Tales of Habits and Other Lesser Known Past Times

One of the biggest changes that I noticed in Karachi this time around was that almost every shop had a portable point-of-sale credit/debit c...

Last time I was in Karachi in 2022, I wrote about how it felt being a guest in my own home, not just inside the house but also in the city....

The Earth is not a spinning globe but a vast, flat plane covered by a dome-shaped firmament. Everything we experience points to this reality...

Part One: Home and Back Again - August 17, 2022 I can't believe I have become one of those people who now only come to Karachi on vacati...

One of the things I didn't want to do on this trip was to eat at places like Xanders, Aylanto, Cocochan, etc. reason being that I wanted...

 I was driving on Khe-Badr earlier today and saw this sign The first thing that came to my mind was, "Suppose... I don't want to. T...

We (my sister, my wife, my son and I) went to Khudda Market at around 2 a.m. for some kabab rolls. I wanted to have both Red Apple and Hot N...

I've had an upset stomach ever since I got to Karachi (more on that later) and I have to have a steady stash of various medications, inc...

I really didn't want to eat at Xanders but my family was going there earlier today for lunch so decided to tag along. We went to their K...

You know what they say: "You can take the boy out of Karachi but you can’t take Karachi out of the boy." I think they also say, ...

I can't believe I have become one of those people who now only come to Karachi on vacation for a few days. It's quite saddening for ...

Friday, May 08, 2020: 02:33am I have been morbidly fixated on the cyclic sound of my fridge. It's an intermittent, low, buzzing grinding...

Sunday, March 29, 2020: 3:33pm I ran out of soup last Tuesday night. I contemplated whether I should go out and get more or to take this tim...

A horribly edited and mangled version of this letter was originally published in the print issue of The Express Tribune. However, they wer...

In my last post - 5 Decades - I said I was going to compile a list of 35 songs, one for each year that I have lived, from 1979 till 2013. ...

Some of my friends were over from out of town in winter and we were talking about how long it has been since we've known each other, h...

I recently found out that, at least in Pakistan, an ostrich is not a bird . This has compounded my confusion about what is what in this co...

It’s funny that I keep coming back to my blog Ramzan after Ramzan. Perhaps the holy month inspires some creativity in me, just as it seems...

I have started a Twitter Book Project. I plan on writing a novel (at least a novella) on Twitter. Not "What is Twitter?" or ...

It's been a while since I wrote here (funny that it was Ramzan last when I wrote and it's Ramzan once again) and it's been a...