chowk aniversary 1999

3548 chowk@two on August 16, 1999
UMAIR, SAFWAN, GINNI, RADHIKA & OTHER CHOWKIES.

Cupfuls of thanks brimming with appreciation and gratitude for your efforts and perseverance over the last year. Ofcourse, you could not deliver without help from FOZIA QAZI, AATISH, REHAN ANSARI, RAS SIDDIQUI, ARIF ABRAR, UZMA, KAMRAN AKHTAR, ZEENAT JEHAN, FUTEMA, SAIMA SHAH, CONTENT, KAFIR, ROHAN OBEROI, CHEENO, JAWAHARA SAIDULLAH, ANNE SHAMIM, SOHAIL RABBANI, WASIQ BUKHARI, FEROZ KHAN, F. ZEHRA RIZVI, & BEENA SARWAR.

And specially,ANITA ZAIDI, SAAD SHAFQAT, BINA SHAH, V. RAMASWAMY,
AND SHANDANA MINHAS.

Over the last year, the best piece of writing I read was SHAHERYAR HASNAIN'S intro to his pictorial essay Karachi Part I. (And, this, despite KANEEZ REHMAN, and PERVEZ HOODBHOY'S tribute to EKBAL AHMED coming a close second).

I will light a candle for each one of these individuals and whirl in ecstasy (haal), for you have enlightened, amused, entertained and otherwise made this past year at Chowk memorable and colourful.

My thanks, in addition will also go out to the interactors, the chowkies, without whom these writers could not deliever what they did. (Note to Zehra: Were'nt you going to pick out the best interactions/comments and whip them into an article?)


Don't sellout Chowk, or you will lose your soul.

regards and best wishes