Desi Dining In Ramadan

A friend of mine, who lives in Islamabad, has made a habit of enjoying a meal once every Ramadan in Kartarpura, a food street of Rawalpindi.

Dating back to the pre-partition era of 1940s, this place is known for its exotic local, aka desi, delicacies and varieties.

Irresistible Chutney

Chutney is an essential item on a Pakistani dining table. Be it a lunch, dinner or an evening snack meal, chutney will give your food an extra edge of spiciness and taste, making your ordinary food into something really special.

image courtesy of DAWN

A Photo A Week Challenge – Yellow

A traditional Pakistani wedding consists of 3 ceremonies:

1. Mehndi
2. Wedding
3. Valima

Fun Foto Challenge – Gardens

Subtract the humans and all the factors belonging to them and this very planet Earth turns into a giant garden.

But then, without humans, what would be the purpose of it?

52 Week Photo Challenge – Week 35 – From Above

Just one look at it and you will not even think about resisting yourself from falling in love with it 🙂

The Legacy Of A Long Gone Empire

There are two ways to tell a story. The first is about writing several paragraphs or pages about an event or a series of them. You build up your characters, move them along nicely while keeping the pace of your story intact. And then ending it all up when the message you wanted to convey through your story is accomplished.

Summer, Salad And Sunday

Fresh, raw and full of health. Now who can say no to a scrumptious bowl of salad, especially on a hot summer day.

Atop The Greens

What kind of feelings rush into your bloodstream if you are sitting on a chair lift high above the giant trees of a hill station?

Wordless Wednesday – Cafe Abshar

Have You Ever Washed Dishes?

Ashfaq Ahmed, one of Pakistan’s most famous writer and an intellectual, has mentioned several times in his books about receiving uncountable valuable lessons about life from an elderly wise man.

Ashfaq Ahmed (image courtesy of encyclopk.com)