My Summer of ’69

#32 the mirror you hold up and the resultant image people are seeing is just way too much for them. They are scared to uttering the words ``mirror, mirror, on the wall.......`` for they might see an ugly reflection of themselves!

congratulations - hayat. The contradictions in society, dare I say ``hypocrisy``, between the statement of the Auntie sahiban

``“Baita, who Amreeka jaa kur kharab ho jayay ga.” Auntie used to say to me, whenever Mohsin or his future prospects came under discussion.``

and depths of depravity plunged by her son and yourself (his friend) is way too stark. Hilarious, cringe worthy, captivating all at the same time. For chowk this is a first!

Ozar Khalid is well and truly alive!

jeeeeeez, jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez and another jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!
We have a homicide right here on chowk, among us mere mortals, us who are prone to being a victim of homicide than committing it ...I don`t know ho to express it...so let me just quote bjk:

YA ALLAH, TERA BOHUT, BOHUT, BOHUT SHUKRIYA!

Reply to interact # 25 et al.
As a matter of principle and lately of experience I have considered girls extremly superficial and completely devoid of original thoughts and ideas; the prettier they get the shallower I have found them to be...but my dear friends...after having read some of the `interacts` to my article and having seen an extremely enlightening ``Howard Stern`` tape, I have changed my opinions somewhat. Although ``secret garden`` has proved to be, until now, by far ``thee shallowest``: And thankfully, for that matter, a girl, there are some specimens of the rougher sex not very far behind. I hope that some of the guys would try to break this myth of gender dominance in this domain and come out with as pathetic a writing style as that of ``secret garden``. By virtue of writing `gulz` instead of ``girls`` and ``paki gulz`` to boot...using the expression ``Own Self Made``...and hopping aimlessly, rather shamelessly, between second and third person, this user deserves to get her `interact` published on chowk home page. Or should I blame MSN chat machines for this gibberish. gulz...dah
Truly yours

Ahmad Hayat

p.s. also have I noticed, after reading the interacts, that most of the Paksitanis living outside Paksitan (even if they were born in Wilayat) have failed to liberate themselves from the taboos of Pakistani society hence the famous acronyms ABCD or BBCD or DBCD. The fault lies perhaps with their parents who were not born there but still want to imbibe their children with false Pakistani morality and stuff of the kind...but that is subject matter for at least a book...Je m`arrete. ta...ta

Re: # 8 anything that could cost you your virginity...

Re: # 7 wait a second! are you suggesting that inispecter Ajmal is our very own Ozer Khalid?

The footnote that claimed this article was non-fiction has been removed.

If this is indeed non-fiction then Chowk Staff has a responsibility to alert the authorities and provide them with all the help to trace this killer.

Hypocrisy and duplicity at its best but no doubt excellent effort to defame Pakistani cultural roots.Studying at a Govt funded university and then going abroad on a Govt funded Higher studies program and yet still finding faults with this society....Way to go...

What are you trying to prove from your OWN SELF MADE imagination of Paki gulz, Infact what could one expects from a person like you (who even dont know the exact meaning of Modesty),,,,,,,,,living in pure land,,,,,trying to expoit the image of all Paki gulz,on the basis of mere a few gulz whom u met as PASS TIME(surely a person looks for one,just like him), Paki gulz are far more Modest than ur expectations, if u dont think so ,keep ur dirt Look on Franchies.............

Re: Wasif2
Dr. Khalid Sohail`s illuminati effect is so not desired. No offense Doctor jee!

Its interesting, that men who have sex with men can chock it up to an inavailability of women. They do not own up to their attraction/lust/love for the person of the same sex. Unless and until you are in an all male prison, that logic is not valid. And even then sex in prisons is more about control, dominance, male egos and rape.

This morality you talk about has little to do with capitalism and more to do with the middle class. This middleclass morality is not a means to assuage the guilt of capitalism, but guilt stemming from so many other pertinent factors such as tradition, religion, gender, money, sexual politik, etc.

hi everybody!
First of all why this ``Stuka`` guy keeps asking if I am Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta or some other gibberishesque alphabet? I am not Charlie. I am not Alpha, Bravo or Delta for that matter. My name is Ahmad Hayat. Same for you ``antihypochrist``...you can be ``anti hippopotamus`` while you are at it...and who by the way is ``Charlie``???
Yeh Charlie Charlie kya hay? Yeh Charlie Charlie...
For the rest, Thanks for the commentry people. Generated not quite the reponse I was hoping for. The interact by ``pseudoiltellect`` is exceptional though.

The sheer amorality of the protagonist expressed rather phlegmatically in the first person had me riveted till the end. Great work, A. Hayat! We look forward to more of your hopefully fictionalised accounts!

fact or fiction.....it had me shell shocked and reading till the very end.

good work!

Yaar Ahmad Hayat, this piece is one of the best, candid, honest and blunt.

# 16

Please read ``How did he know if you will cross Attock``

instead of

``How did you know....``

thanks.

Mr Ahmad Hayat

Plz dont listen to these confused moralists. Capitalism, which all these people love, cherish and strive for, is a system that believes in the survival of the fittest. Morality is an add on thats been invented (by religion or otherwise) to address the guilt that comes from subscribing to an animal system like capitalism.

Your piece, I insist, is most wonderful.