The White Rabbit

I had the opportunity to visit a Gypsy tribe only last week, and what a fantastic experience it was. The children I saw were dirty, poorly clothed and unable to read and write (probably) and yet they were so beautiful. One girl in particular carried a perfect white rabbit beneath her arms; it was the picture of innocence. The whole tribe were living in tents made of assorted bits of cloth in a small rural area known as ‘Aaluwaala’. There are a number of ways to translate this into English, it roughly means ‘The place of the potato’!

 

This Image was taken in a small settlement called 'Aaluwaala' which mainly comprised of tents.

This Image was taken in a small settlement called ‘Aaluwaala’ which mainly comprised of tents.

Edward Mortimer is spending 10 months in Pakistan studying the Urdu language. Here he recollects his first visit to the commercial capital, the megacity of Karachi.

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