People, 100th post Special

I have a story associated with each picture which i would like to share, but limited time and to make my post short and sweet i will exclude the stories. Stories later but Pictures now.

Dhol

Pakistan is most of the times in news for bombs and terrorism, but we do have more then that associated with us. Below find some pictures of People enjoying Dhol, Men are dancing on the sound of dhol and women are watching (its not like they are not allowed to Dance, they just choose not too).

The sound of dhol is so mesmerizing even a small kid is lost in it. you can see the feeder bottle in the picture above.

Covered in colorful veils another women joins in to enjoy the sound of DHOl.

For those who dont know what a dhol is---The dhol is a double-sided barrel drum (straight barrels also exist) played mostly as an accompanying instrument to the traditional Punjabi dance of Bhangra, and the religious music of Sufism, Qawwali

Below picture is from Wikipedia:

Freedom

People in Pakistan really have freedom.....for example check out the picture below......it seems to setup a barber shop in Pakistan all you have to do is to look for the most busiest road a table, chair and a broken mirror and there you go.........
Along with a good shave you may also get all kinds of interesting diseases too like HIV,HCP e.t.c. but the thing is he is still in business after all these awarenes programs...........and his setting was really eye catching with the color scheme of PInk and Blue.....
Another fact about this pic is that it seems they were posing for the picture but in reality they were not even aware as i took this pic while in a moving car...passing through the city.....

Local businesses

On my rcent trip to Pakistan i had my d6o with me. On the Grand Trunk road which goeas from Lahore to Islamabad through many cities in between ....i clicked many times on the way in the moving Car and was really impressed by the Quality ........ few below are the pics of daily routine.

This one was taken in Gujranwala a city which i found really crowded. Here the no Parking sign means you can start your business here....the authorities have almost failed to make people abide the law......because of these small illegal stalls the road shrunk to half of the size.....
This guy was selling old used jackets on a very busy road.....in Lahore...these used jackets comes in the form of aid from western countries for the poor......but they never make it up to poor thanx to the very corrupt administration.

This one was taken in Jhelum downtown to be precise. With no electricity this guy is selling Vegetables in light from Gas Lamp...you guys can see the tube light in the background....this picture actually tells where Pakistan is going....actually we are going backward from modern to old times bcoz of energy crisis.

Now enough on Pakistan Government....... below is a picture of a guy selling corn.....the corn is boiled and then burried in the salt and sand in the big basket you see on the Donkey Cart and is sold with special spices and lemon.....one of my favourites from Pakistan.