Recently I read a “newsworthy” item in one of the leading local newspapers titled ‘Swat dancers looking forward to journey home.’
No offence to the “Dancers” but I believe going back to Mingora and starting the business of “Performing Art” is not the right approach. This will only upset ‘Taliban’ in the conflict zone of Swat. Clearly peaceful dialogue did not workout with Taliban and armed forces had to be used to fish out these terrorist or some may call them extremists, if Zarmeena returns to her war-torn native area she will only risk the peace process in Mingora and might trigger Taliban to appear again.
If we look at this from Taliban’s prospective, this sort of Art is not restricted to dance and music it goes beyond that and we all know what that is. Let’s forget about Taliban for a bit and ask people from Swat region that what is their point of view on this Art? I can guarantee majority of Swati people will say NO to it. How about we move to the more liberal regions of our dear country and ask well-off families from all provinces who would hire Zarmeena’s services for weddings and other parties, do they think that Mujras are respectable business? Again, we all know the answer.
I personally have no issues with this Art but few things in our country are best if kept underground, like Alcohol is forbidden in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Shhhhhh
“Na cher Malanga'n Nu,
Kuttay Pair'n Ge Ni Tanga'n Nu"
