My Long Flirtation

#xE2;#xAC;SMy Long Flirtation#xE2;#xAC; takes the reader on a humorous adventure in a parallel world in the society and culture of Pakistan and India, a world that is both very similar and very different from that of the West. Like "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortensen, the cultural and social settings of #xE2;#xAC;SMy Long Flirtation#xE2;#xAC; are in Pakistan, but at a different time, and from the viewpoint of a Pakistani, and in the cosmopolitan city of Karachi in the early 1950's.These memoirs provide a unique and humorous perspective on Pakistan#xE2;#xAC;"s society and culture through interesting situations and fascinating characters: actresses, bankers, bureaucrats, businessmen, Western diplomats, donkey cart drivers, American and British expatriates, poets, politicians, policemen, Muslim religious leaders, and others. The wide range of situations described with a touch of humor include embezzlements, cocktail parties, hunting trips, monsoon rains, job interviews, office politics, office romance, protocol duty and theatrical plays.