren’t only two lankans in the school.

baji,
i would rock them more often, if i, you know, owned one. or didn’t feel like such a faker in them.
i think it’s impossible to look (unless you were the world’s ugliest 12yo (see above)) or feel ugly in a sari.

By: baji

baji — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:55 +0000

the saris of yesterday could befuddle anyone, let alone a 13 year old girl going solo. today, you can get a cheater version that has the pleats already sewn in, a hook to secure it, and all you have to do is sweep the remainder of the fabric over your shoulder and go.

i wore a lengha to my wedding to a white boy and a sari to my sister’s wedding to a white boy (not the same white boy as the formerly mentioned white boy). no complaints and no regrets. if you look beautiful in it, or, more importantly, feel beautiful in it, i say, ‘rock the sari!’

By: hala

hala — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:45:20 +0000

ahaha, i believe i emceed that fashion show. in a dress.