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SMOKERS’ CORNER: ROMANTIC NATIONALISM ANDFAKE HISTORY

SMOKERS’ CORNER: ROMANTIC NATIONALISM ANDFAKE HISTORY

Romanticism was a late-18th century movement in Europe that emerged as a reaction to modernisation and industrialisation. It derided the notion that...

02.02.2025 50

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Nadeem F. Paracha

SOCIETY: DRAWING THE SILENCED

While growing up in Quetta, 24-year-old Hani Baloch did not experience the happy and safe childhood that most people take for granted. Instead, she...

02.02.2025 30

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Muhammad Akbar Notezai

SMOKERS’ CORNER: ROMANTIC NATIONALISM AND FAKE HISTORY

SMOKERS’ CORNER: ROMANTIC NATIONALISM AND FAKE HISTORY

Romanticism was a late-18th century movement in Europe that emerged as a reaction to modernisation and industrialisation. It derided the notion that...

02.02.2025 10

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Nadeem F. Paracha

ARTSPEAK: INK OF THE SCHOLAR

ARTSPEAK: INK OF THE SCHOLAR

The ancient Greeks were the masters of philosophy and science for over 1,000 years. The Agora of Athens, which once resounded with the discussions...

02.02.2025 8

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Durriya Kazi

SEAVIEW’s CHANGING LANDSCAPE

SEAVIEW’s CHANGING LANDSCAPE

Karachi’s Seaview is not merely a beach; it is an essential public space that has long served as a meeting ground for the city’s diverse...

02.02.2025 9

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Ali Ahmed Qureshi

ESSAY: THE PRICE OF NATURE

ESSAY: THE PRICE OF NATURE

Rachel Carson, a celebrated American conservationist, wrote perhaps one of the most influential pieces of literature of the 20th century, Silent...

02.02.2025 10

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Shaheryar Khan

NON-FICTION: TOWARDS HAPPINESS AND EQUILIBRIUM

On My Way: A Memoir By Mahvish Ahmed Liberty Publishing ISBN: 978-627-7626-44-0 201pp. The book, On My Way, represents the third incarnation of...

02.02.2025 2

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Rehana Alam

EXHIBITION: POETRY OF THE INVISIBLE

EXHIBITION: POETRY OF THE INVISIBLE

In true bardic tradition, Fazil Mousavi donned a green chogha at the opening of his solo show ‘Hamzaad’ and seated himself before his well-loved...

02.02.2025 10

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Nusrat Khawaja

SWIMMING: THE FIRST LADIES OF THE POOL

SWIMMING: THE FIRST LADIES OF THE POOL

The first time Pakistan’s fastest female swimmer competed was when she snuck into a men’s race at Karachi’s elite Sind Club. It was the late 1980s,...

02.02.2025 2

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Anushe Engineer

EPICURIOUS: TALES FROM THE TARMAC

EPICURIOUS: TALES FROM THE TARMAC

There’s nothing more aggravating and annoying than the agony of the endless wait for a delayed flight, as you tackle hunger pangs and an...

02.02.2025 7

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Faisal Quraishi

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

Dear Auntie, I hope you’re well. I am a 26-year-old man from a Pashtun family, with a degree in political science that I completed two years ago....

02.02.2025 3

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From Inpapermagazine

NON-FICTION: THE MELANCHOLIC CITY

Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore By Manan Ahmed Asif The New Press ISBN: 978-1-59558-907-1 373pp. Walk down any...

02.02.2025 9

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Faisal Bari

GARDENING: RED RIGMAROLE

Certain dilemmas have intrigued humankind since time immemorial. Some of the most common ones are: what came first — the chicken or the egg? Are we...

02.02.2025 4

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

ESSAY: TWO REVOLUTIONARY POETS

ESSAY: TWO REVOLUTIONARY POETS

They were born nine years apart. One died twenty-one years ahead of the other. However, they had an uncanny likeness to one another in so many...

02.02.2025 6

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Mahmood Ali Ayub

GARDENING: ‘HOW CAN I SAVE MY CHAMPA?’

GARDENING: ‘HOW CAN I SAVE MY CHAMPA?’

Q. I tried to grow the champa [frangipani] plant earlier. It was quite beautiful and bloomed. But, of late, it has no leaves left, although I water...

26.01.2025 3

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

NON-FICTION: WHAT AILS PAKISTAN’S ECONOMY?

