SOCIETY: THE BURNT OUT ENDS OF SMOKY DAYS - Newspaper
On a cold, rainy night in Peshawar, an earthy aroma wafts out of a boy’s hostel room. Inside, the room is full of smoke and dimly lit. A classical Pashto song is softly playing in the background, while a heater in the corner of the room provides warmth to the six young men who sit in a circle without sweaters or jackets. They are sitting around a newspaper on which lie scattered cigarettes and a little black packet of charas (hashish). Each of them take a puff or two of the lit cigarette that is being passed around, while they converse as though they are intoxicated. As they smoke, they als...