Shivam Vij, a journalist from India, recently visited Lahore, Pakistan. He hails from Delhi and documented his journey extensively on Twitter, which has caught quite an attention so far. We are talking about an Indian with a neutral perspective, on a visit to Pakistan to explore everything the iconic city of Lahore stands for.
We have a lot to talk about his visit but first, let’s uncover some highlights of his trip to Lahore!
When he arrived at the Wagah border
Go to Pakistan, they said.
This photo taken earlier today at Zero Point, no man’s land between India and Pakistan at Wagha/Attari.
Hello Lahore. pic.twitter.com/rtztIudNxq
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 16, 2017
It took him no time to fall in love with Lahore!
#Lahore A friend took me around the city on a car drive. What a lovely city. Wish Delhi could be as clean, as good with public transport, had a canal… Lahore Lahore aye #Pakistan #Lahore pic.twitter.com/nIIQvibmmB
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 16, 2017
🙂
Stereotyped sometimes in India as uncouth uncultured people, the Punjabis. This is our culture, separated from us by Partition. Privileged to attend this Punjabi poetry evening in #Lahore ?? pic.twitter.com/GwEFY8zyQ2
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 17, 2017
Hahahahaha well, what if he had said, “No, I have come from Delhi.”
And the hogging begins with excellent bun omlette shami at this place in Lahore’s main market. Excuse me, said the server, you’ve come from Islamabad, right? Yes of course I replied, how did you know? I’ve seen you in the Biloo area, he said. Ah, I see! #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/im7BBR1xEf
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 16, 2017
Not bad. Not at all bad.
Sunny Deol could do it only in a fictional movie. I did it for real. LAHORE FORT CONQUERED. Meet the new king of the Punjab. pic.twitter.com/VojZ7zrYwb
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Of course. Afterall, it’s food that we are talking about!
Shocked to see the long queues at Coke Food Fest. Don’t have the courage to go in! #Help pic.twitter.com/TEx16dwXx6
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 19, 2017
This guy is seriously on point with his sarcasm…
Shameless tourist in Lahore pic.twitter.com/iFvRlTIHmB
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 17, 2017
I. WANT. THAT. CHAI.
Lahore’s ‘Kashmiri Chai’ is a mix of noon chai, kehwa and Lipton! Punjabi touch, friend says. pic.twitter.com/V2hYcCJ0yD
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 17, 2017
Never knew that
Took 3 days to find begging in Lahore. Freeing main roads of signals through flyovers and underpasses has taken away begging spots. pic.twitter.com/hkVHc5g5ae
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Hahahaha Metro busssss
Mozang area, going to the inner city, Androon Shehr. The flyover above is only for buses – the Metro Bus system. #PublicTransport Reduces traffic on the road below. All South Asian cities need to study the successful Metro Bus project. pic.twitter.com/2KuBeeGcx4
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Chalo ji, he’s impressed by the Metro bus project
As a Dilliwala the question I keep asking in Lahore is, where’s the traffic? Where’s the traffic? Where’s the traffic? The pedestrian climb to the flyover is for the Metro Bus – only for buses pic.twitter.com/tGnLV737iM
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Halwa Poooooori <3
Hoping to see Taj Mahal one day (which he did), the Delhi migrant named his eatery Taj Mahal. Having his halwa puri aloo lassi by the Badshahi Masjid #LahoriNashta #ShahiMohalla pic.twitter.com/LmXiTq5dPL
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Is it from 1947?
Cafe 1947, Lahore ? pic.twitter.com/dQURcM0x49
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Love has no boundaries, simply…
Delhi Music Store, Lahore. Run by a family with roots in Jalandhar, the man is married to a woman from Delhi. The visa problems follow… pic.twitter.com/G5P465Txet
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Beautiful
Zinda dilan Lahoriyan pic.twitter.com/FplqGELDrm
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
Boy, oh boy!
On my way to Lahore museum. Careem driver wants to know if he can get back his ancestral land in India. Some 600 acres around Jaipur. “Baees gaon they hamarey,” he says.
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 19, 2017
LOLLLLLLLLL
As I wait for friends, my very helpful Careem driver is watching hair transplant video. ? #Lahore pic.twitter.com/2pLTZpvPdU
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 19, 2017
Just look at it, man.
Mutton Kaleji and Chaamp cooked on a tawa with butter, the naan kept kept over the dish… Lahori takatak for you pic.twitter.com/BU2CkoT49S
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 19, 2017
“Lahore leaves Delhi behind”
This heavenly phirni in Gulberg… another count on which Lahore leaves Delhi behind. pic.twitter.com/tA4BfkdQr6
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 19, 2017
Lahore Museum is simply breathtaking
From the Hindu Gallery, Lahore Museum pic.twitter.com/RoGsheXpnB
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 20, 2017
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had a matchless swag, seriously
When Jinnah went to Kashmir. A photo at the Lahore Museum pic.twitter.com/mG3mgdlLti
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 20, 2017
It’s great that they have preserved things from that era. Another reason to love the city!
WWI at the Lahore Museum pic.twitter.com/81xcNQh32L
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 20, 2017
WOW. WOW. WOW.
Persian translation of the Mahabharata in Nastaliq with 21 paintings by Atma Ram in 1897, Lahore Museum, Pakistan pic.twitter.com/Bi4VMB5pmv
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 20, 2017
Kim’s Gun outside the Lahore Museum pic.twitter.com/PUyCk6dGEr
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 20, 2017
Indians are really, really not happy with their fellow countryman’s visit to this place – In other words, the sky is blue…
So FUNNY that everyone in the world forgot to laugh.
https://twitter.com/Tavleengiri/status/931781500562837504
BURNNNNNNNN
The only strife I have witness so far is between city identities – Lahoris badmouthing Karachi ? https://t.co/DnLgiPrZNl
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Can’t be worse than Delhi, where nobody knows directions but they don’t want to admit they don’t know, so they keep saying seedha, seedha, keep going straight until you reach jahannum or Gurgaon https://t.co/IDpg0vlbIJ
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) November 18, 2017
We are seriously grateful to Mr. Shivam Vij for projecting a positive image of Pakistan and specifically Lahore in his circle. Many people followed his journey on social media and we thank him for his visit.
Pakistan is home to one of the best hospitality services for tourists on earth. We don’t work around the lavish means but love, harmony, and a humble spirit, and I think nothing else matters.
