Naswarville

[Hyperion]

And....... where is the question?

@Hyperion Everyone is making a joke out of what I said..even @Oscar.

I have this deep and abiding attraction towards Kabul, Chitral, Tajik, Gilgit- the pamirs. Like I said, its this feeling- bone deep- of being called, of having left something there. They keep telling me to pick up AKs and a chador. You live there, have seen these places (not all) but many- what do you think is the reason. This isn't a recent thing either- its been an ongoing thing for a LONG time.

 

[Dillinger]

And....... where is the question?

Why the "call", why do I feel like I have "left something there", its the only way I can put it into words. I've never been to these places...so why?

 

[Ayush]

Why the "call", why do I feel like I have "left something there", its the only way I can put it into words. I've never been to these places...so why?

picchle janam ka rishta hai..

 

[Hyperion]

You watch too many movies!

Why the "call", why do I feel like I have "left something there", its the only way I can put it into words. I've never been to these places...so why?

 

[Hyperion]

Ya, iss janam ka marnay ka program!

picchle janam ka rishta hai..

 

[Dillinger]

@Hyperion Et tu, Brute?

I asked for a serious opinion.

 

[Hyperion]

Dude, because you read too much history. I also feel very connected to Luckhnow/Delhi, maybe because I read too much Ghalib! What else could be the logical explanation?

@Hyperion Et tu, Brute?

I asked for a serious opinion.

 

[Dillinger]

Dude, because you read too much history. I also feel very connected to Luckhnow/Delhi, maybe because I read too much Ghalib! What else could be the logical explanation?

Here is the thing, I didn't know jack about the Pamirs, about Tajik (Afghanistan and FATA and Chitral, yes) but not a pip about the tajiks before I started indulging this urge to go there- perhaps it is so. But you need to know this thing, even with Delhi- I have this odd thing- I can't stay too far from it. I don't even have any particular liking for the people and most definitely no sentimental family thing- its just in Delhi once I get away from the suburbs- its like standing on a beating heart, as if something is pulsing underneath my feet- an inexorable pull, something old- VERY old, which has been there for a very long time- alive and sentient. That's the same way I feel about the places in question.

It runs in the family, my father had to visit Syria often when he was working with Aga Khan- he would cancel his other tours and just stay put there at the expense of his work- which is odd because his work is his life, he's the guy who hasn't seen a movie, hasn't taken a vacation since I can first call up tangible memories, all he has ever done is work. Yet once it comes to that region, Turkey- Syria- Jordan- Lebanon he just can't help himself.

 

[Anubis]

labalabalabalaba

 

[Dillinger]

labalabalabalaba

labia?

 

[Hyperion]

Lablaba in urdu means spit. So who are you spitting at?

labalabalabalaba

 

[Anubis]

labia?

****!

 

[Dillinger]

@Hyperion

At the moment I am toying with two theories-

1) I am mad.

2) I was a mujahid of tajik stock in my last birth in Af.
@jaibi what do you think- analyse the above post of mine.

 

[doppelganger]

What is it with Bengalis and the lure of Afghanistan man?

Incidentally, it did not end too well for the last bong there .....

 

[Dillinger]

What is it with Bengalis and the lure of Afghanistan man?

Incidentally, it did not end too well for the last bong there .....

I am also a Bihari, AND I can always scream at @Hyperion for help if his brethren (Omar) decide to dick with me.

Man, at least I could have visited FATA if things were kosher on the VISA front and the govt granting access to the area.