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Pakistan’s third consecutive group-stage exit in an ICC tournament has left fans in shock and anger, but this one stings the most. Hosting a major...
Hi Auntie, I’m a high school student who has her exams this month. I am trying to do my best for these exams, but I cannot focus due to the toxic...
Cricket is perhaps the only sport in which a captain does more than just play the game and wear an armband. Apart from having good playing skills,...
One Man Show By Moin Akhtar Oxford University Press ISBN: 978-9697347407 416pp. They say never judge a book by its cover. But who could resist an...
Many years ago, the late poet, critic and broadcaster Qamar Jameel scribed his poetry collection Chahaar Khwaab [Four Dreams] for me and wrote: “...
In a haunting video circulating on social media, Rajesh Kumar Keswani sits shackled in chains on the floor, his body battered, his beard unkempt,...
The ultimate objective of any kitchen gardener is to grow their own food. The reason for turning on the green thumb for any newly turned gardener...
Janoo’s mood, you know, it is like a lift. One minute in pant house, next minute in basement. Now look at this cricket, oho baba, this Champions...
I magine if you had to put a rubber base on your work shoes so that your heels wouldn’t make a sound? Imagine that your colleagues went on strike...
A well-known and oft-lamented fact is that Karachiites have very limited options when it comes to weekend getaways. Those of us who live in the...
The exhibition Kehkeshan-i-Neesti at Chawkandi Art in Karachi serves as a poignant exploration of the intersection between loss, spiritual...
The Fiancé Dilemma By Elena Armas Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-1-3985-2224-4 413pp. Elena Armas, author of The Fiancé Dilemma, is a chemical engineer...
The Message By Ta-Nehisi Coates One World ISBN: 978-0593230381 256pp. Readers often classify books according to the effect that the writing has on...
Cities are living things. If their needs cannot be met through formal planning, they acquire these needs through other means. The process of...
In 1965, the book Braun buch [Brown Book] became a bestseller in erstwhile West Germany. It was written by Albert Norden, a prominent member in...
A detailed analysis of comparative cost is available for the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom project in Vietnam. The cost of well-done upgrading works out to US$325...
There’s something about a thali [plate] that’s just oh-so-appetising! So, when a friend recently offered a treat at Rajdhani Delights in Karachi’s...
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has become the second largest party in the German parliament following elections on February 23....
The Faiz Festival continues to be one of the many reasons one looks forward to the month of February in Lahore. Invariably held in February to...
With various aspects of sowing the seed, sustaining the seedling and growing a determinate tomato plant discussed in earlier columns, we will now...
Life is sometimes described as a linear spectrum — such as the spectrum of light from gamma to ultraviolet — having bookends, and sometimes as a...
We Solve Murders By Richard Osman Pamela Dorman Books ISBN: 978-0593653227 400pp. Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders, the first book in a fresh...
Lahore is home to multiple big litfests, including the Lahore Literary Festival, the Faiz Festival and the Afkaar-i-Taza ThinkFest. All three of...
Brothers Faisal* and Ali*, 15 and 16 respectively, had only one dream: to step foot in Italy. They had seen videos shared by friends and others in...
Eleven-year-old Zubair* was returning to his house after playing cricket around two months ago when he was attacked by his cousins, who then...
"For a Pakistani competing in Ironman events, representing the national flag alone can be both an honour and a challenge,” says 40-year-old Sana...
Orbital By Samantha Harvey Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN: 978-0802161543 224pp. Samantha Harvey’s masterful novel Orbital is a captivating read,...
On February 8, a police party visited a residence on Khayaban-i-Momin, a secure and serene part of Karachi’s upscale Defence locality. They were...
An incredible, new phenomena is taking over the Cliftonian universe. From Washington DC to Aitchisonia-upon-Chenab, excited folks are rushing to...
A prison official closes the main door of the Central Jail in Karachi on December 16, 2023: 102,026 people are housed in 128 functioning jails...
The data presented underscores a systemic failure to address the root causes of Pakistan’s prison crisis, perpetuating cycles of over-incarceration...
What is Pakistan’s climate story? Is it that we are the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to climate change? Is it the memory of 2022’s...
The Haveli, a recently launched private museum of textiles in Karachi and the first of its kind and calibre in Pakistan, is a hub of beauty in the...
Kashmir: The Unfinished Agenda of Partition Lt Col (r) Syed Iftikhar Ahmed Royal Book Company The book provides the complete history of Jammu &...
A Dialogue with History By Zahid Hussain Lightstone Publishers ISBN: 978-969-716-288-8 625pp. Dialogue with History consists of interviews of 39...
The Sheila from Pakistan: A Collection of Short Stories By Rabia Ahmed Ferozsons ISBN: 978-969-0-02927-0 160pp. The Sheila from Pakistan is a...
One often comes across news of people suffering from serious illnesses but refusing modern treatments and medicines. They are likely to opt for ‘...
Q. While I was out of the country, my aloe vera plant back home suddenly started decaying from the centre, while earlier it was growing new leaves....
It is a cold December evening in the Muhajir Camp settlement of Karachi’s Baldia Town, as men of varying ages start gathering in a vast ground,...
In a famous 1989 essay, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama declared “the end of history.” Put simply, by the end of history,...
Literature no longer exerts the influence it once did on contemporary culture and often relies on support from other art forms for its survival....
At the 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the two incisive keynote speeches in the inaugural session, by F.S. Aijazuddin in English and Asghar...
Stunned, I sat in my classroom as my hands stopped writing the test after overhearing the sports teacher giving the most devastating news to the...
Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong By Paul Richardson Little, Brown ISBN: 978-0349136325 280pp. Come to think of it, all of our...
“If the stranger hadn’t been there! But he WAS. And Caesar crossed. With such results!” — Mark Twain, The Turning Point of My Life “If...
One recurring query I receive is regarding the probable health benefits or nutritional content of the edibles being grown. The health benefits of...
Revolutions — political, economic or cultural — may be started by a few visionaries, but the changes they instigate can only be sustained by quiet...
Shakahari (Urdu translation of The Vegetarian) By Han Kang Translated into Urdu by Asma Hussain Maktaba-i-Danyal ISBN: 978-969-419-123-2 210pp. Han...
My mother’s training at the prestigious French culinary institute instilled in her a mastery of the other sauces, which she happily passed on to me...
Hello Auntie, I hope you are well. I am a teenager studying in grade 12 and the only son of my parents. My father died two years ago. I intend to...