Thursday, August 20, 2009
City of my dreams
My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
(Quaid e Azam)
Call it human nature that almost every person on this planet wants to have some place to call his own creation. To call it his ingenious brain child, some place that would encourage people from all over the world to follow suit to someone's efforts. Most people tend to take a much smaller approach to this problem, by tackling small areas of interest or personal holdings. The world has yet to see people who are determined to bring about drastic changes in mega cities all over the world, and make them for facilitative and beneficial to their inhabitants.
People talk about building a house of their dreams, the perfect house in perfect size in a serene and picturesque location having all the facilities available that one can pamper himself with, without the fear of getting all of it taken away from it.
Why can't we proceed with a broader vision, a vision to turn our city into the best the world has ever seen? It is very true that drastic changes can not be induced in a society or culture by a mere individual, it has to be the collective efforts of everyone residing in that specific community that can bring prosperity to the community.
My city Karachi , I have a lot of emotional attachment with my city , because I was born and raised here , but the city which I have perceived in my dreams is a city which is free from tyranny , injustice , Corruption , pollution , deception , and where laws are obeyed and respect is prevailed. Sadly, that is not the case with Karachi. I want It to be that way, I want it to be my dream city, I want to see that change, tiny drops of water makes the ocean. To do justice to this saying I have begun to initialize change on my part. I never litter on the streets , I observe traffic rules , I never support bribing neither do I bribe , I do everything that is in my reach to make my city Karachi the city of my dreams.
I share my dream with my friends, and together we have formed our own alliance, our mission is one, we have the same passion, the same spark, the same desire, we want to make our city the city of our dreams.
Our city is the financial capital of our country, the economic backbone of Pakistan. We have to make it sophisticated so as to attract foreign investors. I dream of Karachi as a non polluted city, with lots of greenery, and trees. Environment friendly buses running on the roads which contribute less to toxicity.
Mannerism among the dwellers of Karachi. No corruption. Land mark projects, and state of the art underground stations.
The greed for power and supremacy in this world has surpassed the need to save the city from harm, we are so much sought-after for our momentarily technological advancements, the race to outdone each other that we ignore the inevitable threat of corrupted race.
If I am given the chance, to turn Karachi into the city of my dreams, I would like it to have better facilities, better infrastructure, better schools and institutions, better system of law and order. Pollution is the main threat that is faced by most mega metropolises across the world, and yes Karachi is one such city where industrial development is blossoming by the minute. Radical steps would have to be taken in order to curb the adverse effects inflicted by pollution of the residents thus protecting them for scores of different diseases.
With all said, it is not a matter of words, it is not a matter of presenting a concept or an ideology, these things would not change the perception of the people who have the authority to bring about changes in a society, what has to be done is that alliances be formed, that we unite and shape our city in the city of our dreams.
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