How dare you identify yourself as Muhajir!
From the Blog pakteahouse By Rafique Ali *'How do you identify yourself'* is a question sometimes asked during a discourse. It can either be a political, literary and intellectual or a cause based conversation. There is freshness of liberation in this question. Sometimes this question has been asked with compassion & sometimes in an intimidating, accusatory, mocking & investigative manner. Doesn't matter how & under what circumstances it's been asked, the responder can feel the power of making the choice of identification as she/he does so. Unfortunately, the generation of post partition immigrants mostly settled in Karachi and urban Sindh do not have the luxury of identification. They can't call themselves MUHAJIRS, let's talk about why. In 1991 I was a young aspiring accountant trainee in my epakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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