Mirsub Ali Fazlani
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For those of you who don't know which 'burger' I'm talking about. Read these two paragraphs I took
from pak-marine on an older post about 'burgers'.
"Who exactly are burgers? This is an unanswered question largely because it is an unasked question. The remaining 10% classify for the “Burger” category because they are comprised of youths apparently residing in privileged areas called; Defense housing authority, Clifton or KDA or as they say in Karachi, “Pull kay us par”. The burger category also includes overseas Pakistanis who visit Karachi and are well-exposed to the global issues; be it politics, fashion, economy or eatery. 90% of the city defines burgers as people who have no knowledge or a sense of association with Karachi or Pakistan. The burgers, according to them, tend to live in their own little fantasy world where there is lots of partying, BBQs, beaches, fancy cars, girls, exotic houses, forefathers’ businesses to run, first-class travel tickets for vacations across the globe and are barely concerned with the daily issues of Pakistan like; poverty, crime, unemployment, power shorta! ges, economic meltdown, terrorism, water inadequacy, unexpected hike in oil, rice, flour or sugar prices etc. Their belief is that a burger’s life is all set and there never was or will ever be anything to worry about.
The burgers on the other hand have tolerated this stereotypical terminology for over a decade and a half, and have hence come up with retaliation when exposed to this term. Whenever an individual is referred to as a burger his first reflex is to call the referrer a “Maila”. LOL.....This is a term that has evolved over the past 5-8 years, and what it exactly means is also unanswered because it too is largely unasked. According to a few burgers that I met in my recent trip to Karachi during summer time, “Maila” stood for, “Any individual who can’t speak English, is a fashion disaster, belongs to a lower middle class faction of the society, can’t impress girls, does not drive a vehicle, attends public school and eats a lot of PAAN, CHALIA and MANIKCHAN! D”.
Now as for the origin, I believe it has something to do with the 'Burgher people' of Sri Lanka, who
consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch, German and British) and local women, with some minorities ofSwedish, Norwegian, French and Irish. So, Sri-Lankan's with some European ancestry. Their main
language is now English.
Plus, there one thing I'd like answered is why people say I have this 'fake accent' (I have lived in Canada for the first few years of my life) while they person asking me the question talks in a
stereotypical Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi accent with horrible grammar. I ask them if they can tell me how an 'authentic accent' sounds like but all they do is just mock my accent. I don't know
why I keep on pondering over BS like this, maybe it's the retard-ness of the people that just
leaves me spell-bound. Note. I have not only come across this situation multiple times in Pakistan
but also abroad (and usually the guy asking me isn't even a Pakistani).
P.S I'm in my angry blogger mood
from pak-marine on an older post about 'burgers'.
"Who exactly are burgers? This is an unanswered question largely because it is an unasked question. The remaining 10% classify for the “Burger” category because they are comprised of youths apparently residing in privileged areas called; Defense housing authority, Clifton or KDA or as they say in Karachi, “Pull kay us par”. The burger category also includes overseas Pakistanis who visit Karachi and are well-exposed to the global issues; be it politics, fashion, economy or eatery. 90% of the city defines burgers as people who have no knowledge or a sense of association with Karachi or Pakistan. The burgers, according to them, tend to live in their own little fantasy world where there is lots of partying, BBQs, beaches, fancy cars, girls, exotic houses, forefathers’ businesses to run, first-class travel tickets for vacations across the globe and are barely concerned with the daily issues of Pakistan like; poverty, crime, unemployment, power shorta! ges, economic meltdown, terrorism, water inadequacy, unexpected hike in oil, rice, flour or sugar prices etc. Their belief is that a burger’s life is all set and there never was or will ever be anything to worry about.
The burgers on the other hand have tolerated this stereotypical terminology for over a decade and a half, and have hence come up with retaliation when exposed to this term. Whenever an individual is referred to as a burger his first reflex is to call the referrer a “Maila”. LOL.....This is a term that has evolved over the past 5-8 years, and what it exactly means is also unanswered because it too is largely unasked. According to a few burgers that I met in my recent trip to Karachi during summer time, “Maila” stood for, “Any individual who can’t speak English, is a fashion disaster, belongs to a lower middle class faction of the society, can’t impress girls, does not drive a vehicle, attends public school and eats a lot of PAAN, CHALIA and MANIKCHAN! D”.
Now as for the origin, I believe it has something to do with the 'Burgher people' of Sri Lanka, who
consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch, German and British) and local women, with some minorities ofSwedish, Norwegian, French and Irish. So, Sri-Lankan's with some European ancestry. Their main
language is now English.
Plus, there one thing I'd like answered is why people say I have this 'fake accent' (I have lived in Canada for the first few years of my life) while they person asking me the question talks in a
stereotypical Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi accent with horrible grammar. I ask them if they can tell me how an 'authentic accent' sounds like but all they do is just mock my accent. I don't know
why I keep on pondering over BS like this, maybe it's the retard-ness of the people that just
leaves me spell-bound. Note. I have not only come across this situation multiple times in Pakistan
but also abroad (and usually the guy asking me isn't even a Pakistani).
P.S I'm in my angry blogger mood
and doodh ki bootal 
