Pakistan Idol: Beyond Nostalgia Trip
Apr 09, 2026
In a declining playback economy, what does the show offer to participants beyond the potential for virality?
Manahil Tahira
Manahil Tahira is a Karachi-based journalist and writer whose work moves between fiction and nonfiction, tracing the intersections of bodies, spaces, visuality and technology. Formerly desk head of Lifestyle at The Express Tribune, their creative writing has appeared in Arzu Anthology, Fahmidan Journal, Lakeer, and is forthcoming in The Aleph Review (2025). They are also a Non-Fiction Editor at South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) magazine.
A Third Way Through Madness
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From the hauntings of The Cow to the neurosis of Hamoon, Dariush Mehrjui’s oeuvre offers a fragile terrain of possibility
All That Goes West
Mar 06, 2026
This Is Where the Serpent Lives strives for scope but reduces class and gender to the familiar
The Irreverent Humour of Rangeela
Oct 20, 2025
Manahil Tahira explores how Pakistani cinema’s quintessential comedian traded timing and set up for embodiment and sheer unpredictability