Following is something I wrote 20 years ago for Adamjee College’s annual Magazine. Time flies guys! While going through my stuff today, I found the magazine and thought of sharing the article here. Pardon me if some of the write up appears too lame in 2008. Imagine that I was just a first year teenage student then. While some of the text may appear to be sarcasm, I am very proud of my college and I hope many of our readers will be able to relate to their college life in Pakistan.
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i will also say that If a first year student can write this kind of article/essay he can write much more if he is still writing
Bohat Khooob!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading it … I wonder if you are writing even now. If this piece is written by a first year kid … I’m sure the kid must have written many more enjoyable pieces :)
Mujahid Saheb. thanks a lot for sharing your thougths here. Eventhough i got to see the auditorium from inside just couple of times in my two year stay at the college, i could tell its ’shan-e-rafta’ from its design.
By late 80s, intermediate colleges had been reduced to just being a ‘ladder’ to climb and go into professional colleges. It was a mad race all about getting higher marks in the exams. There were no extra-curricular activities like ‘hafta-e-talaba’ etc.
We did have inter-collegiate competitions under Karachi Inter board though. Adamjee’s debates and Table-Tennis teams were the champions. The now controversial personality, ‘Amir Liaqat Hussain’ was our batch mate and debate champion
I played in Cricket team and were are ok. We reached quarter Finals one year.
Owais
Jawab nahin Tumhara. Kiya Khub Likha hai. Tum ney meri yadon ko taza kur diya. Mein Adamjee College ka Magazine Secretary Raha hun 1973-74 ki Union mein. Khawar hamarey magazine ka naam tha. woh zamana nazron mein ghoom gaya.
go hamarey zamanaey mein sarak itni makhdoosh nahin thee aur auditorium bhee urooj pur tha. Salam Sahib Agar mujhey naam sahih yaad hai tho woh auditorium key nigran they. Hamara student’s week karachi bhur mein mashhoor tha. Khas thor pur Debates aur annual musical or drama day mein door door sey log aatey they. Mein ney donon saal yani 72/73 aur 73/74 mein do dramon mein markazi kirdar ada kiya tha. Bohat sari baten yaad arahi hein magar waqt ijazat nahin dey raha hai. tumharey mazmoon ki beshter cheezen wohi hein jo hamarey zamaney mein theen.
Mujahid Ghazi
Very nice …. it just reminded me about “Lahore ka Jughrafia” by Patras Bukhari. Thanks for sharing i really enjoyed reading it.
Salim
‘Mahmood’ is my middle name.
Janab Mughal Sahib;
Bohut mazedar laikin Mahmood se Mughal kub kyuN aur kais tabdeel huwa?
Great read as it brought me back to old times (1993) when I graduated from Adamjee. Thanks for sharing this…