Karachi, a City Born of Dreams, Bred with Love and Left to Rot

Zeemax

Do you think Lahore is not decaying. Maybe you might want to move to Charlottesville, Virginia to avoid your senses from seeing the decay.

I mean why do we want others to improve the condition before we are ready to accept it. Why do we want a revolution but not a discussion. Why are we not willing to use fair play and magnanimity to improve general standard of living. Why are we willing to snatch wealth from those who have it.

Civilization is not about immediate gratification but a slow evolution. How many of us have the time and patience to undertake a broader consensus of what needs to be done. It took quite a few students from Aligrah to convince people that a separate Pakistan would be to their advantage. Maybe it is time for us to get out there in the villages to convince them how to use their political power. What to expect from their members (stable legislative action) and what not to expect from them (hand outs).

Any takers.

Karachi is a rapidly decaying city. It`s little more than a slum now with nil progress. It has been indeed left to rot for political reasons. The people who made Karachi have chosen to destroy it so soon it will be another Calcutta.

Above being the reason I moved to Lahore after spending most part of my life in Karachi !

Zeemax

Interesting when you mention that you say it as you

see it. Selective reality comes to mind. Possibly for too long we (yes we, the guardians of the future etc) have walked on the cruthces of eloquence as we set out to delineate the inherent disparites of our wonderful society. You might not like what I have to say. I endorse all that you speak of (..well, mostly....) but I feel it is time for us to move on to action. We all know what the problem is. These are exciting times for Karachi, for us. I wouldnt trade it for the lull- before-the-storm Karachi that our parents long for. The revolution will not come...it needs to be coaxed, to be cajoled (seduced even) by us. The time is right to break the establishment`s back...rise beyond your words and the city is for the taking....see you at the front lines!