Zeenat Aman celebrates Pride Month, urges people to not be ‘a slave of hate’

Zeenat Aman also mentioned that people should accept the fact that “healthy cultures are ever evolving” and those who not able to accept the LGBTQIA+ community should adopt the policy of “live and let live.”

She wrote, “My message thus is not for the LGBTQIA+ community; they know their own experiences best. My message is for straight folk, especially those older generations who are struggling to accept, or are outright denying, the existence of queer identities. Culture and nature are the two banal arguments that I hear cited against such relationships time and again. I am no anthropologist, but I know that healthy cultures are ever evolving. Neither am I a naturalist, but I know that queer relationships exist in a diversity of species. Beyond this is the simple matter of free will. My own philosophy has always been to live and let live, and it perplexes me that anyone should take offence to the personal choices of another when it does them no harm. That too in matters of love.”

 

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Later, she quotes Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ to advance the cause and urged people to not choose hate and ignorance. She wrote, “Do you remember that beautiful Tagore poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’? It is a rousing vision of freedom, and I would like to quote from it in the hope that it will encourage you to choose love over hate, and reason over prejudice. Tagore calls for a world: “Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action…” If you are someone who carries apprehensions about queerness, I urge you to not be a slave to the dead habit of hate or ignorance. The times are (always) changing, and with it so can our thoughts. The shame lies not so much in being ignorant, but in choosing ignorance. We have the tools at our disposal to know better. So if you’re still wondering about that Tagore poem, queer animals, or what LGBTQIA+ stands for… #Searchforchange, Google it.”

Zeenat Aman made her Instagram debut in February this year. Since then, she has been giving followers an intimate peek into her world. Zeenat also often treats her fans to timeless pictures from her illustrious acting career.