City Connection

The class divide has been illustrated. The smart middle-classers continue to be marginalized in social circles by those heralding from elitist backgrounds. Elitist themselves, the middle-classers face great trouble in being accepted by the upper-strata. A bachi smoking with aplomb, donning eastern clothes with a western nonchalance, being a reckless driver, inside a car which is a status symbol; symptomatic of the quintessential search of the middle-class`er to permeate into the elite circles. the purposeless pursuit is complete when the two go their ways; the protagonist not stooping to the levels of the semi-educated middle class and lower class youth, who are typified by their gelled hair, sleeveless skin-fitted shirts, a bike or a car with a cheesy bumper sticker, and a tendency of letting fly loose chits with their numbers and hotmailn addresses to clifton`ish chicks, who`s supposed western leanings make them easier to bait.

also, the music, the cigarette, and the FX, a direct descendant of Daru`s car, all signify an elitist middle-class mentality.

the piece is interesting, but my being a karachiite makes it easy for me.

Third world country...not only is that redundant but it`s also pretty offensive.BE creative

btw whats with the Canadian Flag? just curious....

ur writing is stupid! why dont u go to hell!

#18 by yasirz on August 29, 2004 2:50pm PT

Just being funny.... no offence otherwise...

i was expecting that the civic will stop at the next corner. two kids will come out from a nearby school and say mum... ur late... and fx walay ki gandi ho jaiee gi. but anyways this was also a fun reading. keep it up.

plus rather than civic - i would go for silver bmw 330i, and rather than shahrah e faisal/consititution avenue, i wud prefer alexendra pde in melb.

i think u rambled on for a little longer than required..but i like the fact that it dint go to the ``i got her mobile number too`` scenario..which when telling this story to his mates..the guy would also say.....
the race kinda also took me on2 one of them roads..come on..every1 has been in a similiar situation ..right?

Adnan

I loved your article and it literally made me ROFL(Roll-on-the-Floor-Laughing aka IRC ROFL) at numerous occasions at how accuately you have penned you feelings.....and believe me it made me register at Chowk.com to rave about it.

Your article truly captured the essence of what I guess most guys driving lesser cars would feel while looking onto glistening Beamers, Civic`s and Toyotas driven by mersmerizing femininity.

The candid, accurate details and the eloquent expression of the minutest nuances without being verbose and overwhelming, really nitro-charged the humour in this car chase....

I have driven my FX for a long time now (since 1992) and I love it for rugged, bare-bones,

Luddite functionality...believe it would have been easier for you to beat this Civic driving beauty if it were the narrow winding roads and the outrageously crazy traffic of Lahore.

Viva FX!!

P.S.
The appeal of this article has some nostalgic association with a classic romatic script of a poor dude falling in love with a rich lass?

the story was too long ...the end pathetic...though the idea was promising.....decrease the length and put in some grey matter.......write more.....cya!

For the first couple of paragraphs, sounded promising and consequence-driven
But the length just killed the charm.
Good try, though.

this sounded so creepily familiar that for a while i thought it was me you were talking about and for a moment i forgot it was fiction. but then i got to the part where you mentioned the bensons and realized it couldn't be me. i just do marlboro reds :)

amazing story. i miss karachi even more insanely now. i used to drive through that route nearly every day till two months ago.. you just made me miss karachi driving :)