Comments on Outlandish Musings: Yakub's story

I used to live near here, and frequented a shop ve...

2009-11-16T14:52:35.276+05:30

I used to live near here, and frequented a shop very much like this one, but they used to call this bread Khobz, which is actually the name for a Moroccan bread.

The ones in the cubicles are better off in more wa...

2009-11-12T13:04:10.235+05:30

The ones in the cubicles are better off in more ways than one. But yes, they like Yakub have gone to the Gulf to escape some lifestyle choice or the other.
He seems so clued in to the feelings of people of his class.

Isn't this the story of most of us who work in...

2009-11-10T19:50:39.185+05:30

Isn't this the story of most of us who work in the gulf?

In some cases it's the tandoor and in some other it's the office cubicle.

Btw, Yakub's quote at the end sends a chill down my spine when I just reflect on how true it could be!