Monday, November 28, 2011

ELVIS is AFGHAN

"JAILHOUSE ROCK"- that iconic song from the epochal singer-performer. The voice that sways women off their feet and persona that has men swaying in their mind! And guess,he's still alive and rocking in-AFGHANISTAN!
The "jailhouse" of the world; where rights existed only on roads, where gun was the law and the shot was the judgement, where fanaticism reached it's height (without the billboard!). All this and much more, if one were a lady. Yep, it has been the jailhouse of afghan women for over a decade; speaking about the brutalities and impediments faced by them would be doing a disservice to their tolerance. What we are to speak of is ELVIS; he's crooning to packed clubs and discos in Kabul.
Women of nearly all age-groups have found their dream in their elvis. 'I love you Elvis', 'He's my idol', 'He's a charmer', 'Oh! what voice', theses and many more exhilaration, a common thing for any rockstar fan, has been floating in the Kabul air. Burqa-clad women, now have their "JAILHOUSE ROCKED".
So, there's Elvis, in central Asia, in the rugged terrains of Pamir, in the heart of Kabul, somewhere performing and bringing the house down; lifting the spirits of women!
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