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  • Home > Publications > AGEHI News Letter > Summer 2001, Volume: 1, Issue: 1 > ?????

    Editorial : ?????
    Dr.Rakhshinda Perveen

    I was looking for a driver. A friend sent a candidate to me. It was a man who appeared to be in his sixth decade. He was bearded (henna was too obvious) and a cap was fitted on his head. I began the interview with the easiest, and may be the most irrelevant question. " Tumharay kitnay bachay hain?" " Four", he replied proudly. " What are they doing?" I inquired further. He gave me their particulars (all of them had left their studies and were virtual vagabonds) "So you do not have any girl", I commented while attempting to make my tone as complimentary as possible. " Na ji na, meiri tein beityan hein (no, no, I have 3 daughters)" he corrected me quickly, adding as much despondency as possible. He appeared very close to the stereotyped character roles that appear in nearly all Hindi/Urdu social films. " So you have 7 children" I declared to confirm. He nodded indubitably. I concluded the interview.

    What should I do in the light of the above?

    Select this man as my driver? (He is so gender insensitive!)
    or
    Send him on a gender training course?

    How much time will be needed to change this man's attitude?

    How quickly will he learn to count his daughters as well?

    Can anybody tell me?

     

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