Comments on: Staying home from The Prom

By: yes

yes — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:55:06 +0000

Nice article

By: Faseeha

Faseeha — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:13:05 +0000

I love your comment. I am Muslim (not that it matters) and I do want to go to prom. Not for the dancing but because its a night I can chill with all my friends, who aren't muslim. Your prom sounds absolutely amazing! Love the whole idea of it. Do you know where they got the fake rocks from coz i can think of a few people who would love that idea.

So glad i found this site.

Ta.

By: saba

saba — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:52:24 +0000

so right . i was supposed to go to my sophop but declined becuz it just would not look good me in my shalwar kamez and all other people in gowns. i would look like an idiot even though i will forever remain heart broken

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By: Ramen

Ramen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:48:54 +0000

Christina i think you have a very good point.

By: Jai Singh

Jai Singh — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:19:02 +0000

This is just an off-topic thought, but reading old threads like the one above (which I hadn’t read before) and stumbling across yet more of Punjabi Boy’s comments keeps reminding me how much his valuable and much-needed contribution to this blog is missed. I’m sure many other long-term SM commenters will agree with me.

By: Smile79

Smile79 — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:49:35 +0000

I'm confused. . .it seems like it is being suggested that woman wanting to adhere to what has been prescribed for her in the ways of "hijaab" must do it in accordance to what is traditional and consistent with her ethnic identity, otherwise she is confusing islam with arabization?

That's a pretty unfair accusation. Looking at any of the guidelines outlined by various scholars, who have far superior knowledge and study on this topic than pretty much anyone who would take the time to post to this website, the hijab/chador/pardah. . whatever, should cover everything but the face and hands, and should not be transparent so that the color of the skin is discernable through the fabric, and should not be overly ornate or showy so as to attract attention. There is no stipulation for style of the covering as long as it meets this criteria.

Im not at all ashamed to be a Desi, but the way I wear my hijaab or dupatta is definitely in a way so that the above criteria are met, inshAllah. Does that make me an Arab wannabe just because i'm not wearing shalwaar-kameez and draping a thin strip of chiffon on my head (and only during prayer and recitation of Qur'an)? To me it sounds like the harshest critics of hijaab are those who really don't understand it's purpose and the imaan boost one gets from wearing it. It's more to do with a closeness to Allah(swt) than wanting to be an Arab. Yes, I want to learn Arabic. . but to be able to read and comprehend the word of Allah as it was intended, and not to be like my Masri and Saudi girlfriends.

I can enjoy daal and chaat masala AND shawarma and foul medamas. . .I like Thai food too, is that wrong?? Why should I have to go one way or the other? My "culturally Muslim" desi friends are okay with short sleeves, namaaz only when they feel like it, and bhangra on chand raath. I'd rather strive to cover myself, make my daily 5 prayers, and bhangra in the privacy of my home but taraweeh on chaand raath instead. Does that make me a bad Desi?

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:26:54 +0000

I think that all too much attention is paid to prom in the high school setting. Movies and literature have made it this do or die event with long reaching implications into life, but it’s really just a dance. At your ten year reunion, it’s not going to matter very much whether or not you attended prom. High school students should pay more attention to forming lifelong friendships.

By: Driver

Driver — Fri, 05 May 2006 09:38:32 +0000

Prom is a party, not a place to play board games. At most high schools, only about half the eligible students end up going. It is expensive and frivolous. The fact that many Indian students go is not that unusual; many also do go. We should stop generalising, not everyone thinks brown=nerd. I went to prom and had a great time, so did all my Indian friends.

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:34:15 +0000

Medina

You can say what you like about atheists, but it is nonsense to try and bracket them as being 'fundamentalist' with all that that implies. I am not an atheist, but I am glad they exist, because in matters of religion, they have in-built bullshit detectors which are usually very bias free and healthy. When I hear people denouncing them as 'fundamentalist' it means they have had a raw nerve touched. Atheists dont go around torturing, burning, bombing, oppressing and killing for their beliefs.

And dont bring up the example of the communists, they werent atheists, they believed in the God of Marx and Stalin.

razib

Keep on brother!