Dialogue Times
Literature

My Elegant Sense of Apparel

Deep inside.. there… deep that way.. I am nevertheless the same person that you abandoned years ago. Yes, the looks (and looks alone) have changed a little.
Increasingly bald, rather heavy and somewhat like the one who is frequently chased-and often overtaken by remarks such as “Uncle! Park your car this way”.
But I am still in the same scene that I was in twenty five years ago. That nineteen-year old boy – even in his fifties – does not wish to be twenty!
There was a time when I was in love with you. Then.. throughout in the Post-You era, somebody’s presence became my need. My needs needs then, would kept on changing. Soon enough, that need.. became a habit.
I had heard in an advertisement, “Clothes don’t shrink, children grow up.”
But not me; my clothes grew while I shrunk and became smaller day by day!
My ill habits have become my needs today, and I am in love with them. But you.. You are neither my need nor a habit. You are the one T-shirt from my childhood that I can neither wear nor plan to discard; I just show it off to people as a proof of my elegant sense of apparel.
An Extract from my autobiography, “Love is an Irritation” By Saleem Mirza (Translated by Fatima Saleem)

Related posts

Women’s prize for fiction goes to Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi

Dialogue Times

​Buddha in shackles: Satyapal Anand

Dialogue Times

The Path and I

Dialogue Times

Lost Voices: A Throwback to Zehra Nigah’s Poetry

Dialogue Times

Shanakht: Identity of a Poet

Dialogue Times

Lord Krishna – The Charioteer: Satyapal Anand

Dialogue Times

Leave a Comment

Dialogue Times uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More