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 Food – Ramazan Food Stalls, Frere Road
Karachi truly becomes City of Lights during Ramazan. There is a sense of festivity in the streets that you only experience during Ramazan. People choose to spend time outdoors turning dead streets into vibrant public spaces. While regular spots like Burns road are perennial favorites of Karachi wallahs, there are certain other spontaneous food spots […]
City Markets – Nursery Furniture Market
Nursery furniture market is somewhat bereft of ideas now. The furniture at majority of the shops is not original; lacks quality and aesthetics. It is price competitive though which makes it relevant for present day Karachi, where rising cost of living has made affordable functionality more important than any other feature. An Indian filmmaker once […]
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 – […]
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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 Food – Ramazan Food Stalls, Frere Road
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City Markets – Nursery Furniture Market
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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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Syed Ali: Very Nice Article.
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Saqibshah: Yar Kahan par hai ya shop Karachi Mai ya paper mil jaingy kite paper chai ya tha sir
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Zafar Ibrahim: a blast from the past . . . thanks, Zafar
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