The following is a guest post written by Nazeeha Khokhar (commonly known as Atiffan1), a Canadian Pakistani who has never been to Pakistan yet the number of Pakistani songs in her iPod outnumbers the number of other international songs.
Me (Nazeeha): I really wanna go see this singer live!
Indian Friend: Which singer?
Me: Uhmmm, I don’t think you know him, he’s this Pakistani singer, he’s an old man.
Indian Friend: Rahat?
Me: No! Do you know about Coke Studio?
Indian Friend: No.
Me: Okay then you don’t know him.
I knew nothing about him, I had only seen him perform in Coke Studio yet I was so excited to see him perform live in front of my eyes. I was overjoyed when my friend said that I could meet him and get a picture with him. He wore a kussa, a fancy kurta, mehndi on his fingernails, some funky jewelry and heavy kaajal in his eyes.