Adil Najam
This picture from Metroblog Lahore made me laugh out loud. One could think of some ATP commentators that we might want to say this to!
Given the type of comments recent posts have been recieving, the refrain written at the back of this rickshaw, or at least it’s first half, seems funnily appropriate. The Punjabi words at the back read: “SaRRya na kar, chanda, dua karya kar.” I don’t think justice can be done to this in translation, so I will not try. Maybe others could help.
Here at ATP, our fascination with the motor rickshaw goes long and deep, most recently in this post here, and in other forms of expressing “transport wisdom”!
But rickshaw wisdom is not something to be mocked at.
Two past posts, in particualr, come to mind. The first (from July 3, 2006) was a conversation with Karachi rickshaw driver Raees on Karachi’s political situation, where he outlines his 5-point manifestor for Karachi. The second (from February 2, 2007) was this slightly more tongue-in-cheek (and at some levels disturbing) ‘Man Manifesto’ on Haqooq-i-MardaaN.
This is my new pet phrase now.
SARRYA NA KAR, CHANDA, DUA KIYA KAR
I have been repeating it to everyone since yesterday. I think it is growing on me and will become my new takiya kalam!
@Watan Aziz
What’s with this high-brow Classical Roman stuff about Commodus and Tiberius (Gorki on another thread)? What happens to the less-literate/ neo-literates/ PBI without the benefit of a classical education like yours truly?
All this is giving me a headache. I’m confused already, why do you edjicated gennelmun want to add to it?
Shock-Shock-Shock
Amazing, people are clamoring for bad news. Blood sport? Wherefore art thou Commodus?
Seriously, this is good that the truth addicts cannot deal with “truthiness” being spun out there and like to park here for the whole truth and nothing but honest truth.
sara shehr phirta thha rishka mira
kadi shah di khooee kadi shahdara
sawaarion ko ddhota dhhota
ab vechaara ittaan te khalota
“yehi pervaz bhi uftaadgi bhi
mata e zeest uski bhi yehi, miri bhi”
sorry for being off topic, but shouldn’t there be a post on the latest political situation? the crackdown has started in Punjab and there are reports of arrests and police raids