In The New York Times of May 11, 2008 has appeared an article about Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, titled "The City Visible - After Hard Pasts, a Sanctuary by the Sea" By BECKY HOLLADAY in which an acquaintance of mine, Humayun, and his wife who have a fabric business on Neptune Ave. have been mentioned with his wife and daughter's photo.
The following is the excerpt about them:
A few blocks away from the ocean, on Neptune Avenue, is a pocket of Pakistani shops, restaurants and houses, thriving once more after an exodus of Pakistanis from the city following the attack of Sept. 11.
Humayun and Kulsoom Butt, the husband-and-wife owners of Anchal Fabrics, a sari store, moved to the neighborhood in 1987. On any given night, women crowd into the tiny shop to gossip, buy presents and discuss the latest fashions from Pakistan. Single women over 30 will first be lectured on the necessity of marriage. “Your hair is turning white already, and you are still single?” Mr. Butt will say. Then they may be shown photos of Ms. Butt’s brother in Pakistan, who is looking for a wife.
One block south of Anchal Fabrics is the house owned by Maritza and Rafael Rodriguez, a five-room bungalow on Brighton Seventh Court, one of the many two-foot-wide lanes that crisscross the neighborhood’s main streets...
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