The Karachi Walla

It’s always a pleasure to walk leisurely on M.A.Jinnah road. Its a luxury which you can afford only on a Sunday morning though. Walking around Max Denso Hall intersection in particular is an utter delight. Jehangir Kothari building, Max Denso Hall, Mandiwala building and Mercantile Cooperative Bank Building represent an era of Karachi which is […]

Balcony Watch. A frivolous activity in a world running at a maddening pace. The Karachi Walla has ostrich like behavior in face of reality therefore falls for these balconies time and again. Who lives there? Why don’t they care? I feel like climbing the stairs and plea the residents. These balconies are dying a slow […]

A Polish hero who defended Lahore in 1965 war. The Pioneer of SUPARCO. Rocket Missile Man of Pakistan. A Polish who chose Karachi as his eternal abode. Here is a toast to Władysław Turowicz. Here is a toast to Karachi’s diversity. Spare sometime and say hello to him. He rests in peace at Gora Qabrustan.

Unthinkable. Have you ever considered being friends with a Jew. Visiting a Synangogue from inside. That too, in Karachi. The construction of Magain Shalome Synagogue epitomized good old Karachi’s diversity and tolerance. Its destruction epitomized parochialism and intolernace prevalent now. The sense of loss is not only felt by once Karachite jews but by many […]

Photo Credits: Hussain Afzal/Dawn.com Ibn Insha once said that he did not dare open Yousfi’s newly published book for it would be over and he would not write another for a decade. Well, Hanif may not take as long to write another but surely I shared Insha ji’s sentiments before opening his new book.