Author : Umer Bin Ajmal
Karachi – a heaven for everyone: Be it criminals, politicians, welfare workers, innocent citizens or even an unemployed smoking a joint at some ‘chowk’. The beauty of this city may not be like that of New York or Paris but there is something way different and creative about Karachi – the art of graffiti Karachiites possess.
It was back some 14 years, when I was in grade two, these political slogans written in a revolutionary way used to mesmerize me always. And still, it is quite a fun to read them while travelling to college. At least, it keeps me up-to-date with all that is happening around our socio-political circle. This city has all what it takes to be of such interest that even with so much lawlessness, I never fail to love it.
Don’t misunderstand me by waiting for some outstanding creativity to be reflected through Karachi’s walls. But the genre we have is nowhere to be seen in the world: An art to socially, politically and commercially mobilize the use of graffiti.
Marketing can come handy but at an expensive cost. How about trying the most cost-effective way to promote, condemn, lament or even teach a city having population of 21.2 million with an impact so powerful that will be above anyone’s imagination?
