{"id":45107,"date":"2018-01-17T22:31:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=45107"},"modified":"2018-01-17T22:31:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T17:31:17","slug":"sonya-jehan-says-indian-society-being-westernized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=45107","title":{"rendered":"Sonya Jehan says Indian society being Westernized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi, Jan. 17 (TNS):<\/strong> Settled in New Delhi\u00a0after marrying an Indian man, Pakistan-born actor Sonya Jehan feels while India is progressing in many aspects, its people are leaving behind their traditions and increasingly adopting Western ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI miss the simplicity of Pakistani people, their loyalty and traditions. They are very proud of their traditions,\u201d Sonya told\u00a0<em>IANS<\/em>\u00a0at the flagship store launch of designer brand Janavi India at The Chanakya, when asked what she misses about Pakistan in India.<\/p>\n<p>Sonya Jehan featured in Bollywood films like\u00a0<em>Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Khoya Khoya Chand<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>My Name is Khan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I feel in India is that people are getting away from that (traditions). They are very westernised and I miss that part of my country here. When I go home, I see everyone wearing a\u00a0<em>salwar-kameez<\/em>and they take pride in what they wear. Here, people have forgotten that. No one is wearing traditional clothes, so that\u2019s what I miss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is progressing, but on the same hand, losing traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sonya is the granddaughter of the late renowned Pakistani singer Noor Jehan. She was born in Lahore to a Pakistani father and French mother, and grew up in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>She is married to Vivek Narain, the cousin of Janavi India\u2019s owner Jyotika Jhalani.<\/p>\n<p>Sonya, however, said she misses being in India whenever she is in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I miss about India when I am in Pakistan is that I have access to a lot more things since it is a fast-paced city (Delhi). The city definitely has got more people and is a much better place, and that\u2019s why people from all over the country come here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Jan. 17 (TNS): Settled in New Delhi\u00a0after marrying an Indian man, Pakistan-born actor Sonya Jehan feels while India is progressing in many aspects, its people are leaving behind their traditions and increasingly adopting Western ways. \u201cI miss the simplicity of Pakistani people, their loyalty and traditions. They are very proud of their traditions,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,736,1770],"tags":[932,737,1771],"class_list":["post-45107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-new-delhi","category-showbiz","tag-international","tag-new-delhi","tag-showbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45109,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45107\/revisions\/45109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}