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KARACHI: Our Stories In Our Words / By: Maniza Naqvi / Paperback / Oxford University Press Pakistan

ISBN: 9780199068517 / 978-0199068517

Country: Pakistan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Karachi
ISBN: 9780199068517
ISBN-10: 0199068518
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Year of Publication: 2013

The book is a collection of stories and voices from all over Karachi, written for a story-writing competition arranged by Oxford University Press Pakistan—and is based on the idea that everyone has a good story to tell. These stories, written by many individuals separately, together chronicle the city and its life. Karachi as a cosmopolitan city of prosperity and opportunity is a strong theme—a city where people from all over the country and continent mingle and live in close proximity. There are stories of kindness and empathy. And there are themes of deep income disparity and social injustice. There is nostalgia for a time gone by in Karachi, a new awareness of its past history, a love of the beach and the sea. There is deep pain in these stories—of the loss of loved ones, of violence and murder and target killings—and a real sense of belief and hope for a better future.

Bilal Zubedi is the author of 'On the Road to Awareness' and most recently of a short story, 'Flyover' published in Karachi: Our Stories in Our Words. He also has a research paper on ethnic conflict in Karachi published in an international journal, a paper on progressive thought in PTV drama tradition in another and a chapter on cultural cooperation between India & Pakistan in 'Back from the Brink: India-Pakistan Ties Revisited'. He is currently working on his second book, a novel.