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We might have seen it coming: Kusum Lata Sawhney’s poems are a highly charged, thoughtful pandemic diary that capture present times
London/Delhi-based Kusum Lata Sawhney’s poems are an emphatic description of our altered world after the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. A continuous preface of a single phrase heads each poem: ‘We might have …’. With that Sawhney takes us in several directions, from the personal…
LUX HUM TV Women Leaders Awards 2021: Sending out all the right messages to Pakistani men and women
The HUM TV’s Women Leaders Awards 2021 (to be aired on 20th March) sent out all the right messages to the men and women of Pakistan this year with an intelligently curated programme that reiterated that Pakistani women prove year after year that they are…
Celebrate books at the free access all-virtual Lahore Literary Festival #LLF2021 (Feb 18-21)
Beginning Thursday 18th February, the 9th edition off the Lahore Literary Festival will be presented online for four days and will showcase an extremely impressive lineup, including first time Pakistani authors and a litany of international names that will warm the depths of every book…
Why we stepped out to protest the suggested mortgage of Islamabad’s Fatima Jinnah Park
Recently with more time to spare, I’ve returned to being an avid walker and I clock in my seven thousand steps daily at the F-9 Park in the capital, also known as Fatima Jinnah Park. I’ve lived in Islamabad since I was ten-years old and…
Bridgerton: Three things I loved instantly about this new period drama on Netflix
No spoilers. For all period drama addicts out there, Bridgerton is being hailed as Gossip Girl meets the Regency era in a funnier, faster, more glamorous and a little bit sexier series which, as the producers promised, is not your grandmother’s period piece as you’ve…
Hot Picks: Coke Studio 2020 & Velo Sound Station
Weighing in on the latest Pakistani music scene thanks to the ubiquitously known Coke Studio and new-kid-on-the-block Velo Sound Station. After recovering from a music smorgasbord that made our heads spin, Ayesha Akif and I decided to paint our own little opinion-scape to…
For Lahore’s lionhearted: LBF makes contemporary art public using billboards, curbside and across buildings
Several artists in a group show of 16, curated by the Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF), zero in on the human condition in the post-pandemic world using billboards. Zinda-dil-a’an-e-Lahore —an exclusive Billboard Project conceived by the Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF), curated by its Executive Director Qudsia…
Creating abstract forms with colour: How Sana Dar sustained her art practice in 2020
A tête-à-tête with Islamabad-based artist Sana Dar. Tell us a little about your art process and how you create this dynamic interplay of colours and patterns? My process is spontaneous and intuitive, balanced with a deep understanding of how tone and form flow in harmony…
Dance of the devout: Why a trip to historic Konya, Turkey will fill you with gratitude and peace
‘Let the beauty we love be what we do’ — Rumi Konya is Rumi’s home and there is peace and serenity in this Turkish town that you will be blessed to find. What adds to the overall experience of Konya’s Sufi history and traditions is…
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Journalist, editor and lifestyle pundit. Citizen of the world in awe of the rich heritage of my own Pakistan, it’s neighbourhood and the rest of the world. Inclusive, dynamic and multiculturally sensitive. Culture aficionado, history buff, curious traveller, authentic storyteller and candid opinion-maker. Love the meanings of words as diverse as La Dolce Vita and 'Tehzeeb'.
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