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Interview With Salman Ahmad and Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vaibhav Jain   Nov 17, 2009   interacts: 5

A backstage interview just after Salman Ahmad performed alongside Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pt. Samir Chatterjee and Daniel Weiss in a fusion concert at Westlake

Three Poems by Allama Iqbal

Ali Hashmi   Nov 15, 2009   interacts: 15

‘Maa ka Khwaab’ (A Mother’s Dream) while on the surface a simple description of a mother's dream fearing for her child's safety, is a profound

Storytellers On Stage

Enam Hasan   Nov 15, 2009   interacts: 3

Sania Saeed and Shahid Shafaat are bringing three gems on stage for Karachiites. These plays based on key aspects of marriage, friendship and love are

Reboot - In Search For The Land of Oppurtunity

Salman Latif   Oct 11, 2009   interacts: 0

As it goes, we learn a lot more from others’ failure than from their successes. And that makes this book a precious treatise. Something all

Author Nafisa Rizvi Talks About "The Blue Room"

Ras Siddiqui   Oct 5, 2009   interacts: 9

The idea in my book that people who cut themselves off from their roots will bleed is taken from a

Review: The Conscience of Nhem En

Fauzia Husain   Oct 2, 2009   interacts: 2

This was a powerful film with a thought-provoking subject. The director sets up the scale and the ugliness of the genocide carried out under the

Evolution of a War

Nadeem Tarar   Sep 23, 2009   interacts: 249

The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir is a myth-busting and brutal exposé of Pakistan's secret war against India.

Torrential Fecundity and Pangs of a Voracious Reader

Pramod Khilery   Aug 25, 2009   interacts: 0

Just like a pretty damsel blooms at the prospectus of being the object of desire of eyes that enunciate its love with an affectionate smile

Aids Sutra: Untold Stories from India

Joya Banerjee   Aug 17, 2009   interacts: 8

In this groundbreaking anthology, sixteen renowned writers tell the hidden story of the AIDS crisis, illuminating the complex nature of

Jinnah to Jihad

Agha Amin   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 317

Author Arvin Bahl attempts to analyze this conflict (Kashmir) in the context of international relations theory, drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with

In the Belly of Time

saif ahmad   Jul 15, 2009   interacts: 4

If you ever see a Tourbillon escapement, you will be impressed with the miniature complex cage, taking turns and defying gravity. Its almost as if

Kambakkht Ishq

sufia ajaz   Jul 12, 2009   interacts: 27

Sylvester Stallone must be cringing at his blink and miss role in a foreign movie. It’s an injustice to Rambo. But the entire movie is

Book Review: Flight of the Falcon

Afrah Jamal   Jun 22, 2009   interacts: 6

Sajad Haider’s (SJ) name made headlines, both in war and peace. The former remains his legacy, faithfully revisited every September. The latter became a fleeting

Hindu Mathematics – How Original Was It?

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jun 15, 2009   interacts: 297

Plofker’s book (Mathematics in India) fulfils an important need in a world where mathematical historiography has been largely shaped by the dominance of the Greco-Christian

The Last of the Mughals

Beej K Singh   Jun 10, 2009   interacts: 129

The book is mostly about the 1857 mutiny – discussing at length what brought it about, how it spread and how it ended – and

Various Colors of Jugni

Afat Qiamat   May 28, 2009   interacts: 39

Jugni is a narrator, a female who wanders through various lands and then sings her observations and comments about the land, the people and the

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