Tales of Habits and Other Lesser Known Past Times

Monday, January 12, 2026

Karachi Diary II. Part Two: Bank to the Future

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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...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Karachi Diary II. Part One: Home (?) and Back Again, Again

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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....
Sunday, September 15, 2024

The Earth is Flat

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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...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

The Karachi Diaries: August - September, 2022

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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...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part Seven: Stomaching Woes

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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...
Friday, September 9, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part Six: To Turn, or Not to Turn, Is That a Question?

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 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...

Karachi Diary. Part Five: The Chutney Incident

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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...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part Four: The Bykea Blunder

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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...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part Three: A Cockroach who was German

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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...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part Two: Driving Like a Maniac

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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, ...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Karachi Diary. Part One: Home and Back Again

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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 8, 2020

COVID Diaries Part Two: Covidception; I Dreamt the Pandemic was a Dream

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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

COVID Diaries Part One: Took My Credit Card to the Soup Store

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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...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

An Open Letter to Mr. Salman Ahmad of the Band Formerly Known as Junoon

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A horribly edited and mangled version of this letter was originally published in the print issue of The Express Tribune. However, they wer...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Pentadecadent Me

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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. ...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

5 Decades

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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...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Of Ostriches and Women

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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...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Sorry, Ghalti Se Mistake Ho Gaya

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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...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Just In Case Files of Shandar Misttry, Inventive Generalist

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I have started a Twitter Book Project. I plan on writing a novel (at least a novella) on Twitter. Not "What is Twitter?" or ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Back by Popular Demand; or Sorry for the Inconsistent

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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...
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