By Marium khalid
The ashes are the memories which are reflection of desires and aspirations. But what are desires, they are insatiable and never ending. You even don’t know what it is and when will it end because from time to time it renew itself. The invader make these memories ashes and by their own desires rebuild the cities from aches and force the inhabitants to leave the city the inhabitants then only become spectators and even if they want to, cannot stop this parasitic invasion. The ashes are the history comprising of culture and everyday routine. The buildings look out on them, but the patterns of the streets and the arrangements of dwellings repeat themselves- the compartments crammed one above the other.
Cities are fundamental part of history and most complex creation of mankind. They have existed and shall continue to exist, characterize, script and project our layer on lived spaces and conceived memories. The edifices of the city manifest their art and architecture in physical and tangible form. As the city develops, its unique and valuable identity that evolves over time. It reflects the rapid and constant changes to which it has been subjected to. Through its architecture and arts the city represents the cultural, historical, and economical characteristics embodied in it. In history, every movement is manifested in the physical form of built space, so that the aspirations of people of that particular area is revealed through them. The cities continue to reveal the spectators the theater of memories constantly crushed in desires projected over it.
