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Are We Better Cooks than Our Grandmothers (and Mothers)?
“Ma ke hath ka khana” has had a chokehold on...
Jan 08, 2025
Spotlight
Our essential reads for the week
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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Reflecting on the Zeitgeist
Cinema and the City: Expanded Cinema in KB24
Across five venues, KB24 stirred Karachiites out of complacency with art that implicated its audience in the climate crisis we face today
Jan 21, 2025
The Inventive Amir Khusro And His Prescient Vernacular
This Islamic cultural figure from 13th century India took liberties with language that have turned into the conventions of our present
Jan 21, 2025
Cinema and the City: Expanded Cinema in KB24
Across five venues, KB24 stirred Karachiites out of complacency with art that implicated its audience in the climate crisis we face today
Jan 21, 2025
The Inventive Amir Khusro And His Prescient Vernacular
This Islamic cultural figure from 13th century India took liberties with language that have turned into the conventions of our present
Jan 21, 2025
Books
Book Review: Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan by Nile Green
A book that purports to fact-check the oeuvre and credibility of two Indian writers may very well be in need of fact-checking itself
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
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
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.