The institution of marriage is an ideal in Pakistani society, the only acceptable and moral way to live, and when you choose to not enrol in the great program, a lot is assumed about you and a lot is said about you
Across five venues, KB24 stirred Karachiites out of complacency with art that implicated its audience in the climate crisis we face today
This Islamic cultural figure from 13th century India took liberties with language that have turned into the conventions of our present
Calls for a boycott for this year’s season bring us back to the question of the very legitimacy of Coke Studio as a platform for Pakistani music
Dharti Dhar Dhar Dharke Gi: Artist As Witness, COMO Museum’s show curated by Salima Hashmi, is a searing homage to the artist’s testimony of a world rife with systemic violence
A self-avowed devotee and admirer of Nusrat’s artistry remains largely unmoved by his posthumous album ‘Chain of Light’
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
Climate activist and expert Dawar Butt speaks about the underlying causes and potential solutions to the cataclysmic air pollution in Pakistan
The burgeoning perfume industry in Pakistan is largely a copycat factory, dominated by clones of internationally well-known designer fragrances. Will we see a turn towards innovation soon?
How did a humble spice, used in home kitchens and ayurvedic medicine mostly in South Asia for centuries, suddenly become a global super food?
Watching the Israeli genocide in Gaza unfold as a parent has been heart wrenching, an uncanny double life, watching children torn apart on our phones while holding our sleeping babies
Pakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world, and agricultural and fishing communities of Sindh are paying the price with their lives uprooted and livelihoods decimated
Pakistani brides increasingly opt for the luxe aesthetic without the price tag, but not without judgment
Beauty workers in large Pakistani urban centres face a distinctive set of struggles with little recourse
Decisive and effective policies to address the existential threat of rapidly deteriorating air quality is long overdue
A meditation on the duties and efficacy of artists in times of oppression and injustice