in a spaceship orbiting the sun
One rainy evening in Karachi, Farooq and I set off in a vintage 1948 Ford F1 red truck to rescue stranded folks on the flooded streets of the city.
July 17, 2020.
Story of the red truck:http://offroadpakistan.com/misc/the_ford_f1_story_from_california_to_karachi.html
Report in EXPRESS TRIBUNE:
There is so much one can learn about a city by seeing it through the eyes of another person – and this is what happened on Sunday when people gathered at the Arts Council on the third and last day of the Karachi conference to watch five short films and documentaries highlighting Karachi’s residents and heritage.
More here.
Was one of the 10,000 people who did the 90km Sydney to Gong Ride yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies and my longest ride ever. The Gong Ride is a fundraising cycling event to support people living with multiple sclerosis in Australia.
Divers Reef Karachi offers snorkeling adventure trips to Churna Island. Photographs from one of their more recent trips are up here.
Images of the recent flooding in Pakistan this year.
Mahnoor Sherazee in The Express Tribune:
The battering began around 2pm and was laced with claps of thunder that are otherwise rarely experienced in Karachi. By the end of the afternoon, Saddar recorded the most downpour of 40mm and at least nine people were electrocuted to death, including five of one family. From Clifton to Gulistan-e-Jauhar thousands of people got stuck on the roads and there were reports that people were robbed at gunpoint in the traffic jams.
More here.
More than 40mm of rain fell in Karachi over two hours on September 10, 2011, leaving the entire city flooded.
The Sky Below will screen in Karachi at 6.30pm on November 15 at the Rangoonwala Hall. Continue reading “The Sky Below – A film by Sarah Singh”