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Programme 'Rewind with Samina Peerzada' - Meera ji appears as guest (my summary)

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Well right, at my elder sister´s request I watched an episode of 'Rewind with Samina Peerzada' in which Meera ji appears as guest. I thought I must prepare a summary of possibly the greatest TV show ever.

Meera ji was born in some place which lies between Sheikhupura and Lahore, but she doesn´t seem to know where exactly. She has three mothers: a mother, a mummy and an ammi. It´s entirely possible though that they all exist in one woman - just taking a guess. She has 65 khalaas, 68 phuphos. Also, three maamus who, as a pure coincidence, have either three wives who´re Meera ji´s mumaaniyaa´n, or perhaps the maamus married their three mumaaniyaa´n. Whereas Meera ji herself has three maamus, yet somehow her mother and the rest of her maternal aunts just had one brother. Also, the number of grandfathers and grandmothers that she has was hard to keep a count of. In her village was a tubewell which was a river, a sea and an ocean at the same time.

She was simultaneously admitted in her childhood to three different schools: one at the place where she herself lived, one where her maternal grandparents were and one where her paternal grandparents lived. Depending on mood and location, she´d go to any of these three on the day. She has learnt a lot in life and gained an unmatched amount of maturity. She knows the American "system", the system of Dubai, the society of Pakistan, the Australian men; and she knows what goes through the mind of a beggar and a person selling mangoes. She has seen it all! She also used to see ghosts and fairies - and for real, mind you.

She was great at giving speeches and lectures, on issues such as the creation of Pakistan, how a chair is made and how a flower comes into being. The connection between these three is, well, not yet known to even scientists. However, she wasn´t good at Arabic because, as an example, "Qul hoo Allahu´Ahadd" is just too difficult to master.

According to Meera ji, if she understands what a certain person is saying, it is love, and if she doesn´t, it is not love. A simple definition of love really. Therefore, the girls who understand my this write-up are in love with me, and those who don´t understand are obviously not in love with me. A simple theory. She also explained the mechanism of milk inside the human body following its administration into it. It enters, through your mouth, the esophagus, then your stomach before finally exiting through the intestines. She explains this through the language of signs, which may seem somewhat vulgar to some.

A special mention must go to topi burkha I suppose! A lot of time was wasted on something which never proceeded beyond the point of mere mentions.

Philosophy of the day: "Sab kuchh aapke anndar hai (everything is inside you)", and I mean sab kuchh! Towards the end of the show, it is repeated like a hundred times. It´s best combined, again, with the signs that she makes with her hands.

Number of answers given to Samina Peerzada´s questions: 0.

Number of times Samina Peerzada lost patience and interrupted: 2.

Warm regards,
Rawal Afzal (DHONI183).
 
I must’ve missed this episode. I do make it a point to watch the show and I’ve always been a fan of Sameena Peerzada’s spirit and empathy, even though the interviews would be better served if they were a bit more structured and rambled less.
 
By the way [MENTION=6745]DHONI183[/MENTION], it’s a shame that these days, the name Meera “Jee” conjures up images of Irtaza Rubab. There has been a far more accomplished (and tragic) Meeraji in our history:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeraji

A truly unique character. For more information, please consult Saadat Hasan Manto’s biography of this tortured genius.
 
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One point which I forgot to add, according to her, in America there´s a law according to which journalists can´t "use" your mistakes to make news and headlines out of it. God knows what law that is!

I must’ve missed this episode. I do make it a point to watch the show and I’ve always been a fan of Sameena Peerzada’s spirit and empathy, even though the interviews would be better served if they were a bit more structured and rambled less.

Yeah man, watch it. It´s something that you´ve to taste yourself. It can´t be described.

My mother occasionally used to watch a repeat telecast of it early in the morning. My elder sister though is very fond of this show and has been catching up with a lot of episodes of it. She was telling me about the one with Mahira Khan, too.

By the way [MENTION=6745]DHONI183[/MENTION], it’s a shame that these days, the name Meera “Jee” conjures up images of Irtaza Rubab. There has been a far more accomplished (and tragic) Meeraji in our history:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeraji

A truly unique character. For more information, please consult Saadat Hasan Manto’s biography of this tortured genius.

Never knew about him. Interesting.
 
schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder

Don´t know about Meera but poor Sameena definitely ended up suffering from one of these illnesses following this particular episode.
 
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