Life continues to be turbulent. Those arrested yesterday were released on bail late last night, and today there was another bombing in Landhi in the outskirts of Karachi. Ten...
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14 Jan, 2008
More arrests.
14 Jan, 2008
More arrests. We return from a day at the beach–a wonderful multi-generation family gathering with the older generation, my cousins, our kids. Just a calm January day where we...
Read more11 Jan, 2008
Around the city, billboards and writings…
11 Jan, 2008
Around the city, billboards and writings welcoming Benazir are scattered on walls and roundabouts. But Benazir is gone, and a sense of depression and grief pervails. The January 7...
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Today, we drive to the Sea Wall with Minal's cousin…
09 Jan, 2008
Today, we drive to the Sea Wall with Minal’s cousin to attend her classical Indian dance class taught by dancer-performer Sheema Kirmani, who also runs a theater group called...
Read more02 Jan, 2008
Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation…
02 Jan, 2008
Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation in our home, my father grimly forecasts: “There will be much bloodshed before the elections.” No one thought that Benazir would get...
Read more30 Dec, 2007
7 pm, Sunday
30 Dec, 2007
Today is the third day of mourning. Soyem prayers for Benazir Bhutto are being held nationwide with the heart of the gathering in Naudero, Sindh, where all her family...
Read more29 Dec, 2007
Again, this evening, restless…
29 Dec, 2007
Again, this evening, restless from home confinement and curious about what’s happening in the city, my mother, Minal and I wander out for a walk down to the main...
Read more28 Dec, 2007
2:00 pm, Friday
28 Dec, 2007
Around 4:30 pm yesterday Minal and I clamber in our car to drop Nusrat to her father’s house. Afterwards, we stopped off at Guddu and Salma’s for tea, where...
Read more13 Dec, 2007
This week has been one of…
13 Dec, 2007
This week has been one of much action in Karachi. Thanks to the People’s Resistance (an assortment of activists, journalists and community members) who are organizing to express resistance...
Read more05 Dec, 2007
We’ve only been in this city…
05 Dec, 2007
We’ve only been in this city of 15 million for about four days but it feels as if we never left—other than the fact that the weather and fruits...
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