During WWII, the early Brahma Kumaris, called "the Om Mandli" was situated in Karachi in British Sind. Now Pakistan.
The BKs are currently re-writing all their early, vividly apocalytic "End of the World-ism" as the euphemistic ... and somewhat disingenuous (read: dishonest) ... "sense of urgency".
But what could have inspired such fearfulness ... such surety that they were at the very End of the World ... and loathing for the rest of the world in Lekhraj Kirpalani?
That's has been explored in other topics but I found this an interesting insight into what Karachi looked like at the time and how the Western world, the "Science Proud Christian Cats" who were going to bring about the final annihilation of humanity, must have impacted upon his and their minds.
As war raged in Europe and North America, and the Japanese stormed all over Asia pushing the Western imperialist out, the British capital of Calcutta became unsafe for the Allied airforces meaning that Karachi had to become a transit point for British and American aircraft flown over the Atlantic or even assembled in Africa before hopping over "the Bump" (the Himalayas) from Karachi into China.
Everything from fighter planes, to heavy bombers to flying boats made their way even literally up Karachi's high street and down its creeks. B-24 Liberator Bombers, C-47 Transport Aircraft, P-40 fighters ...
The Karachi Airfield, seen below, was later converted to civilian use and today it is known as the Jinnah International Airport.
What is clear from the photos is how backwards and under-developed Karachi was. Knowing the noise of these aircraft, there is no way that the BKs would have not noticed them as they took off and flew overhead, let along rolled down their high street!
The BKs are currently re-writing all their early, vividly apocalytic "End of the World-ism" as the euphemistic ... and somewhat disingenuous (read: dishonest) ... "sense of urgency".
But what could have inspired such fearfulness ... such surety that they were at the very End of the World ... and loathing for the rest of the world in Lekhraj Kirpalani?
That's has been explored in other topics but I found this an interesting insight into what Karachi looked like at the time and how the Western world, the "Science Proud Christian Cats" who were going to bring about the final annihilation of humanity, must have impacted upon his and their minds.
As war raged in Europe and North America, and the Japanese stormed all over Asia pushing the Western imperialist out, the British capital of Calcutta became unsafe for the Allied airforces meaning that Karachi had to become a transit point for British and American aircraft flown over the Atlantic or even assembled in Africa before hopping over "the Bump" (the Himalayas) from Karachi into China.
Everything from fighter planes, to heavy bombers to flying boats made their way even literally up Karachi's high street and down its creeks. B-24 Liberator Bombers, C-47 Transport Aircraft, P-40 fighters ...
The Karachi Airfield, seen below, was later converted to civilian use and today it is known as the Jinnah International Airport.
What is clear from the photos is how backwards and under-developed Karachi was. Knowing the noise of these aircraft, there is no way that the BKs would have not noticed them as they took off and flew overhead, let along rolled down their high street!