Guest post by Ibraheem Nadeem. He Blogs.
This quote is as immortal as the people it is talking about. Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Jack the Ripper. You shudder to think of these men. How could they have possibly lived with themselves? Such unspeakable acts, too macabre to even speak of in casual settings. But alas, we know more about them than we do about Ghandi or Quid-E-Azam or even the man who uttered this very quote! Remembering small facts about them are onerous tasks that we eventually get frustrated with and give up on. Now I dare you to think of the scandalous ones, the ones that are gossiped about. Those select few who are worthy enough of your judgemental 'tuts'.
They pitied her a lot of the time and she either hated it or thrived off it. Even now her quotes are infamous for the pain they held. But I am not here to justify her gyrating ways or her troubles. I'm here to ask a question.
"History never remembers the good"
This quote is as immortal as the people it is talking about. Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Jack the Ripper. You shudder to think of these men. How could they have possibly lived with themselves? Such unspeakable acts, too macabre to even speak of in casual settings. But alas, we know more about them than we do about Ghandi or Quid-E-Azam or even the man who uttered this very quote! Remembering small facts about them are onerous tasks that we eventually get frustrated with and give up on. Now I dare you to think of the scandalous ones, the ones that are gossiped about. Those select few who are worthy enough of your judgemental 'tuts'.
Marie Antoinette, Marilyn Monroe... and Veena Malik?
You may think these women are recalitrant rebels but you only think so because they do not conform to your idea of acceptable. And what is acceptable? To cover yourself entirely in a black cloak while going out of the house? No no, we're much too evolved to still have that thinking. How about letting your daughters leave the house in tights and sleeveless shirts? Well then be prepared for the honorary speech about how we're still not that far gone in our conservative society.
You may think these women are recalitrant rebels but you only think so because they do not conform to your idea of acceptable. And what is acceptable? To cover yourself entirely in a black cloak while going out of the house? No no, we're much too evolved to still have that thinking. How about letting your daughters leave the house in tights and sleeveless shirts? Well then be prepared for the honorary speech about how we're still not that far gone in our conservative society.
What's ironic is that Marilyn Monroe was at the height of her career almost sixty two years ago doing exactly what Veena Malik is doing now. Marilyn Monroe was crowned as the worlds biggest sex icon and still holds that title. She was renowned for her flirting, her notorious break downs and marriages and not to mention the nude photos. Marilyn Monroe knew no bounds and yet no one judged her. She did whatever she did with grace and elegance. She retained a jocular attitude towards life that entranced everyone. Thought a lot of people often justified her actions with, "She had a troubled past and that's bound to haunt her" it was more to justify why they empathise with her rather than why she did the provocative things she did.
They pitied her a lot of the time and she either hated it or thrived off it. Even now her quotes are infamous for the pain they held. But I am not here to justify her gyrating ways or her troubles. I'm here to ask a question.
Why is she any different to Veena Malik? Their careers are built on the same sex symbol title, they both did the same things to achieve it. But then why is it that she was accepted sixty two years ago when people are believed to have been more narrow minded, than Veena Malik is now in our so called evolved society?
