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Ants

28. May, 2007 ·10

I When I was little, we lived in an eccentric old house designed by my Nana as his first architectural experiment. One of the things he got wrong was the ‘chip’ floor of the bathrooms (‘chip’ is the local term for a mix of cement and stone ships used in the place of tiles for [...]

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Lahore (Part II)

23. Apr, 2007 ·4

Rehma lives near ravi. He is an Aitchisonian. Like every lahori, he has to dress in designer clothes, no matter what. He is not flashy, yet discreetly designer- slightly touching the lahori vanity. But then like most of them, he is a ‘jigar’. The concept of being a ‘jigar’ epitomizes lahori lifestyle. It includes ‘kulf’walay [...]

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Lahore

30. Mar, 2007 ·8

‘Kiss kadar piyar say aae janay jahan rakha hai..dil kay rukhsar pay iss waqt teri yaad nay haath…’ Lahore must look cleaner – the soot washed away by acidic rain. This should provide yet another excuse for Lahoris to celebrate – their wealth and deteriorating health. I can almost hear the loud music and frivolous [...]

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