Dear Rashid Rana,

Thank you for introducing us — the local fan club — to the artistry and flair behind the renowned, game-changer, award-winning artist, educationist, UNESCO Chair and fashion deva. Frankly, the expression 'new media and digital art' has somewhat obscured the human sensitivity and deeper aesthetic concerns rooted in indigenous art, which is the highlight of your creative practice. Also, the grid, borrowed from traditional miniature painting in general and Zahoor-ul Akhlaq's modernist sensibility in particular, sounded cliché until I listened to the very casual talk at RSpace in Lahore last week. From exploring technology to the extent of taming it, establishing human intellect and authority over machines, to addressing the issue of environmental pollution, you think and act as a genuine, modern-time humanist.

The environmental crisis is a pressing global concern. In Pakistan, the impacts of climate change are starkly evident. The country's landscape has been transformed, both literally and metaphorically, with water scarcity, extreme........

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