Furniture Store (Okara)

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This is where Karam Din manufactured furniture right from the inception of Pakistan. He was a very skilled professional and trained many children in the art of manufacturing furniture. He trained Booni, son of Aziz Siri Pai Wala (Cow Head and Feet delicacy dish). Booni was just few years old when he started learning furniture making skills. By his teen age he had become a skilled worker. I thing he was 15 or 16 when he went to middle-east to earn a decent living. His father used to sell Siri Pai at the southern entrance of Masjid Gole Chowk. Karam Din had a very witty and numerous cousin Saeed Minto. Karam Din had manufactured at least 18 feet long and 6 feet wide Dining Table with a couple of dozen chairs for our Dining Room. I liked when he used to hold his marking-pencil on top of his left ear, instead of keeping the pencil in his pocket.

It reminds me of an exciting story of Sufi Sultan, a teacher at M.B. High School, Okara.

To be continued...

I wonder if Karan Din's Furniture Factory is still situated at this location!

I love Okara and have many memories associated it. Our family owned agricultural lands and fruit orchards (Bagh) in the vicinity of Okara, in Gogera, in Karman Wala, and in Marula (North of Renala Khurd). Gogera used to be District Headquarters prior to Montgomery-Sahiwal during British Rule. I grew up in Lahore, but Okara was like a second home for us.

In late 1970s, we moved to USA, and love it here, while my brother and sisters are still settled in Lahore. You can search for uzkmi, through Wikimapia Search Bar on top right and read more about my snippets or tidbits.

Usman Muhammad Khan
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Updated: August 30, 2012

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