Karachi Goan Union Hall building has such a pleasing look that it uplifts the mood of entire neighborhood. Just like Goans of Karachi have rocked the social and cultural scene ...
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City Landmarks – Kumar Cinema, Napier Road
Kumar Cinema looks like a residential block from the main Napier Road. ...
City Markets – The Book Bazaar on Wheels
The Book bazaar on wheels. It will make a catchy name for ...
City Portraits – Abdul Hayee – Painter, Kaala Pani
The Karachi walla met Abdul Hayee, the veteran painter under the shadow ...
City Faith – Christmas Carols in Karachi
The Karachi Walla’s happy night out. Karachi’s diversity – well documented and ...
City Faith – Dhikr, Swahili and Shidis at a shrine in Karachi
It felt as if I was in a different timezone, a far ...
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City Landmarks – Ahmed din Tailors, Saddar
People at Ahmed din Tailors belong to a different era. So does the building. It can be a century old. There are wooden beams and old fashioned ceiling fans. Walls are made of stone and are very thick. There is a tree that shadows the courtyard at the far end. You can hear the birds […]
City Libraries – Ghalib Library, Nazimabad
In Karachi we have a library named after Ghalib. It was founded by another great poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz along with a great scholar, Mirza Zafar ul Hasan. The idea was cultivated sometime in 1968, the year the world celebrated Ghalib’s centennial. Both gentlemen founded Idara-e-Yadgar-e-Ghalib (IYG) which paved the way for a library and […]
City Notebook – Earth Day celebration at Urban Forest in Clifton
The Karachi walla has limited expectations from his neighborhood park. What else would you expect from someone who lives next to Ibn-Qasim park – that vast stretch of curated grassy patch without any real trees or activity. I had a good fortune to hear Tofiq Pasha sb – the celebrated and well known Mali – […]
City Landmarks – Max Denso Hall
The Karachi Walla has never been inside Max Denso Hall. I have been looking for an excuse for so long. The area around Max Denso Hall is a personal favorite. There’s a host of buildings in the area which are testimony to yesteryear craftsmen which made Bunder road a much celebrated public space. We of […]
City Moment – Yatris in Clifton Block Three
Clifton Block Three is a sleepy neighborhood. On a regular morning you may find few cars leaving apartments every now and then but it otherwise is largely quiet. Therefore it was quite an unexpected sight to see a dozen buses parked along the boundary wall of Ibn-Qasim park. Men and women – dressed in traditional […]
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City Landmarks – Goan Association Hall
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City Secret – Polish Connection
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City Landmarks – Aram Bagh
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City Life – Cycling with Critical Mass
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City Portraits – Humaira Bachal – The light of Moach Goth, Karachi.
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City Landmarks – Ahmed din Tailors, Saddar
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City Libraries – Ghalib Library, Nazimabad
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City Notebook – Earth Day celebration at Urban Forest in Clifton
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City Landmarks – Max Denso Hall
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City Moment – Yatris in Clifton Block Three
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