The Management of the Pakistan Economy: 1947-2024 Part 1: Economic Growth, Human Development and Structural Change By Rashid Amjad Lahore School of...

26.01.2025 5

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Shahid Iqbal

EXHIBITION: HEAVENLY BODIES

EXHIBITION: HEAVENLY BODIES

Gallery 6 closed out the year with a masterfully curated exhibition entitled ‘Heaven’. The 14-artist line-up was brought together by Sana Arjumand...

26.01.2025 3

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Cosima Jane Brand

CLIFTONIA: THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY CLIFTONIANS

CLIFTONIA: THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY CLIFTONIANS

In a collaborative move that is likely to shake the foundations of the international movie business, 20 Centurion Foxes — along with Marvellous...

26.01.2025 3

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Farid Alvie

TENNIS: A CHANGING OF THE GUARD

TENNIS: A CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Domination and GOAT are two words that are thrown around like confetti in sports circles. While GOAT, or ‘Greatest of All Time’, is a subjective...

26.01.2025 10

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Taha Goheer

FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE

FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE

Suffocation Translation of Hasan Manzar’s Habs By Asma Mansoor Pakistan Academy of Letters ISBN: 978-969-472-605-2 372pp. Suffocation is an English...

26.01.2025 4

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Hajra Rehan

NON-FICTION: NOTES ON A SCANDAL

NON-FICTION: NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies and Scandal By Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood-Khan Liberty Publishing ISBN: 978-627-7626-47-1 331pp. There are few...

26.01.2025 3

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Madeeha Syed

DEVELOPMENT: CHASING THE INDUSTRIAL DRAGON

DEVELOPMENT: CHASING THE INDUSTRIAL DRAGON

On March 1, 1986, the then chief minister of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Arbab Jehangir Khan, chaired a meeting in...

26.01.2025 4

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Muqaddam Khan

THE BIGGEST REALITY SHOW ON EARTH

THE BIGGEST REALITY SHOW ON EARTH

THE INTERVIEW I love America. Actually, no, I love the idea of America. I’m addicted to it. I have been since I first binged on late night...

26.01.2025 10

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Omar Shahid Hamid

DISCOURSE: VIRTUAL ART

On the evening of November 20, 2024, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, titled...

26.01.2025 2

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Benedict Carpenter Van Barthold

SMOKERS’ CORNER: WESTERN BLIND SPOTS

SMOKERS’ CORNER: WESTERN BLIND SPOTS

In early 2024, an American academic sent me a collection of studies and essays on the global decline/ backsliding/ degradation of democracy. After...

26.01.2025 5

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Nadeem F. Paracha

WELCOME TO SMOGISTAN

WELCOME TO SMOGISTAN

Smog season is here to stay. For four long months, from October to January, a heavy pall shrouds the hills and plains, from Peshawar in the north...

19.01.2025 20

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Taha Ali

SMOKERS’ CORNER: POPULARISING POPULISM

SMOKERS’ CORNER: POPULARISING POPULISM

Populism is often described as a political style rather than a political ideology. It is performative, theatrical and rhetorical. Those who adopt...

19.01.2025 3

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Nadeem F. Paracha

ARTSPEAK: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE

ARTSPEAK: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE

Every person has a narrative. Most are inherited narratives of family, tribe or nationhood, some related from generation to generation, some...

19.01.2025 2

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Durriya Kazi

FICTION/NON-FICTION: DREAMSCAPE CONVERSATIONS

Khayalon Ki Art Gallery By Sanober Nazir Book Corner ISBN: 978-969-662-575-9 303pp. I was very touched when I was gifted a copy of Khayalon Ki Art...

19.01.2025 2

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Shama Askari

PIGEON SPORTS: REIGNING OVER THE PARADE

PIGEON SPORTS: REIGNING OVER THE PARADE

It is 5am, two hours before the competition. Charsi needs to warm up before the race. Ahmed, who had fed his pigeon almonds and pistachio last...

19.01.2025 3

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Shazia Hasan

GARDENING: THE CHARM OF The HOLLYHOCKS

GARDENING: THE CHARM OF The HOLLYHOCKS

The previous two columns discussed the early phases of the hollyhock plant’s life cycle. This column will pick up from there and elaborate on the...

