I purchased it the day before I took the train to Chennai. It was the perfect reading material.
I was first introduced to the Butterfly by my brother. She is, in her own words, a sophisty, convent-educated socialite. She lives in, thank heavens, in Gulburg, in Lahore, with her husband Janoo (who is a loser), and her son Kulchoo (who, unfortunately, is turning out to be a loser too just like his father). Janoo does not like party-sharty while Butterfly thrives on it.
Moni Mohsin introduced Butterfly to the readers of The Friday Times and later she compiled some of these articles into The Diary of The Butterfly.
The Return of the Butterfly continues with Butterly's trysts with trying to lead a normal life with GT (oho get-togethers baba) and parties despite the Taliban banning things like Basant. Her only problem is that Kulchoo is becoming exactly like Janoo. He even puts up a poster of Occupy Wall Street in his room. Initially Butterfly thinks that this is a good thing and that her darling son is thinking of making lots of money but Janoo soon shatters this illusion when he explains to her what Occupy Wall Street really is all about. It is enough to break her heart. But Butterfly is resilient and she is soon back preoccupied with things that matter to her the most.
I love the Butterfly. She is silly and yet, there are times when she makes the most devastating statement about the political situation in Pakistan.
I was first introduced to the Butterfly by my brother. She is, in her own words, a sophisty, convent-educated socialite. She lives in, thank heavens, in Gulburg, in Lahore, with her husband Janoo (who is a loser), and her son Kulchoo (who, unfortunately, is turning out to be a loser too just like his father). Janoo does not like party-sharty while Butterfly thrives on it.
Moni Mohsin introduced Butterfly to the readers of The Friday Times and later she compiled some of these articles into The Diary of The Butterfly.
The Return of the Butterfly continues with Butterly's trysts with trying to lead a normal life with GT (oho get-togethers baba) and parties despite the Taliban banning things like Basant. Her only problem is that Kulchoo is becoming exactly like Janoo. He even puts up a poster of Occupy Wall Street in his room. Initially Butterfly thinks that this is a good thing and that her darling son is thinking of making lots of money but Janoo soon shatters this illusion when he explains to her what Occupy Wall Street really is all about. It is enough to break her heart. But Butterfly is resilient and she is soon back preoccupied with things that matter to her the most.
I love the Butterfly. She is silly and yet, there are times when she makes the most devastating statement about the political situation in Pakistan.
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