Na Maloom Afraad Contemporary Pakistani cinema has started depicting the grave issues that confront our state and society.
Dukhtar From the get go, Nathaniel’s film is sensitive, yet unafraid of saying things not openly discussed in Pakistan.
Showcasing Pakistan Peter Oborne, the author of Wounded Tiger — A History of Cricket in Pakistan, has crafted a wonderfully original...
End of an ideology We will surely take note if Munawar Hasan, the former head of Jamaat-e-Islami, wrote a memoir saying the ideology .
Searching for solutions The violent escalation of religious and ethnic conflict in Pakistan has directed considerable academic .
Karachi diaries The debut novel closely follows the ins and outs, as well as the ups and downs, of the life of its protagonist Ayesha.
Textbook troubles When eminent Pakistani historian K K Aziz wrote The Murder of History: A Critique of History Textbooks Used in Pak(1993)
The woman of courage Farida M. Said reviews Kenzie Mourad's novel Dans la ville d'or et d'argent's English translation.
Django Unchained There is no subtext at all to this film. It has a thin, simple and debatably silly plot.
Tradition of the tile For anyone interested in the architectural heritage of the Indus Valley, this book will definitely be indispensable.
Blanket condemnation Washington Post foreign correspondent Pamela Constable sets out to paint a picture of Pakistan in her book.
Memories and regret If ever there were a reason to extol Julian Barnes’ mastery of literature this would be it...
Gloria: In her own words Imagine Gloria Steinem as a Playboy Bunny with a puffy white tail and cleavage spilling from her barely-there outfit.
That girl in yellow boots That girl in yellow boots is more than just a series of now-harrowing, now-darkly-hilarious vignettes stringing...
Pakistan: A Personal History Many believe that he is a closet Taliban. But, if we go by his latest book, Pakistan: A Personal History we may be...
Focus on the self Demonstrating the permeability of the self’s physical and symbolic boundaries, the works in the show reflect on memory,
The Family Flop Wilson’s novel revolves around the dysfunctional Fang family, comprising performance.
The dirty picture Perhaps the most admirable aspect of how Luthria has framed Silk’s story is that despite the lurid subject matter.
Hail, Leonardo! Leonardo transformed portraiture from the rigidly statuesque into something breathing, thinking, and moving:
Dissent and betrayal Much of what Funder writes about remains relevant even today: governments that carry out acts of terror.
Islamic aesthetic After an eight-year, 50 million dollar renovation, the old Arts of the Islamic World wing has been renamed .
Saving Face When Zakia, one of the focal characters in the film, tries to divorce her husband, a drug addict and alcoholic.
New perspectives, newer possibilities Chinese artist Zhou Bin executed a performance that questioned the blanket accusation of ‘terrorist’ faced by Pakistani.
Assault on the senses One of the first things that strikes you as you walk around the exhibition is the sheer range of work that Damien Hirst
