Uzma Jalaluddin
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And so she starts her own informal investigation.
Yeah, such a good question.
Auntie, I think is kind of shorthand for an older woman in within a particular community.
And every so many communities have aunties, right?
I know like the Indian auntie, the Desi auntie, all my friends from different communities are like, Oh, yeah, I know that auntie.
That's the West Indian auntie.
That's the Jamaican auntie.
That's the
A Macedonian auntie.
And they tend to be older women, sometimes married, sometimes not.
But they tend to have like their finger on the pulse of who's doing what in the community, you know, like who is dating, has broken up, married, divorced, the scandals that kind of... Sounds like a lot of gossip.
The stereotype is that it's a lot of gossip.
And sometimes aunties can be almost like vilified because they're so nosy and they ask you inappropriate questions like, who are you dating and why aren't you dating?
How many children do you have?
But Gosarhan is not a gossipy auntie.
She's just an auntie who notices everything.
She doesn't necessarily comment on it or make a judgment, but she notices.
And she's also very good at putting two and two together and making four.
Her keen observations can lead to a lot of conclusions about people.
She's very intelligent.