Glimpse Of Karachi
Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan. It was the original capital of Pakistan and remains the cultural and economic hub, as well as the largest seaport of the country. It is also the birth and...
View ArticleAcross The Borders
My Indian Husband In Pakistan His anxiety started at the immigration. His late father was a Pakistani, so he had an entire clan to come home to in Karachi. He stayed with his father’s younger brother,...
View ArticleAugust 14: An Independence Story
“We used to live in a huge haveli, with several rooms and a huge court yard, where I used to ran and play with all the other children in the family,” Dadi Ma tells us with so much love, her eyes...
View ArticleMy Aunt And The Amateur Burglar
A couple of weeks before the Eid celebrations, I had this Yahoo Messenger conversation with my aunt, who lives in Karachi. Me: Assalam o Alaikum, Phupo. How are you? Aunt: Walaikum Assalam, beta. I’m...
View ArticleThe Journey to Gadap and a Visit to H.I.G. Public School
No, we do not ride this colorful rickshaw all the way to Gadap, despite the temptation that doing so could have made a more interesting blog post. You see, we’ve all gained a few pounds after several...
View ArticleThaddo Dam and Farmhouse, Gadap
After thanking the lovely principal of H.I.G. Public School for the warm welcome and delightful tour of the place, we head over to the nearby Thaddo Dam. The breeze is cool and pleasant but the sun is...
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