Shaam Ki Biathaak

i loved the rhythm to the piece...made me feel like swaying. my fathers side comes from this tradition and i remeber going to india and sitting in the aangaan as a little girl with family members that had not seen my father since the partition some 40 years ago. i never had to do the adaab thing (unless it was for eidhi) and only when i came to the states and am in a community that consists mostly of hyderabadi women i have come to almost (im so very close) master the 43 degree angle. as the wonderful matriarchs will tell me, its good nuff for a pakistani larki. nice piece

z.rizvi

a pleasure to read with it`s gentle, lilting rhythm. i was particularly amused by the descriptions of ways to do adaab. my husband comes from such a background and i was initially expected to do `adaab` as well. i signalled my reluctance to do so by saluting smartly with my right hand at every opportunity instead, and noones asked me to do it since.
it`s the little things that you remember.