but as “bacha posh,” which literally means “dressed up as a boy” in Dari. [ NYTimes ] Anyone that caught the depressing 2003 film “ Osama ” (saddest ending ever) will be familiar with the practice of “bacha posh.” Dan Rather also provides a short video segment on the story: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/09/20/world/asia/1248069063442/excerpt-from-dan-rather-reports.html