The Karachi Walla

[Text by The Karachi Walla and Photos by Zinnia Naqvi] Botal Gali. The name is fascinating. And it is fascinating in a way. The Karachi Walla has not seen so many liquor bottles at one place. Of course empty and cleansed for future halal consumption. Getting these is easier than I thought. Head to Pakistan […]

Colorful. Different shades of Red, Yellow, Saffron and other would dazzle you here. Stirring. The melody of bhajjan and a sense of celebration would put you into a trance here. A visit to Shri Swaminarayan temple was long overdue and I regret not coming here sooner. It’s yet another important landmark on M.A. Jinnah road […]

Scene 1 Sharfu walks to the phoolwalla’s shop where he sells flowers to people visiting Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine. “Where have you been all day?”, asked the phoolwalla from Sharfu “Making profit”, smiled Sharfu “Acha, after all, who in his right mind would pay you to work”, taunted the phoolwalla “Make as much fun as […]

First rain of the monsoon. Right in the middle of a working day, right in the middle of a working week. Instead of focusing on a career and a love life (notice no adjectives or qualifiers here for the fear of a hint), the karachi walla spent the evening on a 12 feet high watch […]

“..I am wondering if you’d be willing/able to maybe spend a day with me in the city showing me some of Karachi’s interesting spots..” It’s been a while that I have been out in the street. A gentle request to show around made me calculate the schedule to explore Karachi in 360 minutes. We started […]