i once met a bosnian man at a club. he told me where he's from, and drunk as i was, the only thing i could think of asking him about was the only thing i could remember about bosnia- namely the bosnian war and genocide. in my sober state i still cringe that i brought up massacres his family went through when he was just trying to have a good time, but that night we ended up talking for almost an hour about indian politics and bosnian society. he later told me that very few people he'd met in india had asked him about his country in such candid terms. maybe they didn't know, maybe they were too shy to bring it up. i know i would have been in any other context. i don't know, your piece reminded me of that moment lol
yes exactly this is what I’m talking about!! sometimes people don’t mind the candid questions because they want to share lolll + you learn what you would have otherwise never known
i once met a bosnian man at a club. he told me where he's from, and drunk as i was, the only thing i could think of asking him about was the only thing i could remember about bosnia- namely the bosnian war and genocide. in my sober state i still cringe that i brought up massacres his family went through when he was just trying to have a good time, but that night we ended up talking for almost an hour about indian politics and bosnian society. he later told me that very few people he'd met in india had asked him about his country in such candid terms. maybe they didn't know, maybe they were too shy to bring it up. i know i would have been in any other context. i don't know, your piece reminded me of that moment lol
yes exactly this is what I’m talking about!! sometimes people don’t mind the candid questions because they want to share lolll + you learn what you would have otherwise never known