A few months ago, on a tip from a friend, I discovered an Indian grocery store in the Twin Cities, called Pooja. For those of you in this area, it’s located in the funny little suburb of Hilltop. I say funny because it’s just 16 blocks smack dab in the middle of Columbia Heights — […]
Happy Birthday, Pakistan
Today is Pakistan Day, the anniversary of the founding of Pakistan on August 14, 1947. It hasn’t been an easy journey for the Muslim country that was carved out on the western and easter edges of the British India. In addition to the slaughter that occurred at “Partition,” as Hindus and Muslims raced to get […]
Touring Karachi
When I was growing up in Karachi, Pakistan in the 1960’s we (surprisingly) had quite a few visitors come through and stay with us. In fact, it often felt like our place was a guest house (something we loved, by the way). If the visitors were from out of the country, we would all pile […]
50 Years Ago
I have been studiously avoiding all of the hoopla surrounding the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. I have an aversion to American media hype, and since I was only 3 1/2 at the time I don’t have any personal memories of the event. I do know that my family were living in […]
Top Ten Posts of 2012
It seems that every other blogger on the planet is doing an end-of-the-year “Top Ten” list, so why not me? Herewith, then, is the list of my top ten posts of 2012, as measured by WordPress stats: 10. Living Well Where You Don’t Belong (full version) A collection of lessons I’ve learned over the years […]
Karachi Memories
Last week I ran across an interesting slide show on the Foreign Policy website. It is a collection of photos taken in Karachi, Pakistan during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The introduction to the slide show talks about how Karachi (population 13 million) has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but then […]
