“Fifty years ago I came to MIT from a distant land with a dream to change the world. I am still trying. I made many friends from different backgrounds and grew up. Really! Many of my friends were from India (while Pakistan and India were at war). I came late to MIT because there were no planes flying out of Lahore (1965 war), and I had to take a train to Karachi to fly. When the sirens turned on, the train stopped, turned off lights, and waited. The 24-hour journey took 72 hours. The train had bunk beds. There was a holy man on the upper berth. When the bombing-raid siren went off, he would come down and curl up under my berth. His explanation was that there would be a little more protection. And he used to give sermons about war!
Javaid Aziz’s Tech Review article
