karachi-in-law
I'm sharing one of the most intricate, confusing, egg-shell stepping, long term relationships with this city I call my own. Anyone who hasnt been in karachi in the last 6 months is in for a shock because ALL the roads in clifton are being made, and not only remade, as they usually are after the rains but restructured to create a a whole new travel plan. Cars will disappear underground from the three swords junction and appear magically from the underpass near what used to be mideast hospital and will soon be yet another shopping complex. Yet more cars will find themselves flying over what used to be schon circle and appearing somewhere near what is a ghost town boat basin currently.Stepping out into the interactive world after 7 weeks of a minimal driving shaadi life, Karachi seems like a new in-law to me. A relationship you need time to discover, tentatively yet persistently. It's familiar, because there are bits and pieces of other relationships mixed in, but the whole sense of not quite of belonging hangs over it. You never know when youre going to go into some street and find a dead end and have to start all over again.
Getting to know karachi right now is taking time. She is not in the best of moods. You simply dont know what shes going to throw back at you and when suddenly she will welcome you, with wide open arms in that augusty emotional feelings that grips us in around this time of the year anyways. Every move, every visit out requires a certain amount of thought and approach and a fair bit of time management. As the days rush towards ramzan, more of our tolerance is going to be tested, as this relationships sours some because of the hungry honking people out there but since it is a love marriage with this city, I will take a deep breath, turn on the radio, shift into neutral and wait for the tanker ahead to budge another few inches.
posted by jammie @ 7:35 PM
11 Comments:
karachi is a "she"! now thats the best thing i could hear all month!
I thought only Men could be that messy :D
that's an awesome write up.
honk louder get yourself heard over the noise to get this kind of loveee
insiya...karachi is defnitely a SHE. heh.
jonybr...women are messy too...we just hide it better.
abbas..thanks...it came from the heart.
meyum you know i dont honk.
u could make this into a write up... have u considered writing for the print media?... the friday times would snap this up in a sec
i agree with cheesoo. gooo woman!
lol!good one...
i think he means he attended ure wedding on MY blog :)
which so many people here did btw-
i still get emails saying it was the best virtual wedding they had attended and possibly the only one ;)
you should write for the karachi metroblog! :)
thanks guys...hmm...writing is not a bad idea...although i can be pretty erratic these days.
surrey...there are things for young people to do...you just have to be a little creative and not too cynical around here...
saba...yes i think i will write at the metroblog.
fakhr...thanks for attending my wedding hehe. it certainly was a unique experience seeing myself in a blog so often :)
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