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
Unfortunately a public hazard is represented by electricity wires hobbled together in exactly the same way, usually for the purposes of power hijacking.
On my travels recently I saw in Central America that power poles had rings of razor wire around them to prevent the huge nests of electrical wires from forming along the top as people steal the electricity. Any poles that were not so protected, the poachers had assembled very Pakistani-style snarls of wire up in there.
Latest trend, at least in India, is to do the same with land-line internet connection. That may also be a cause of an increase in tangles of phone lines. I bet at least some of those wires are hooked up to computers.
Much like Pakistan.. the real miracle is that this thing actually works… despite all the visual evidence to the contrary!
it is just like situation in pakistan, one connection army and the rest on the other end, army wire is clean and tidy while the other connections are hard to clean, sperate and into order,,,,,what i can say more , just pick a wire make an international call, other will pay the bill …….
This represents exactly how the government of Pakistan is organized and working.
Cell phones are cheaper the landline these days, I wonder how many people still use landlines.