From Maki Kureshi's Kitten to Harris Khalique's Detour

The policies of the successive governments of Pakistan delivered too many kittens in the form of millions of uneducated, unemployed and deprived youth, who become cannon fodder for terrorist outfits today, whether in tribal areas or urban centres. The self-serving and myopic liberal segments of society, belonging to the idle rich class, took these kittens to the bazaar and left each to its destiny. These kittens survived gaunt dogs and battering heels.

They virtually lived off pickings and became cats. Many years ago, their dismayed mother, rather than slinking away, could have taken charge and try to feed, clothe and educate its kittens. It did not. The keepers left them in the bazaar. The cats know all this and are angry. And as the Italian proverb goes, "A cat pent up becomes a lion."