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 oldone: Bamba'ee sae aayaa maeraa dost, dost ko salaam karo... 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 infrom Mumbai, we pray for our friend, our dost 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.
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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 bethe desired aim of those who claim to be out to be soldiers of their communities, and those that would exploit the commondost for their political aims.
God help us all to overcome them.
Sabahat Iqbal Ashraf of Karachi is currently based in the USA and has, as heputs it, "just created a Wiki resource for the Mumbai blasts on IndiaWikia (just like we did for the Earthquake in Pakistan on WikiPakistan)"
