Art & Culture

Karachi, the city of lights … Pakistan’s former Capital . Karachi  truly can be called as a metropolitan city. Karachi is blessed with so much that you can find variety in every aspect of life .. Its been two and a half years now that I have moved to Karachi but I feel like im simply in love with this city.
Karachi is a place where you find … may be everything you think or wish for.The thing I like most about Karachi is that one can find an extensive range of amusement parks, food courts and shopping malls. Karachi is also known  as Shopper’s paradise.
I would start with shopping because being a woman to me it’s a must do thing. Letme start with Saddar where one can find the best hadicrafts and near Saddar we have Zainab Market which is undoubtedly a biggest attraction for the shoppers.No matter what you are looking for … its wooden Kashmiri furniture or small boxes of Silver ,hand made quilts or leather items , there is no limit of choices and options available there.
Now  letme tell you if you are looking for some best outfits, Tariq road is the best option. Right from casuals to party wear , there is an extensive range available of all.
How can I not talk about food which is really an essential part of Karachi’s fame . Burns Road where you will the find probably the best spicy cuisines which you can enjoy by sitting in your car or even sitting at the benches if you dont have a conveyance of your own. Copper Kettle , where mostly people from a bit higher class prefers to go, gives you a westren atmosphere plus the food there is delicious as well. I guess being a bit expensive is okay when you know that everything available there is cent percent hygenic.
Beach , yes it is not clean and well-maintained as beaches normally are in the westren countries but still beach itself to me is an attraction.The beautiful sunset at the beach or a day with a family specially in the areas which are well maintained and huts have been made for the families to come to enjoy , makes one enjoy the beauty of beach.
In karachi one would find roads with open main holes and flyovers and under passes which truly demonstrates the  progress that karachi has made in the past few years . No doubt you may find these under passes no more than a pool of murky water during the monsoon season still the development cannot be ignored.
Donot forget to enjoy the ride of the colorful local buses of karachi even if you have a conveyance of your own. Buses loaded with people, loud music playing in the background , conductor beating the body of the bus in a specific way to tell the driver whether he has to stop or start the bus, is all a memorable experince . Buses all coloured in orange, red, green tatoos heart wrentched couplets driven by the driver who cannot speak because his mouth is full with betel leaves , chalia or gutka , the most common chewables in karachi.
Last but not the least the people of Karachi which may not be the native residents of karachi , still to them Karachi is a city which makes them live , earn , eat and even the roads of karachi where you will find several families sleeping . Beggers who roam around in the day time , labourers who work on daily wages and earn just a little amount at night can be seen peacefully on the foot paths. What a wonderful sleep they enjoy even in the hurly burly surroundings.

All I can say that Karachi is a beautiful city to live in , where people from every class live

and enjoy pleasures of life .Worth seeing city altough has some draw backs or short

comings still a wonderful city it is.