A rocky ride on November 6, 2019It’s a bumpy road ahead and the destination is unknown. To what end are Pakistanis suffering an incompetent regime with authoritarian tendencies, no one knows. And if a faltering economy and political instability were not enough, Narendra Modi complicated things for the Pakistani government immeasurably by annexing the Indian-occupied Kashmir into the Indian union, bringing […]
I am a goat — Part III on July 17, 2018I had no option left but to approach the Chaudary sahib himself. I was led into the courtyard of his estate, where about a dozen imposing men holding bamboo sticks surrounded me. It was a palatial compound, ever growing, with a large courtyard mottled with Neem trees. A cobbled path lined by the trees stretched […]
I am a goat — Part II on July 14, 2018Afternoon finally came and with a foreboding heart I again went to Baba Gulabay’s quarters. It was a different attendant this time, but just as fearsome looking. “Is his excellency available to listen to a poor man’s pleadings? Sir, my goat is still lost, stolen and I know not where to turn but to the […]
I am a goat — Part I on July 9, 2018One morning I came out of my house, which is located at the edge of the village. It is more a shed made from clay with a thatched roof, which let’s in droplets of water when it rains. Sun was already baking the earth. All was as I had left it the night before except […]