Articles with tag: review
A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey
Murtaza Shibli Jul 7, 2008 interacts: 220It (Indian Muslim) happens to be my identity. And this book is about the identity question in large measure - my identity, the Pakistani identities.
Logotherapy: Humanism In Psychiatry
Mutaal Mooquin May 21, 2008 interacts: 44The heart has reasons that reason does not know ... A reflection on Victor Frankl’s “The Unheard Cry for Meaning”
Why not hang Surabjit Singh?
Beena Sarwar Mar 21, 2008 interacts: 52Whether it is for illegally crossing borders, overstaying visas or terrorism, Indians and Pakistanis arrested in each other's countries have poor consular and legal access.
Movie Review: The Kite Runner
Ras Siddiqui Jan 2, 2008 interacts: 28Khalid Hosseini, like many Afghan’s is a poet at heart. Here with the assistance of screenwriter David Benioff, the essence of The Kite Runner remains intact
Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema
Mayank AustenSoofi Nov 16, 2007 interacts: 20His skin color is not fair; his acting skills are too loud; he is less muscled than neighborhood gym boys; and he is rumored to be gay! How did this Khan become a Sultan?
Saawariya Targets Eternal Love
Ras Siddiqui Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 14Sony Picture’s “Saawariya”, a new Bollywood-Hollywood movie is set to release in the United States and worldwide on November 9th. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, White Nights.
Book: Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
Asif Naqshbandi Jul 31, 2007 interacts: 19Aslam has really succeeded in portraying the lives, dreams, and fears of immigrant Pakistanis in the UK. That he does it with magical prose is icing on the cake.
Tribute to a Master
Asif Alig Jul 19, 2007 interacts: 13A book dedicating the contributions of the great Indian littérateur Premchand
“A Mighty Heart” is a Mighty Sad Movie
Ras Siddiqui Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 72It is the story of Mariane Pearl, one vulnerable, pregnant and devoted wife who is caught up in the search for her loving husband Daniel
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Ras Siddiqui Apr 25, 2007 interacts: 20Mohsin Hamid describes his work as “half a conversation.” “I do half the work and the reader does the other half”
Rodeo Drive to Raja Bazaar: A review
Hani Yousuf Mar 12, 2007 interacts: 3The novel traces the life of 10-year-old Natasha between the years 1994 and 2004. After spending the first decade of her life in Los Angeles, Natasha becomes a victim of reverse migration.
In the Line of Fire, A Review
Nauman Sadiq Jan 9, 2007 interacts: 58Musharraf can legitimately be titled as a ’benevolent despot’. He does not possess exceptional intellectual abilities but at least his basic premises are correct. He is a moderate, progressive, forward-looking, intelligent, humorous, frank and
Which Islam?
Mohammad Gill Nov 24, 2006 interacts: 252Although many of us despise the western style secularism, western science and philosophy, western democracy, and modernity, we do not have any reasonable and pragmatic substitutes for them. The result is an intellectual schism.
Dor - A Review
Lakshmi Mukundan Nov 9, 2006 interacts: 17The film portrays the entanglement of the lives of two unsuspecting women living in two distant parts of India.
Pervez Musharraf Vs. George Orwell
Aisha Sarwari Oct 12, 2006 interacts: 148It wasn’t that simple though, I noticed that Pervez Musharraf steers clear from George Orwell’s most cautioned malaise – Lack of Clarity.
Urdu Ghazal After 1980
Anwar u Haque Jun 29, 2006 interacts: 7The book covers the life and works of those ghazal poets who became prominent between 1980 and 2001.The book comprises of 39 poets and it has historical value on several grounds.
Control Room Documentary an Eye Opener!
Zara Hafeez Jun 23, 2006 interacts: 8If there really are two sides to every story; then this documentary puts forward an unparallel opening to scrutinize the other side and leave it up for its audience to make up its own mind.
The Leveling of America
Saima Shah Dec 14, 2005 interacts: 630Friedman shows us how the world became flat and isolates ten flatteners of the world. The flatteners range from computer technology to changing political ideology.
Standing Alone in Mecca by Asra Q. Nomani
Jawahara Saidullah Sep 13, 2005 interacts: 168The journey to Mecca and standing alone at the birthplace of Islam is a running metaphor in Nomani’s book. She is always alone, or so it seems, on the other side of most Islamic issues.
Islam vs. Islam
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 11, 2005 interacts: 55Junoon concert at the Stanford University, held on May 1... If there is such a thing as a clash of civilization, it is all happening within the Islamic sphere.
Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?
Mohammad Gill Apr 20, 2005 interacts: 11...It is quite appropriate too because now in his mature wisdom, he can lead; he can show the way and there may be millions who want to follow his lead. Although there are others who think he’s the same old loudmouth that he was when he played in th
Wapsi (The Returning)
Veeresh Malik Apr 16, 2005 interacts: 299Review and Interview with filmmaker Ajay Raina ... In the times of yet another thaw in the relationship between India & Pakistan, an Indian ’Lover Of Cricket’ manages to go across to the other side of the ’Line of Control’ (LOC
“Dasht-e-Tanhai” wins a Prize for Nadeem Aslam
Mohammad Gill Apr 3, 2005 interacts: 22His is a story of Pakistani conservatism in a liberated ambience of England, a story of a civilization clash within a family of blended values of liberalism and orthodoxy. “Eimaan mujhe rokay hai, tau khainchay haiy mujhe kufr” (Faith is compe
Black Longings
Farzana Versey Feb 8, 2005 interacts: 31'Will you kiss me, please?' she pleaded. Are the desires and dreams of the disabled all bleak? I had spoken to two blind people to understand their concept of love and sex.Why should their needs and emotions be any different from ours?
Bhatti’s “Behzti (Dishonor)” hurts Sikh Sensitivities
Mohammad Gill Dec 20, 2004 interacts: 41But then the play wouldn’t have created a (publicity) storm; it would probably not have attracted much attention. One of the facts of modern
When Vagina met Viagra
Farzana Versey Dec 8, 2004 interacts: 50The moment he puts you in his mouth, I can feel her anticipation. And we wait. When it works they say it’s because of you, for when it doesn’t they can say the same too!
Fahrenheit With a Silent H
Shujaat Wasty Oct 31, 2004 interacts: 60I have two principal criticisms regarding the movie. The first is that instead of questioning who exactly perpetrated the WTC attack, Moore went along with the American government’s official explanation.
How that Other Democracy (India) Differs
Veeresh Malik Oct 15, 2004 interacts: 70As America goes to vote on a largely bi-polar election, it would be of interest to try to understand how that other democracy, India, differs.
The Chronicle of the Air-Conditioned Class
Amitava Kumar Jul 31, 2000 interacts: 98The drug that the whole of Pakistan - or at least its most affluent - is chasing is money
