The Blue is the color of Karachi, the
city of lights, the rich and poor, the
joyful and the desperate. It's the color
of the oceans that surround the city,
the shrines that hide the dreaming Sufi
saints. Twenty-two year old Pakistani
American Karim Asfar decides to jump on
a plane and discover this city, in the
country where his parents were born, yet
a place to which he has no emotional ties.
With the help of his rock-Sufi cousin
Akbar, beautiful but conflicted colleague
Nazli, and a beggar boy called Abdullah
who haunts the shrines of the saints,
Karim discovers there's much more to Karachi
than political turmoil, religious extremism,
and spicy food. Eager to make a difference,
save Pakistan's endangered environment,
and rescue Abdullah from his life of begging,
Karim embarks on a search to discover
his past and his future, while the Sufi
saints deliver blessings and warnings
to guide him on his way. |