kartography summary chapter 1 and 2
Chapter 1:
The novel starts with Karim and Raheen sitting in Karim’s garden on an October evening looking for ancient footsteps in the rockery. Karim has moved to a new house and they are both examining a cuttlefish in the garden and talking in anagrams when their parents join them in the garden. They are talking about the violence in Karachi due to which the schools are closed. While their parents are talking Raheen is closely observing her parents and the lack of romance between them. They are all joined by Kareem’s mother Maheen who has died her hair, a sign that she has an important decision to make. She says that due to the bad conditions in Karachi, she wants to send Kareem and Raheen to their friend’s house for the holidays. This news upsets the kids as they don’t want to go to Raheem yar khan for the holkidays. The parents starts talking about when this country will learn? And during that time karim and
Raheen sneak past them outside. Karim says how bad it is to be happy for the holidays bt not thinkning that they are due to the roits. The roits started when a small girl had accident with the bus and the bus driver was a pathan and the girl was a muhajir and it stirred ethnic fights.
Less than two months later they set on the journey to rahim yar khan. It was an overnight journey in the train. While lying on the top bunk in the train Raheen thinks about her crush zia who is one of her best friends while karim is jjust staring out the window, deep in thought.
Chapter 2:
They are both in rahim yar khan where the decandent feudal unclr aasif, friend of their parents is showing them lands of sugercanes, kinos, cotton fields etc but karim and raheen are not enjoying there. Karim seems very upset about the violence in Karachi and he thinks that their parents decision of sending them here was not good as changing locations cannot alter things.
Later during lunch, aunty Laila tells them how perfectly ok it is for her to be a farmer’s wife and not part of
The novel starts with Karim and Raheen sitting in Karim’s garden on an October evening looking for ancient footsteps in the rockery. Karim has moved to a new house and they are both examining a cuttlefish in the garden and talking in anagrams when their parents join them in the garden. They are talking about the violence in Karachi due to which the schools are closed. While their parents are talking Raheen is closely observing her parents and the lack of romance between them. They are all joined by Kareem’s mother Maheen who has died her hair, a sign that she has an important decision to make. She says that due to the bad conditions in Karachi, she wants to send Kareem and Raheen to their friend’s house for the holidays. This news upsets the kids as they don’t want to go to Raheem yar khan for the holkidays. The parents starts talking about when this country will learn? And during that time karim and
Raheen sneak past them outside. Karim says how bad it is to be happy for the holidays bt not thinkning that they are due to the roits. The roits started when a small girl had accident with the bus and the bus driver was a pathan and the girl was a muhajir and it stirred ethnic fights.
Less than two months later they set on the journey to rahim yar khan. It was an overnight journey in the train. While lying on the top bunk in the train Raheen thinks about her crush zia who is one of her best friends while karim is jjust staring out the window, deep in thought.
Chapter 2:
They are both in rahim yar khan where the decandent feudal unclr aasif, friend of their parents is showing them lands of sugercanes, kinos, cotton fields etc but karim and raheen are not enjoying there. Karim seems very upset about the violence in Karachi and he thinks that their parents decision of sending them here was not good as changing locations cannot alter things.
Later during lunch, aunty Laila tells them how perfectly ok it is for her to be a farmer’s wife and not part of