This photo is a working telephone distribution box of an apartment complex in Karachi. At one end, the box is connected to the local telephone exchange and on other it makes individual connections to several homes.
I had initially chosen this photo for its photographic quality and subject but since then many random thoughts keep coming to my mind. We would love to hear what you think of this photo and what else does it remind you (i.e. tashbeehaat).
(1) From my past life, it reminds me of how the telephone staff had once made a mistake in a similar distribution box. The connections of two apartments got switched. Whenever I called my friend, it went to their neighbors. So after few tries, I decided to call their neighbors number and true to my suspicion, the call went through to my friend’s home. This went on for many days until the telephone staff finally corrected the problem.
(2) Looking at this cobweb of wires, it is amazing how telephone technicians can trace a wire from a home to its correct connection in this distribution box.
(3) Also reminds me of this sher:
kal mila waqt to zulfain teri suljha doon ga
aaj uljha hoon zara waqt ke sulajhne main
yoon to sulajh jatee hain uljhee zulfain
umr kat jati hai waqt ke sulajhne main
Photo Credits: Trekearth
This is what the Pakistan looks like.
Hmmm, I can think of a hamd from NFAK, “koi tou hai jo nizam-e-hasti chala raha hai, wohi Khuda hai”(There is someone who is running this system, and he is God).
or the dialogue from an Indian movie
“Duniya hai, chalta hai, Chalnay do”. This is the world, everything goes, let it be so.
Cheers.
this is story of every home and office.
recently we moved our office to larger location from clifton to korangi industrial area and its been over six months and you know for how long we were able to use DSL just two months for remaining time either phone was dead or line quality was bad..
few days back we had a new number from different box and switched it to DSL guy who came to install found line quality was too bad he worked on the box and it didnt do a thing so he just took our line out of box and joined it directly it worked but other (neighbours) lines went dead we found out wires were badly attached that little friction would cause them to loose.
My thoughts are not very different from Adil’s!
Life of a Pakistani…entangled..without any end..just loops and loops.
As many of you have said, This is our Pakistan!
Just came back from Pakistan and this picture symbolizes Pakistan to me. No process, tags, system, discipline, accountability, checking ….
chalta hai mentality …why do I care ..its not my job mindset.
That’s why hiring and firing is not easy in our country!