I was in Karachi last month for the launch of the Urdu version of a children's book called Mo's Star. It has been written by London-based international lawyer Mahnaz Malik.

The proceeds of the book sale will go towards educating underprivileged kids in Pakistan.

At the launch, I read out from the Urdu version. I have always liked the language. Before the launch, I had worked on my Urdu.

There, I also met the director Michael Radford. His Il Postino is one of my all time favourites. When I introduced myself to him, he said that on knowing that I was one of those invited for the launch, he had read up about me on the Internet. It was such a humbling experience.

Though everyone compares Karachi with Mumbai and Lahore with Delhi, I felt Karachi was more like Delhi than Mumbai. The city was very beautiful, the roads were clean and wide and most of all, the language those people speak is more like what you hear in North India than Mumbai.

They are pretty much cued into what is happening in Bollywood. Most people I met asked me about Mr [Amitabh] Bachchan and the latest gossip.

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