Re: Well, is he good at his job?
Posted by asha on June 11, 2003 at 09:53:59:
In reply to: Re: Well, is he good at his job? posted by Kenzi on June 10, 2003 at 13:08:14:
good to see the many view points!Well, someone talked about a degree, right there there's a cultural
difference :))) Measuring someone's ability by the degree is probably not
the way Aunty Bibi measures a henna artist my friend. Mehendi is a very
personal thing in weddings and a white girl would stick out like a sore
thumb, not because of her colour but because of her missing all the
cultural significances surrounding mehandi and not being able to understand
the language, etc. For e.g., a Punjabi (an Indian language) speaking Aunty
Bibi may not hire a Telugu (another Indian language) speaking mehandi
artist for the same reason, cultural and language barrier! You see it is a
wedding and there are so many customs that surround this mehandi stuff and
no one wants to ruin a wedding!
Also, someone mentioned about the Indian grocer giving stares. Well the
only reason this could happen might be because white visitors to Indian
grocery stores is rare in your part of the country, not to discourage you
from buying Henna. Afterall he is runnign a business! In my part of the
world this is not rare event since many whites come to Indian grocery to
buy Indian food, so no one cares if a white person walks in. One has to
understand human nature, we all give a second look to strange events
including the minor accidents on the road eventhough they are not that rare!
Good luck!
: Here in NYC there is an Italian restaurant that has a Mexican
: Elvis impersonator...he's not very good, but not because he's
: Mexican, but rather because if he's really good he would be in
: Vegas not in some tacky restaurant!
Follow Ups
- Extactly! great post...Same with the grocers in my town, as well...
Meena 21:50:35 6/12/2003
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