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Maestro: A Tribute to Shyam Benegal at 90 By Atul Tiwari Kautilya Books ISBN: 978-93-6063-062-1 233pp. In 1957, a young man visited Calcutta to...
Populist Identification in Public Discourse: Pakistanis Constructing Pakistaniat By Ihsan Yilmaz and Fizza Batool Palgrave Macmillan 239pp. The...
At Sitara Textile Mills in Faisalabad, once a beacon of industrial pride and among Pakistan’s largest textile manufacturers, a haunting silence now...
Blue Sisters By Coco Mellors 4th Estate ISBN: 978-0-00-862299-2 342pp. Famous for her bestselling Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors focuses...
PROLOGUE India has become infuriatingly formulaic when it comes to Pakistan. Here’s how the script goes. There’s an attack in Occupied Jammu and...
Hello Auntie, I hope you are well. I am a 16-year-old girl and I read your column every Sunday. Both my parents are civil servants and my mother is...
One of the drawbacks of living in an apartment is the lack of availability of open, vacant ground-space to fulfill one’s gardening desires. A...
There are art exhibitions that resonate, and then there are those that strike a deeper, more unsettling chord — demanding not just reflection, but...
The match score sheet reads like any other cricket match score sheet. It was a thrilling night match held at the Sukkur Municipal Stadium two weeks...
Two days ago, Cobra, Janoo’s younger sister, called early in the morning, screaming historically down the phone. “War is starting,” she shrieked. “...
Muhammad Luqman, now in his sixties, has always loved horses. For him, it was inevitable, as he hails from a family that has been raising horses...
‘15 minutes of fame’ is a well known expression that connotes a brief period of fame, or fame that is highly fleeting. The phrase is often...
The act of writing is fundamentally about the arrangement of words in a certain order to convey a meaning. Writing itself is a creative process but...
Recently, American comedian Liz Miele talked about her experience in securing a visa to Pakistan, which she described as the “most paperwork” she...
“Nurse Duckett plucked Yossarian’s arm and whispered to him furtively to meet her in the broom closet outside in the corridor… She had urgent news...
Not too long ago, 17-year-old Sadia had to discontinue her education, as the nearest school was a long walk from her village in Balochistan’s...
“Nurse Duckett plucked Yossarian’s arm and whispered to him furtively to meet her in the broom closet outside in the corridor… She had urgent news...
The spectre of populism has been haunting a lot of people across the world for over a decade now. But there are also those to whom populism is not...
The great teacher and philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for challenging the status quo. He was surrounded by his weeping students as he...
Al Jannat Delhi Zaiqa House is a real mouthful to pronounce, and mouth-fulls of sheer barbecued decadence is what you will get when you visit Al...
A Shade Darker By Sidra F. Sheikh Windy Beach Books ISBN: 9786279457806 270pp. When Sidra F. Sheikh released her debut science fiction novel, The...
Q. I live in Karachi and would like some information regarding growing sunflowers in my garden. When is a good time to sow sunflower seeds? Do they...
Regular visitors to the legendary Montmartre Museum in Paris never miss the opportunity, even when they are there to admire works by other artists,...
Funny Story By Emily Henry Penguin Viking ISBN: 978-0-241-62414-2 387pp. There are no major surprises when it comes to Emily Henry’s books. She...
Pakistan’s banks are setting global records, just not the kind we want. Government bonds and loans comprise 60 percent of our banking sector’s...
Gymnastics has long been seen as the domain of children and teenagers, with young athletes flipping and tumbling their way through high-energy...
Donald Trump is about to learn that the world is a lot bigger than he imagined, and the stick he is trying to wield to bring it to kneel before him,...
Often, when analysts and journalists stationed in Punjab and Islamabad air their views on the politics of Sindh, the one word they like to use...
The term ‘resilience’ has become a mainstay in global development and climate discourse, championed as a guiding principle for policy responses to...
While primarily it is the colour and fragrance of the flowers that usually attract people and lure them into growing the flowering plant, either...
Kaun Yaadon Ko Zanjeer Pehnaye Ga By Tanvir Ahmed Afridi EMI Pakistan 360pp. Kaun Yaadon Ko Zanjeer Pehnaye Ga is a rare book on the life and works...
Every April, the Cliftonian BlockBuster Association issues an annual list of the movies slated to be released that year by the country’s celebrated...
Shadows of Time By Asim Aftab Ilqa Publications ISBN: 978-969-640-316-6 256pp. Shadows of Time is the debut novel of Asim Aftab. The blurb on the...
Sabre-Rattling in Space: A South Asian Perspective By Dr Ahmad Khan and Dr Eligar Sadeh Springer, Singapore ISBN: 978-9819760497 261pp. Space has...
Dr Adeya Ahmed comes from a family of doctors. After completing her five-year MBBS degree from the Karachi Medical and Dental College in 2011, she...
Curated shows hold tremendous potential in initiating discussions that broaden the approach to art. In Pakistan, commercial galleries have been the...
He was a renowned psychiatrist and so much more. A peace activist, humanist and upholder of human rights, his work as a foundational leader in the...
The HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) celebrated its 10-year milestone on April 11, with all six franchises eager to build on a decade of fierce...
According to the political economist S Akbar Zaidi, approximately 35 to 40 percent of the population in Pakistan can be described as middle class (...
The Emperor’s New Clothes is a story that has entertained young and old alike for centuries. The first known version appeared in India in the 11th...
Human, Animal By Seth Insua Verve Books ISBN: 978-0857308894 320pp. Seth Insua, an Anglo-Spanish writer and artist, was born in Kent in 1989. He...
If you are in Hyderabad, Sindh, and venture on the Pakka Qila road near Homestead Hall, you will find a building called Mukhi House, a ‘colonial...
Juhd-i-Qalam: Haft Roza Al-Fath Karachi Mein Shaa’e Honay Walay Muntakhab Mazaameen Aur Idaariye By Shaukat Siddiqi Rab Publishers ISBN: not...
Suppose you’ve been the victim of a heinous crime and muster the courage to walk into the police station to register a first information report...
The exhibition ‘The Veil of Perception’— at Lahore’s Ejaz Art Gallery — featured works from a diverse group of contemporary artists. The exhibition...
Language and Society in Gilgit-Baltistan: Shifting Patterns of Politeness in Burushaski and Shina By Ijlal Hussainpur Oxford University Press ISBN:...
We met in the HarperCollins art department in New York City, and have been connected through book design over our 20-year friendship. Although...
In literature and folklore, the pansy finds multiple mentions, most notably in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Ophelia refers to it as the...
When Pakistan faced off against Syria in the qualifiers for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup against Syria at the Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium in...
CRASH OF THE GENERAL — 1988 / PRINCIPAL FIA TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF OFFICER TO DG FIA It was the afternoon of August 17, and I was back in my...