Well, since the ongoing theme at ATP today is Pakistan’s rivers and water resources therefore how about this photo from a small island in river Ravi. Photographer is Muhammad Rizwan who took this photo on January 10, 2010 from the N5 road bridge .
When I first saw this photo, few questions came to me. How did these people end up there? How will they go back? Most likely the river Ravi is not deep enough here and these guys can just walk to the river banks. One guy has his ‘shalwar’ pulled up to his knees so they may indeed have walked to this island. But there are no waves in the water – look how perfect their reflection is in still waters – so if they did come by foot then it must’ve been a while ago. Too many questions arise from this one photo. One can also say – yeah so what? Who cares? That is fine too. In such case I would say this is just a snap shot of an event on January 10 in Pakistan which is not very common and hence qualified to make up to these pages.
baat se baat nikalti hai (one thing leads to another). This photo also reminds me of a joke.
One day two men were alone on a small island. One man saw a bottle floating on the water and took it (just like one of the guys in photo above is looking for something in the water). When he opened the bottle a genie came out. The genie said to the men “hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha. I will give you both a wish each – bolo kia maangta“. The first man asked “I want to go home”. The genie said “ok here you go.” The second man said, “I can’t stay alone in this island, I want him back.” The genie said “ok. Here he comes – hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha.”
no man is an island.
but two men are …
Wonderful picture.
I see this and think represents how Pakistanis feel. Stranded and lonely and no where to go!
wah wa…. Aziz Sahib ..
[ROFLMAO]
I think the two gentlemen are estimating have much they can drink ….of the water…and they are calculating how many days are going to pass
– before they both of them can come home…….
-without wet shoes…
otherwise they will have to buy two pair of new shoes…
Looking at the other pictures you posted in your earlier post, this looks like an oasis in a desert. However, after thinking through it, your comments make sense. This must be a shallow place and just looks like an island. I bet they just walked up to this little “tila” in the water :) They could be IRSA engineers trying to measure the depth of the water at this location.
By the way, I am amazed at how still the water is and how perfect the reflection is. It does remind me of another joke :)
Matkay main pani bhar kay tera aks dekhta hoon
Phir matka hila hila kay tera rakhs dekhta hoon
Ofourse in this case, neither men are interested in seeing the other dance :)