Asma Mirza
I posted this picture on Metroblog Islamabad earlier with the title “Can’t you see I’m Busy, Man!!!.” Wondering if ATP readers can suggest other (better) titles. Maybe a sheyr (verse) from Faiz, iqbal, Jalib… maybe even Ghalib?
ATP talks often about the state of the mobile industry in Pakistan. Well, this picture shows one face of what is happening with cell phones. As I wrote at Metroblog Islamabad:
Can you feel the marked difference??? A poor common Pakistani, already a mobile user, collecting wood standing in front of parliament (highest office of the city on maybe the most expensive roads of the country) …!
WOW … amazing colors of Pakistan!!!
So, any suggestions?
Baazicha-e- atfal hai dunya mere aage
Ho ta hai shub-o-rose tmasha mere aage
“Hello! Allah Mian hain? Main nay apnee halat sudharwanay kee baat karnee hai”
Nice one, MQ.
To me, the couplet from Iqbal that comes to mind is different, despite the technology:
tou qadir e mutlaq hai, magar tairey jahan mein
hain talkh bohat banda e mazdoor kay auqaat
Last time, when this post appeared, more than two years ago, I noticed the poverty of this man and had commented by quoting a Punjabi couplet from Faiz.
This time, the first thing that struck me was the the technological advances man has made — from a bicycle to cell phones — and is still making every other day, particularly in the field of communication. So, here is one from Iqbal:
Yeh kaainaat abhi naa-tamaam hai shaayad
Keh aa rahi hai dama dam sadaaye kun fa-yakoon
Love the comment about energy crisis solution through firewood!