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Mass transit
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- By Maniiza Naqvii |
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Through the stories of three families living in a large mansion
turned refugee housing, the novel illustrates the repercussions of
Partition, dislocation, martial law, and rapid urbanization. It is a
story of departures and arrivals; of migrations and resettlements; of
orientations and disorientations; of integrations and
disintegrations. The plot is weaved around the polar differences of
class, income, and aspirations, to relate the story of how things fall
apart. |
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The novel's focus is on Safina who returns from abroad to live in a
house and city from whose suffocating memories her own mother
wants to escape. It is Safina's story of trying to return to a place
which exists and functions only in her mind and reality of which is
far beyond her reach or relevance |
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The Metropolis of Karachi represents, in a microcosm, the
historical, political, social, and emotional consequences of mass migration. 'Mass Transit' is a novel about an
immigrant population which never really assimilates. |
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