Afghan Girl

[Guest guest]

Namastey,

You might find it interesting. Thought to share with group. Sorry I

can't paste her pic. Visit following url to see her green eyes.

 

http://www1.news.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=3643596

 

Long lost Afghan girl back in limelight

 

 

 

WASHINGTON: For an audience bred on Bollywood's familiar lost and

found sagas, this could be the mother of all missing person stories.

 

Nearly two decades after National Geographic first put the haunting

picture of an eleven-year-old green-eyed Afghan girl on its cover

making it the most recognised photograph in its 114-year-history, the

magazine has located her again in remote Afghanistan.

 

Sharbat Gula is now 29, married with three children, and lives with

her family. She was first photographed in December 1984 by

Geographic's acclaimed lensman Steve McCurry, an old India hand, in

Pakistan's Nasir Bagh refugee camp. Her penetrating green eyes and

poignant gaze has long intrigued the world and the photograph became

a metaphor for unwanted refugees, particularly since she was never

seen again.

 

 

OM

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing, Dinesh!

 

Yes, of course the original is one of the more striking photographs

I've ever seen. The fact that her identity was unknown and that she

disappeared before the photo ever appeared on the cover of National

Geographic made it all the more poignant.

 

It's kind of nice to know that she is all right -- apparently

enjoying a normal life and happy with her family. I can only imagine

what must have gone through her head when she learned that her

girlhood photo is now one of the most famous images in the world:

 

"Neither she not her family had ever seen the original famous

photograph and had no clue what the fuss was all about. She never

realised her fame and never knew the impact that her stare had on the

world. For seventeen years, she never even saw the photo of herself."

 

That must be quite a lot to take in all at once! I'll be looking

forward to next month's National Geographic!

 

Thanks again ...

 

DB

 

 

 

, "dineshbhatt" <dineshbhatt@i...> wrote:

> Namastey,

> You might find it interesting. Thought to share with group. Sorry I

> can't paste her pic. Visit following url to see her green eyes.

>

> http://www1.news.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=3643596

>

> Long lost Afghan girl back in limelight

>

>

>

> WASHINGTON: For an audience bred on Bollywood's familiar lost and

> found sagas, this could be the mother of all missing person stories.

>

> Nearly two decades after National Geographic first put the haunting

> picture of an eleven-year-old green-eyed Afghan girl on its cover

> making it the most recognised photograph in its 114-year-history,

the

> magazine has located her again in remote Afghanistan.

>

> Sharbat Gula is now 29, married with three children, and lives with

> her family. She was first photographed in December 1984 by

> Geographic's acclaimed lensman Steve McCurry, an old India hand, in

> Pakistan's Nasir Bagh refugee camp. Her penetrating green eyes and

> poignant gaze has long intrigued the world and the photograph

became

> a metaphor for unwanted refugees, particularly since she was never

> seen again.

>

>

> OM

[Guest guest]

P.S. In case anyone is interested in seeing more on this, here's

National Geographic's page covering the whole thing:

 

http://www.melia.com/ngm/0204/feature0/

[Guest guest]

one love,

om rah ma devi_bhakta <devi_bhakta > wrote: Thanks for

sharing, Dinesh!Yes, of course the original is one of the more

striking photographs I've ever seen. The fact that her identity was

unknown and that she disappeared before the photo ever appeared on

the cover of National Geographic made it all the more poignant.It's

kind of nice to know that she is all right -- apparently enjoying a

normal life and happy with her family. I can only imagine what must

have gone through her head when she learned that her girlhood photo

is now one of the most famous images in the world:"Neither she not

her family had ever seen the original famous photograph and had no

clue what the fuss was all about. She never realised her fame and

never knew the impact that her stare had on the world. For seventeen

years, she never even saw the photo of herself."That must be quite a

lot to take in all at once! I'll be looking forward to next month's

National Geographic!Thanks again ...DB,

"dineshbhatt" <dineshbhatt@i...> wrote:> Namastey,> You might find it

interesting. Thought to share with group. Sorry I > can't paste her

pic. Visit following url to see her green eyes.> >

http://www1.news.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=3643596> >

Long lost Afghan girl back in limelight > > > > WASHINGTON: For an

audience bred on Bollywood's familiar lost and > found sagas, this

could be the mother of all missing person stories.> > Nearly two

decades after National Geographic first put the haunting > picture of

an eleven-year-old green-eyed Afghan girl on its cover > making it the

most recognised photograph in its 114-year-history, the > magazine has

located her again in remote Afghanistan.> > Sharbat Gula is now 29,

married with three children, and lives with > her family. She was

first photographed in December 1984 by > Geographic's acclaimed

lensman Steve McCurry, an old India hand, in > Pakistan's Nasir Bagh

refugee camp. Her penetrating green eyes and > poignant gaze has long

intrigued the world and the photograph became > a metaphor for

unwanted refugees, particularly since she was never >IN ALL WAYS

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