Comments on: Mon Frere?

By: builder

builder — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:59:44 +0000

note that by asian I’m aware I’m using the american connotation.

By: builder

builder — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:51:07 +0000

I got into frere hall while it was closed because the person in charge thought we (my cousin moreso than I) were asian (those slanty eyes) and hence foreigners.

a picture of the unfinished sadeqain roof.

as for the architecture--barely interesting even from a historical perspective. but whatever floats your boat.

By: Mariam

Mariam — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:58:46 +0000

Nice post, You've brought back pleasant memories.

Thank You!!

By: bhai

bhai — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:12 +0000

Sin, great to see some posts on my home town, frere hall rocks, bummer its become this way…. looking fwd to more posts on karachi, pakistan etc keep up the good work son

By: Sin

Sin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:34:10 +0000

Urban Metro Mallu: I heart that show. I was practically resident at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

By: Neale

Neale — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:50:48 +0000

Desis cannot be gay. Please seek salvation here

Urban Metro Mallu

I am putting the pills back in the bottle right now

By: rwb

rwb — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:02:22 +0000

Yes, it’s true about the move. The new consulate building will actually have 46 consular interview windows, a huge increase that recognizes the increase in visa applications. I can’t say there’s such a correlation as you mention — embassy security is based on a number of recommendations, including those made by the Inman Commission in the 1980s as well as the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999, etc., intended to standardize security measures worldwide.

By: Pilz

Pilz — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:17:04 +0000

Well, SP, the Consul General or whatever high honcho type was giving an interview on tv abt this, so it’s unlikely to be untrue, hm? Incidentally the present Consulate happens to have been the Town house of an erstwhile prince (from “Wankaner” i think). Cool.

By: SP

SP — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:57:14 +0000

"Mumbaikars rejoice! The damned American Consulate is moving from Warden Rd to Bandra Kurla Complex! Woooo!"

REally!! That should ease up traffic, and may be a fairly ingenious way of cutting down applications, seeing how long it takes to get to B-K complex from town with the lousy roads. I'm sceptical though, because embassy people have to live within a 15 min radius or something and I find it difficult to imagine the Amrikis living out in the B-K area.

RWB - I understand that you are speaking from your own perspective as an individual who isn't responsible for the policies, and it's natural to defend your own, but I'm afraid security hassles and hostility from "the locals" are what you're going to have to expect when you cooperate with a corrupt military elite to train jihadis to fight your little Cold War battles - and then go on cooperating with the corrupt military dictatorship thereafter. There's an interesting correlation between the level of fortress-ness in US embassies and the level of authoritarianism of the allied local govt, if you ask me, and it's probably a vicious circle with increased security => increased resentment (and I think Karachi-wallahs have every right to resent their park being taken away from them). I presume that when you go to work for the State Dept you expect to enjoy both the advantages and disadvantages of representing the US...

I'm impressed that there's an association of gay and lesbian foreign service officers - good for them, and this is the sort of thing that America should stand up for more.

By: Pilz

Pilz — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:49:44 +0000

Mumbaikars rejoice! The damned American Consulate is moving from Warden Rd to Bandra Kurla Complex! Woooo! MetroMallu: ROFL! I think I’ll try that.