Tuesday, July 11, 2006

A Thought for Mumbaikars

If there is one city I am a citizen of, it is Karachi. But us Karachiites have a too-often unstated, but very visceral bond with that other city across the Gulf to our South. One of our favourite tunes is the old Bamba'ee say aaya mairaa dhosth, dhosth koe salaam karoe.... Both Karachiites and Mumbaikars, more than others, will know what I refer to.

We in Karachi have seen our share of blood on the streets, destruction and mayhem. And as the news comes in this morning, we pray for our friend, our dhosth to the South.

That fair city is one of South Asia's greatest, even if one goes just by how much of humanity calls it home. An elder just said that things like this make the situation of Mulims in India only worse. But then, bad blood between communities, in my humble opinion, seems to be a desired aim of those who claim to be out to be soldiers of their communities, and those that would exploit the common dhost for their political aims. God help us all to overcome them.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this lovely, moving post. Glad it made it onto Outlook India as well. Especially at times like this it is important for voices like yours from the proverbial "other" side, to be heard by Indians.

Anonymous said...

Couldn't find trackback to your post, but I linked you anyway.

I do agree with ramkum, that your posting shows us, that this whole conflict is not wanted by the so called "common people" of either nation.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for noticing, I added Dilip D'Souza's link later, and the editor overwrote your link.

Now corrected :)

Abbas Zaidi said...

what, pray tell, does the song "Bamba'ee say aaya mairaa dhosth, dhosth koe salaam karoe...." mean?

I mean, i can translate it, but what does it mean in the context of your reference? I figured I'd ask here, instead of at the article I came to here from: http://blog.ifaqeer.com/2011/07/terror-walks-our-deis.html