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Surviving the “Instant City” of Karachi

Posted on July 21, 2012 by problogic

“The instant city mixed the good with the bad, battering people with the impartiality of a typhoon.” The quote above is one of my favorites from the book Instant City. It sums up the intensity of the narrative found in this … Continue reading →

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