Random Thoughts
After reading this story on Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_tribes_fight_back;_ylt=Ahi7FRs2L9NymQjT0hkVIrZn.3QA
I’m again holding out for some faith in the Pakistani government, as naive as that is of me.
Enough of that, though. The year is almost over, there will be a new U.S. president very soon, and we can all hope to turn the page…
For the last week and a half I’m been incapacitated by a nasty bout of conjectivitus, restricting my ability to work, read, and write (including, obviously, any new posts). Now that it appears to be, thankfully, clearing up, I’m been able to read again.
I picked up an old issue of Dawn newspaper (Sunday, September 28th) lying around my place today and read a good article about Richard Wright, one of the founding members of the legendary Pink Floyd, who passed away in early September. The article was spot on by comparing him to George Harrison of the Beatles; indeed, his playing and creative contributions to the Floyd were underrated. He was a quiet musician who was never flashy and didn’t take the spotlight, but he was so integral to the Floyd sound that without his keyboards they wouldn’t be the same. He will be missed.
But that really has nothing to do with Pakistan (the whole point of this blog) now does it. The reason I’m bringing this up is because in the same issue of Dawn had a review of a play called “Vakeel Sahib” put on by the Karachi Arts Council. I suppose this bears mentioning because many outsiders probably don’t even realize that there is modern culture here, and that Pakistan is not filled with 100% craziness. Despite all of of the events this country has experienced in the last two years since I’ve lived here, I’ve still managed to see good art work in galleries, good theater, and hear good music. As they say in show business – “the show must go on.”
I’ll say more about the Arts Council in another post….
