Owais Mughal

(1) A Mechanized Swing or a Pendulum?

My son looked at this photo and asked me whether the swing will be able to move under the weight of crowd. I had no answer. I wanted to bring out the laws of physics in my defense and go into the details of oscillations and simple harmonic motion (pendulum) but kept quiet.

This photo is from Rawalpindi. Taken on September 22, 2009, it shows a crowd on a mechanized swing enjoying Eid festivities.

Some elderly person had once said that ‘Eid to asal bachoN ki hoti hai’ (Children enjoy Eid more) and I believe it is very true. There is no match to the genuine happiness and eagerness one sees on the faces of children on Eid-ul-fitr.

In this post I have put together a series of photos which show people celebrating Eid-ul-fitr across several cities in Pakistan. One can see quite a few daring scenes of enjoyment here.

Owais Mughal

I am sitting in front of my computer, listening to my favorite “Vital Signs” song:

Ye shaam phir nahi aaye gi
(This evening won’t come again)

I am smiling and sipping on my favorite Lipton Tea, while my fingers are keying in this moment in time.

All in all, a very coordinated effort is going on between my mind and soul. But take “Lipton tea” out of this equation and I’ll be left to a bored-to-death person listening to an archaic ancient group which historians remember by the name of ‘Vital Signs’ from early 90s and writing these disjointed words.

“Lipton Tea” – these two words stir deep memories in me. The earliest memory of Lipton tea in my life is drinking it with my maternal great grandfather (paR-nana).

Owais Mughal and Adil Najam

From all of us at All Things Pakistan (ATP; Pakistaniat.Com) we wish our regular readers, our contributors, and all passers-by Eid Mubarak. We wish you happiness, prosperity and all things good; now and forever.

Today, we want all of you to help us write this post for us.

Tell us, please, what Eid in Pakistan means to you by filling in the sentence that starts with “Eid is…”

Here are a few picture – all from Pakistan in the last 3 days – that might help spur some ideas about what Eid is in Pakistan.