Adil Najam
3QuarksDaily (3QD to friends) was the very first blog I visited and I got addicted to it immediately. I find it to be the most intellectually stimulating and educative blog out there. Over the last year, I have probably told more people about why they should visit 3QD than I have about ATP. That is how much I admire the work that the 3QD team is doing.
Although much of the 3QD team is from Pakistan, the blog itself is much much more than a ‘Pakistani blog.’ However, because so many of them are from Pakistan, a certain Pakistaniness does seep through into the posts in terms of the topics they cover and the way they over them.
One such very Pakistani post was the recent video made and posted by one of the 3QD team members. I must confess -sheepishly – that I may be one of the very few Pakisatnis who does not actually like Nihari. But I did love the video.
I love the video because it has this feel of real citizen journalism to it; both in its topic and its execution. But much more thank that, I love it because for some reason it gives me this very authentic Pakistani – and Karachi – feel.
Maybe it is because of the subject matter and the places it shows; maybe it is because of this very deliberate ‘unprofessional’ feel to it with the jerks and the dhakkas (what could be more Pakistani than a few dhakkas as you wak across Burns Road!); maybe its the simplicity of the narration. Whatever it is, I have been enjoying it for the last few days; the people at Karachi Metroblog have also been doing so for the last couple of days; and I thought you would too.
I also liked the video very much. First saw it on 3QD which I visit. Was not sure then WHY I liked it. Maybe it was the memory of Nihari but probably not just that. I think this post make its more clear why I liked it. The feel fo Karachi as they walk to and from the place is very authentic Karachi. I liked that even more than the Nihari part. It really felt that I was walking with them. When the camera got bumped, I felt I got bumped. So, good work.
I would also like to know why it is called Nihari… is there truth to the breakfast theory suggested above?
Dear Adil,
My sister Atiya has told me much about you (all good!) and not to do too much of the Mutual Admiration Society thing, but I enjoy your posts here very much as well.
Thanks for linking to us, and all your very generous words about 3QD!
I hope to meet you someday soon.
Yours,
Abbas
[quote post=”552″]ust imagine man, tazaa naans, desi ghee floating over the nehari,[/quote]
yani heart attack ko invite karna ka poora samaan :-)
Garam Garam Taza Sheermaal/Taftaan/Nan with Nulli ki Nihari, Grand Dinner/Breakfast.
Adil: I liked the video too. The sounds of rakhas, horns(which you never hear in the US), and as you said, the simplicity of the narration, but man, I’m kind of disappointed, you don’t like nihari? Next time you visit Pakistan, pls. let me know, I’ll take you to purani anarkali; just imagine man, tazaa naans, desi ghee floating over the nehari, and the wonderful taste…man, you have disappointed me, you don’t like nehari??