Karachi Voice

The image above is - I think everyone would know where it's from by now... It's actually on KPT Underpass Clifton (AKA Sean Circle). Since the past couple of years I've been "wondering" what this piece of art means... Is it an illustration? any Concept! what? I would have accepted it as an art ONLY if it looked good. But it doesn't even look good. So the mystery question is that what is it doing there and why? They have recently re-painted it from red to orange and black theme. Probably this is a makeover, probably the red color faded off due to sunburn. No idea! This piece of art remains a wonder till date! If someone ever figures out what is it and why is it there I'd be more than glad and would be truly and deeply grateful to the generous human being for clearing my life long wondering!

... Ashamed! Truly I am! I've been hearing about videos on YouTube regarding frustrated / desperate couples making love right in the middle of the Mazar-e-Quaid, open air, public display of love and affection (PDA). I've been observing teenage guys watching videos of Pakistani young girls dancing like crazy on events in their schools and personal parties. I kept on wondering, what's happening to the people of Karachi! Have they forgotten their religion? Have they forgotten their identity, their own respect, their own pride! Chains of thoughts leads to blaming of almost everything around us, the TV channels, the movies, the media, the education, the parents, the children themselves, the traditions everything... Just as it began to build up and something could be said, I've been notified by a blogger on KMB (link probably doesn't work as of now), about an incident that took place in same place, under an apparently different topic . A young woman was drugged and raped

The picture above is a sign of a good old source of light, the sweet candle, now only remembered in terms and times of a higher emotional state of mind. Yes, you guessed it right - a romantic dinner! But there is also one more occasion when the emotions are high and the candle is thought of quite desperately. And that's when you are resting on your bed, in a dark summer night, and suddenly all the sounds go quiet around you. You open your eyes - you see nothing, you try to listen - you hear nothing. The first thing that pops into one's mind is a candle. You get up and light a candle, lay back on your bed, and wonder - why! Why in the middle of the night! Why my block! Suddenly you feel like being a dinner for the mosquitoes, so you get up and start wandering around the house. You're still thinking... why did I pay the bill, why did I work all week long to pay the bill, why do I do it, Why do I have to go to the office again in the morning. What my life has been, why do I st

There as been a previous post on Karachi Metblogs , about the digital boards located on Metropole. I noticed another digital board near the JPMC chawrangi One... Two... Three more... and Karachi would look like this... This is New York Time Square! The city that never sleeps - The life that never stops. Same is said for Karachi! The city that never sleeps! The life that never stops. Imagine this image to be of our own city center, Regal Market - Saddar! :) The digital outdoor advertising is now taking its first steps onto the roads of Karachi. I think, only if the new technology is put to use the smart way, it can go a long way into the future. This could be the future of Karachi in the next few years. If not these few boards in town might end up like the one Hassan Square (Picture N/A yet) I remember sometime back in 1993-1996 the huge TV displaying the adds and all sort of different stuff on the large screen in color! It was quite a pride for Karachi to have that in place. Unfortuna