19.01.2025 2

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

EXHIBITION: DRIPPING IMPACT

EXHIBITION: DRIPPING IMPACT

Jackson Pollock, often humorously referred to by art critics of the era as ‘The Dripper’, lived a relatively short life, dying at the age of 44 in...

19.01.2025 3

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Zafar Masud

EPICURIOUS: THE LURE OF HARA LEHSUN

EPICURIOUS: THE LURE OF HARA LEHSUN

Arustic breakfast dish made from green garlic and bajray ki roti [pearl millet flatbread], topped with an eggplant raita, hara lehsun is named...

19.01.2025 2

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Maliha Diwan

NON-FICTION: CREATING A CULTURAL SPACE

NON-FICTION: CREATING A CULTURAL SPACE

Documenting the National Art Gallery, Pakistan By Naeem Pasha Le Topical Pvt Ltd ISBN: 978-969-712-152-6 184pp. Some books shape your very essence,...

19.01.2025 3

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Maria Aslam

FICTION: POWER AND POPULISM

FICTION: POWER AND POPULISM

The Election By Omar Shahid Hamid  Liberty Publishing  ISBN: 9786277626402 348pp. A ward-winning novelist Omar Shahid Hamid has ventured into fresh...

19.01.2025 10

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Taha Kehar

INFRASTRUCTURE: PAKISTAN’S INTERNET RECESSION

INFRASTRUCTURE: PAKISTAN’S INTERNET RECESSION

Shahzaib Mustafa from Okara in Punjab has been working as a freelancer on Fiverr, a multi­national online marketplace for such services, for the...

19.01.2025 4

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Saddia Mazhar

THE DURAND LINE AND AFGHANISTAN

Pakistan’s targeted strikes on December 4, 2024 on the training camps of the self-styled Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Birmal area of...

13.01.2025 6

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Ejaz Haider

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE POLITICS OF BOYCOTTS AND BUYCOTTS

The act of boycotting brands is referred to as “political consumerism.” According to the political scientists Dietlind Stolle and Michele...

12.01.2025 2

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Nadeem F. Paracha

ESSAY: THE MYTH OF ABUNDANCE

One of the great misheld beliefs amongst Pakistanis is that of abundance. This notion, deeply embedded in societal practices and institutional...

12.01.2025 4

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Sheheryar Khan

GARDENING: THE HOLLYHOCKS’ GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

The sight of hundreds of cup-shaped hollyhocks blooming on a wall is a visual treat. But being aesthetically enchanting is just one of the many...

12.01.2025 1

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

FICTION: THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY

The List of Suspicious Things By Jennie Godfrey Penguin ISBN: 978-1804942949 455pp. From 1975 to 1980, a horrendous murderer by the name of Peter...

12.01.2025 2

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Nadya Chishty-Mujahid

EXHIBITION: THE CLAY CONTINUUM

The moment one steps into the gallery, the sight is arresting: three humble matkas [clay pots traditionally used for storing drinking water],...

12.01.2025 2

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Rumana Husain

SPORTS: ENTERTAINMENT OVER ETHICS

We like to think that sports are fixed and immutable but, like anything else, they are a product of their time. Just look at the Olympic Games,...

12.01.2025 2

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Giulia Sesa

MEDIA: THE EXODUS FROM X

When Elon Musk took over Twitter and changed its name to X, many users vowed to move to another platform. First was talk of a shift to...

12.01.2025 4

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Craig Robertson

FICTION: A BAG FULL OF SURPRISES

Potli By Dr Khalid Aftab Sang-e-Meel Publications ISBN: 969-3536177 239pp. he world renowned British linguist Roger Fowler’s view of realism...

12.01.2025 3

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Navid Shahzad

NON-FICTION: THE GREAT GAME OF PAKISTANI POLITICS

Sahafi Ki Qalamguzisht By Jabbar Mufti Qalam Foundation ISBN: 978-9697462056 286pp. The 1980s were a crucial yet turbulent period in Pakistan’s...

12.01.2025 4

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Muhammad Suhayb

COMMENT: THE BA’ATHIST LEGACY IN THE ARAB WORLD

The year that has ended witnessed several events of global impact, particularly concerning foreign policy and the economy. Be it the Middle East or...

12.01.2025 2

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Hussain Qazi

DIARY OF A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE FUNNEL

You tau know what a sophisty socialist I am and how much I love parties and balls and bling and hanging out with everyone who’s everyone. So, I...

12.01.2025 2

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Moni Mohsin