khayaal-e-Khatir-e-ahbab chahiye har dam
Anees Thes na lag jai aab-ginoN ko
The truck here is transporting earthen clay pots (called ‘matka’ – singular) which are used to keep drinking water cool. Being made out of clay, one would imagine not to try transporting them without any packaging BUT that is the beauty of Pakistani transport which continues to defy the norms of Aesthetics, Physics, Mechanics, Capacity, Luxury, Hilarity, Logic, Poetry, Center of Gravity, Speed Limits etc.
What do all these fragile matkas hanging so precariously remind you of? Can you suggest a title.
The photo is from April 26, 2009 taken on Sukkur bypass by Jehangir Khan.
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I liked the ‘Carry Potter’ title. That is imaginative and creative :)
Interestingly, the comments on this post are far more and furious on ATP’s Facebook site.
Since many of our readers here are not subscribed to the facebook site, we thought we would just highlight a few of the more interesting comments there:
“Pot – freely available in Pakistan.”
“carry POT-ter.”
“WOW @_@………….IM SO AMAaaaaaaaaaazed!!
I wish I could pack my suitcase like tht ;)”
“The situation is ‘fragile’ in Pakistan :)”
“Pakistani Ingenuity”
No problem we can’t solve,no challenge we can’t meet.
“Fetching pail of water”
^peanuts