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I remember walking around the photography exhibit of street children in Karachi. Mounted on the walls of the stadium, these black and white pictures were a chilling reminder of the perils of big city aspirations. Later, I would contrast the mall-culture that Karachi has spawned (thanks to Park Towers, and the Forum), with these children that the city forgot about. These contradictions are the fearful and horrific agents of big city guile.
There is so much injustice, inequity, outright robbery, and suffering that threatens to engulf us whole, overwhelming us with its absolute size or brute force. But resistance is being put up, with a tenacious battle being fought, by the peoples of this world of ours; with their artistry, sheer brilliance, and vitality. There is so much that is beautiful and wondrous left to be discovered. WSF with its slogan of ‘another world is possible’ begins to emerge as a very real possibility, glimmering with tangible promise. In our vernacular, aik aur duniya mumkin hai.
We just need to be able to find it.
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Hira Nabi
for one day, i want to be a paan wala. just for one day. i want to stand behind the makeshift stall/counter, and have a zillion Lil vials, vessels and caskets in front of me, filled with oddments, spices, colourful condiments, old world scents, and indigenous flavours =)
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