“Emaaa…Ki roga go
tumi. Kichu khao na? Underweight hoae kono lab nai. Pregnant ki kore hobi. Hmm..dieting,
Zero figure banachis , bikini porar shok hoiche?" And the best one - "Tor bor ki pabe re?”
“Oh! You are so thin. Don’t
you eat anything? There is no use of being under weight. How will you get pregnant?
Hmm… dieting, trying for zero figure,
want to wear a bikini?" And the best one – "What will your husband get?”
It’s not a happy thing to be a Bong and not be chubby. Meet
any aunty in any social gathering; these questions just shot up. And all you can do is just smile and ignore.
Hmm...So let’s get some facts cleared. I am no way close to
zero figure. Can’t even be. If I would have won't I be walking the ramp rather
than writing). I am rather petite with
thin hands and legs (rightly put by some of my friends as forgotten my ‘do
boond zindagi ke’). And yes, I love eating. I can munch all day. And in my
whole life I have never been on diet. And am definitely not underweight. But still I
am bombarded with these questions (all the time).
So do these aunties get some kind of sadistic pleasure in
telling a person (P.S Young women) on this side of the scale that they have
gone further down on the meter? (Considering Asha Parekh is still in vogue)
My question is that when Kareena Kapoor lost all that weight
and went zero figure did Kareena’s aunt ask her the same question? Or is it
just a Bong thing?
