KARACHI I KNEW. THE END OF TIMES

Dr Agha Inamullah Khan

14^th August 2013

Seagulls fluttering

Singing in chorus

Their typical hunt songs

At fish harbor

Transporting people and goods

Trams and Horse carriages

From Keya Mari to Guru Mender

Women elegantly dressed in Gujarat style saris

Deep Square cut neck blouses, short sleeved

Belly buttons winking through  see through chiffon

Short Banaras silk or Organza shirts

Raw silk bottoms

Double Georges Dopata (Head Scarfs)

Colorful Glass bangles

Medium heeled Metro slippers

Glittering smart purses

Jasmine Garlands

Hair curling down cheeks

Snake turns

Grammatically well-spoken

Sub-Continental English

Lakhnow & Hyderabad Dakhani  dialect

Well mannered Urdu  Aristocratic littera word salad 

Softly pronounced with humble gaze

Insha ji

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Slow soothing sitar tunes

Pumping rhythmic air through 

Melodeon & Harmonium reeds

Fareeda Khanum

Mehdi Hassan

Amanat Ali 

Madam Noor Jehan

Fareeda Khanam

Sports delight

Squash, Hockey and Cricket champions

Jehangir Khan, Islahudin and Imran Khan

The well to do local men

Hovering about Elphinstone street

Travelers stayed 

At Jay bees 

Or Metro pole hotels

Moosa Ji's

Cheap john

Hunting double blazers

Colorful KT shirts

White cambric for shalwar

Gold chains around neck

Rado

white dialed roman lettered citizens

Gold plated cuff links

EBH shoes

Jafferji's wallets

Driving second hand Reconditioned

Chevrolets

Mustangs

Oldsmobile's

On wider roads

Few traffic signals

But respect for traffic laws

Clarion & Pioneer Stereo Cassette players

Lata mangeshkar

Aja sanam madhur chandni mein hum

Mukesh Kumar

Dil jalta hy tu jalnay dy ansoun na baha

Baloch ice cream in Saddar

Tariq road for 'Shezan surprise'

Dinning in cars outside Bundoo Khan's Bar B Que

In December, Rehri wala's chicken stew

Fish and chips at Tariq road

Moojibs burger and club sandwiches, the favorite fast food

Dodging cars 

Drive in Cinema

Play land

Just before incline that troughs at Abdullah Shah Ghazi's Mazar

Hotels & Nightclubs

Intercontinental & Gourmet @ Palace Hotel

Gymkhana

Scotch, Rum & Wine cooler

Shimering glitter under mouse race spot light

Erotic belly dancers

A Sunday out at Hawk's bay

Walk over a cliff

Tunneled through with ocean tides 

Chiseled hole

Like a wedding ring

Childhood plutonic friendship footprints on wet sand

Squashing Sea shells

Making promises

Tying friendship bends

Same old sun

Drowns each dusk

But now in angry ocean

I still see life

But no passion

Lust for power  and Greed

Has tertiaries

Deep rooted

In our hearts

Soul has digitalized its demands

Unmet with body, mind and brain

Money pours everywhere though

Latest gadgets

Beautiful houses

Brand new cars

Mobile phones

Google glasses

LCDs & LEDs

Micro wave ovens

Internet Cafes

Branded clothes

Branded shoes

Branded watches

Branded perfumes

All has changed and

Corrupted

Except for my outdated heart

And the same old sunshine

Breaking

From my bedroom window.