Karachi discussion

Assalam Alaikum,

I joined a Pakistan group recently to get closer to my roots, sadly it was over run by Punjabi's who were driving me crazy, so back on safer lands...

not much of a community on here, but it may build up, now that I've arived. :D

W.salam,

well, same here. I realized there were no proper community here for Karachiites, therefore created one :-), glad you are here now and I too hope it keeps on growing with nice people.

Hi there,

Have joined in hoping to have constructive literary discussions. Anything related to reading or different facets of fiction writing, I would love to talk about.

Pertaining to Saad's remark on 'Pakistan' group, I did join in recently and found out that the only thing ppl talked about over there is politics and more politics.

Nothing wrong with political mud slinging if it confirms to someone's fetish I suppose, though my only problem with the discussions over there was it was all being done on a forum of a website that is primarily dedicated to readers and writers of fiction (and non fiction) around the world.

Lev_Boy wrote: "Hi there,

Have joined in hoping to have constructive literary discussions. Anything related to reading or different facets of fiction writing, I would love to talk about.

Pertaining to Saad's re..."

My problem was not those discussions, I could have certainly ignored them but my main trouble was that they werent doing any activity related to books.

I hope that my experience here would be better than before.

Paras wrote: "Lev_Boy wrote: "Hi there,

Have joined in hoping to have constructive literary discussions. Anything related to reading or different facets of fiction writing, I would love to talk about.

Pertain..."


Glad to know I wasnt the only one who thought there was something seriously wrong going over there.

doing any activity related to books ...

Well, by the look of it, it seemed as if the word books was something of a taboo over there. And the sheer mention of which would only have inspired some insipid head scratching!

Hey, I'm Baneen from Karachi. I got invited to this group.

Welcome Baneen. Hope you enjoy :)

thnk u:)

welcome :-)

:)

We are glad to have you here :-). Enjoy..!

Welcome Qurratulain what have you been reading recently do tell us.

Hi all, I am Omer from Karachi. A newcomer at gr. Its nice to be here, looking forward to some exciting reads!

Well, its a bit of a desert here, isnt it. All but shutters down, or so it seems...

Hello Omer! I agree, its all so Silent hill in this grup now. Paras where are youuu

Ayesha wrote: "Hello Omer! I agree, its all so Silent hill in this grup now. Paras where are youuu"

Hello Ayesha. Its Silent Hill without all the excitement ...

Well if there was excitement the point would be moot but hey since we're here its not all dead :3

Glad you've joined, what's your favorite read?

Ayesha wrote: "Well if there was excitement the point would be moot but hey since we're here its not all dead :3"

Touche! And thanks.

My favs? Well, it starts from Les Miserables, East of Eden, Suttree and the list goes on.

Do tell me about your fav ones?

I was probably watching silent hill back then :P

Howz everyone reading

hi em ammara from karachi. glad to join this group

Assalam-o-Alaikum / Hello To Everyone:

Hoping you all would be fine, I am Muddasir from Karachi. Glad to know about other persons and their reading stuff. This forum provides an opportunity to share new information and guiding & motivating to new or potential writers.

Recently, I also have been engaged in creative writing for Oxford Uni. Press Pakistan irrespective it is not my profession but passion While I am Student & Financial Modeler.

Sharing suggestions, ideas & promoting reading culture.

Best regards,
Muddasir.

Hello Muddasir,

Glad you could join us. I am a Karachite like urself here.

And regarding what you said in your opening para,

"Hoping you all would be fine, I am Muddasir from Karachi. Glad to know about other persons and their reading stuff. This forum provides an opportunity to share new information and guiding & motivating to new or potential writers."

Well, I shared the same sentiments when I first joined GR, and went on to follow the local forums. I am afraid that the forum, the ones owned/crowded by Pakistanis at least, don't offer any of the things u mentioned above.

There are NO readers here, (With the exception of Paras, the admin) and most of them don't read either well enough or consistently enough to be able to write anything worth a glance.

Its just a procrastination tub where an occasional dabbler would dip his head in every fortnight or two!

Omar wrote: "Hello Muddasir,

Glad you could join us. I am a Karachite like urself here.

And regarding what you said in your opening para,

"Hoping you all would be fine, I am Muddasir from Karachi. Glad to kn..."

It is good to speak truth while there is such kind of mindset we should try to do best for personal learning.

Best wishes

Muddasir.

Muddasir wrote: "Omar wrote: "Hello Muddasir,

Glad you could join us. I am a Karachite like urself here.


You are welcome.

As an aside, if it is fiction writing you want to work, then I would like to recommend a writer's social network site.

'House of Writers' http://houseofwriters.ning.com/

Its a great place to learn.

Yusra wrote: "Asalamu alaikum wa rehmatullah! :-)

I'm really excited to have found this group, guys, so I apologise in advance because I can feel a looooong and enthusiastic introduction coming on!!!!

So - whe..."

walaikum assalam

loved your views about Islam, Pakistan and especially Karachi.
best of luck for your book

hi,

I am haris, currently doing job in a software house. looking for some interesting titles over here on goodreads... mainly focused on self helping, spirituality. hope to have some good results :)