Asim Aquil

Lemontree, here's the renovation I was talking about in the old Lahore...

Hand an awesome time, with Seekh Kababs, Tikkay, Poori, Naan,

Gawalmandi!

A desi version of a Pizza I think



An old Gali (street), still awaiting renovation



Areas prepped to be converted into thabas I think.



Entrance to Gawalmandi



Green Tea or Kashmiri Chai



Just to prove how old this street is, its still got some Hindi from the pre-partition days, I think VidyaNivas means school



Kata Kut!



Paa ji aapki smartness ka kya raaz hai



Paan ke Pattay

Asim Aquil

Asim Aquil

Asim Aquil

lemontree

I'm already feeling hungry. Asim, this amounts to torture of the pallet
No Asim, "VidyaNiwas" is the name of a house that many have existed there. Like "Somerset House", "Ashley House". 'Vidya'(it also means knowledge) is also a common name, and 'niwas' means residence.
Now this guy, is surely related to Adnan Sami.

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Cheers!...on the rocks!!

Asim Aquil

Man that place was da bomb! I'm sick now though! It was freezing cold, and u know all open stuff. Well it was cold enough for us desert people... Things you gotta do for duty.

tarek

Excellent - I love those older buildings, in Karachi, some of them seem like archeological artefacts, because one can date the styles and new construction added to the old.

Mr. Aqil, did you do any adhoc interviews, man on the street, type stuff which you could also post - I think it would a interesting litte picture of the neighborhoods, a small window...

Anyway, keep up the good work.

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lemontree

Asim,
The pics of old Lahore look very similar to the gullies and lanes of old Lucknow.

platinum786

i was in lahore earlier on this year and was amazed at the city.

It is a fascinating place.

I saw old victorian houses......from the british era......i was there buying an electricity generator, was in this big bazaar that sold only them.......walked into a side alley to by a pepsi......was an old house from the hindu times, stall owwner told me it belogned to a big family, had hindu gods carved into it etc.....

absolutely incredible.

lemontree

True tarek, the people need to preserve these old structutes as heritage buildings. In my city Mumbai (i prefer to call it Bombay), may old buildings including privately owned houses have been classified as heritage structures. They cannot be broken by builders and replaced with ugly skyscrapers.