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Our essential reads for the week

Pakistan’s Cricket Anthems: A Love Song by Another Name (PART 1)

Pakistan’s Cricket Anthems: A Love Song by Another Name (PART 1)

Is there an almost mathematical formula to creating an effective cricket anthem, or is cracking the code to the popularity of this genre of song far more ambiguous?

By Ahmer Naqvi

Mar 19, 2025
Notes on a Spectacle

Notes on a Spectacle

Cricket in Pakistan may be a deeply political project, but our attachment to the sport - the heady highs and the dismal lows - make it so much more

By Umair Javed

Mar 10, 2025
The Irrepressible Natasha Noorani

The Irrepressible Natasha Noorani

She knows how to make her way onto our playlists, and to make absolute earworms out of songs. The question is: are we ready to have her soundtrack — and art-direct — our lives? Because she certainly is.

By Saba Imtiaz

Mar 05, 2025
Will everyone have always been against this?

Will everyone have always been against this?

The near-complete silence of literary figures and organisations in Pakistan to the genocide in Gaza has been deafening

By Saba Imtiaz

Mar 02, 2025
The Literary Wonder of Magical Realism: Reading vs Watching

The Literary Wonder of Magical Realism: Reading vs Watching

Any attempt at adapting a literary giant’s work for the screen - especially one as stylistically and visually experimental as Marquez - is going to be a lofty mission

By Haneya Zuberi

Feb 10, 2025
Book Review: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Book Review: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Abu Toha, who has emerged as a significant voice during the genocide of his people, has written a harrowing testament to the interminable slaughter of Palestinians, and yet his poetry is also a fervent reclamation of Palestinian life

By Hera Naguib

Jan 27, 2025
The Irrepressible Natasha Noorani
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The Irrepressible Natasha Noorani

She knows how to make her way onto our playlists, and to make absolute earworms out of songs. The question is: are we ready to have her soundtrack — and art-direct — our lives? Because she certainly is.

Mar 05, 2025
Saba Imtiaz
Saba Imtiaz
Forager, Creative, Cook: Asad Monga’s Guide to Pakistani Food
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Forager, Creative, Cook: Asad Monga’s Guide to Pakistani Food

It isn’t simply Asad Monga’s cooking - hyper local but with a real creative flair - that is innovative about him, but it is the ethos he brings with him to the kitchen that truly sets him apart

Jan 28, 2025
Maryam Jillani
Maryam Jillani
Honouring Bapsi Sidhwa’s Legacy: Weaving Memory and History
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Honouring Bapsi Sidhwa’s Legacy: Weaving Memory and History

Just as relevant today as when it was first written, any engagement with Pakistani literature in English is incomplete without exploring Bapsi Sidhwa’s work

Jan 20, 2025
Khadija A. Malik
Khadija A. Malik
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PAKISTAN EXPLORED

Stories, Cultures, and Landscapes

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PHOTO ESSAYS

PLOTTED DOSTI

Two women journey through the city of Lahore, their new chosen home, through their friendship with each other

Jan 20, 2025
Masshal Saif & Yusra Alvi
Masshal Saif & Yusra Alvi
Gwadar - Pakistan's Boom Town On The Shore
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Gwadar - Pakistan's Boom Town On The Shore

A city with a complex history, a confluence of cultures, and an exciting future

Jan 11, 2025
M. Bilal Hassan
M. Bilal Hassan
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Reflecting on the Zeitgeist

In the Shadows of Heera Mandi: A Lost Tradition of Music

Heera Mandi might have been famous for the singing and dancing women, but in the midst of all this, it was also home to the tradition of classical music - a tradition that is now dying

By Amel Ghani

Jan 21, 2025

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Customer Service: The Achilles' Heel of Pakistani Fashion

While the pandemic thrust many Pakistani fashion brands into e-commerce, a deeper look reveals that the foundations of this industry—logistics, customer support, and post-sale service—remain alarmingly shaky

By Aamir Ali Shah

Jan 10, 2025

In the Shadows of Heera Mandi: A Lost Tradition of Music

Heera Mandi might have been famous for the singing and dancing women, but in the midst of all this, it was also home to the tradition of classical music - a tradition that is now dying

By Amel Ghani

Jan 21, 2025

Customer Service: The Achilles' Heel of Pakistani Fashion

While the pandemic thrust many Pakistani fashion brands into e-commerce, a deeper look reveals that the foundations of this industry—logistics, customer support, and post-sale service—remain alarmingly shaky

By Aamir Ali Shah

Jan 10, 2025

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LLF 2025: CELEBRATING CULTURE AND SPRING IN LAHORE

This year’s edition of the Lahore Literary Festival may not have lived up to the hype and star power of LLFs past, but it still remains a crucial and thriving space for cultural dialogue

By Nijah S. Khan

Feb 24, 2025

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Books

Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari

Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari

Sarwari lays it all bare in this clear-eyed memoir about the trials of her marriage, within which the lines between mother, partner, caregiver devolved into a messy blur

By Mina Malik
Mar 01, 2025
Book Review: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Book Review: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Abu Toha, who has emerged as a significant voice during the genocide of his people, has written a harrowing testament to the interminable slaughter of Palestinians, and yet his poetry is also a fervent reclamation of Palestinian life

By Hera Naguib
Jan 27, 2025
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital, the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize, invites us to explore our fragility as human beings and bear witness to the wondrous planet we call home.

By Rafia Asim
Jan 14, 2025
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