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Revolutionary for Sale
jehanzeb khan Jan 9, 2008Clothing plastered with the portrait of socialist revolutionary Che Guevara is possibly one of the oddest and most self contradictory phenomena's of the 21st century.
Why Fashion Matters
Khadija Hassan Feb 19, 2005According to Frieha Altaf, “Fashion in Pakistan is and always has been for the elite. It has two effects: a trickle-up effect, when street fashion comes into the main-stream; and a trickle-down effect, when fashion moves from the elite to the masses
Thank you George
Shandana Minhas Jan 27, 2004In the wake of September 11, the ‘Muslim world’ has fallen headfirst into an identity crisis. While falling on one’s head is generally quite painful, the fall was buffered by the fact that the ‘Muslim world’ doesn’t rea
A Pocket Full of Faux Pas’
Khadija Hassan Dec 22, 2003That’s the problem with money. It stifles creativity – instead of discovering one’s own style and sense, instead of honing one’s own eye by being forced to invent, to innovate one can just go and acquire another’s. Whether i
Lanka - A Small Sashay
arti buxi Jun 27, 2003On a fine March morning, I too packed my passport and landed into the hassle free Colombo airport. The way I see it, supreme happiness is ‘Visa on Arrival’.
Travels through America - Deep Thoughts
Nazar Khan Mar 5, 2003Finally, it was one sight that took my heart and left a lasting impression on me of the beauty and simple innocence of a human being...
The Peshawar Rhapsody
Banjaara Jan 13, 2003the most exciting city of Pakistan for its ancient ambience and romantic history of the proud pathan tribesmen who repulsed all attackers
A Comparison of Fashion
Omar R Quraishi Nov 2, 2002I thought this would be a great chance to go see and judge where our fashion industry stood compared to India’s
The Kal Aaj Aur Kal of Secularism
Harish Nambiar Sep 23, 2002There is a generation growing distant from religion, and yet engagingly indulgent of it. Not so much as a pathway to salvation as much as a familiar lane of the past.
Miss India, Huma, and my photo
Rehana Aslam Jul 4, 2000my friends have even volunteered to pay for another photo
Unquestionable Changes?
Sobia Aslam Jan 25, 2000Where did the sehra go?...once a part of the ~QThings to wear on the Big Day~R manual for men...
Aitchison: Scenes From Within
Asim Hayat Mar 3, 1998...the old architecture, the grand cricket pitch in the main grounds, the smell of the rose bushes, the water heater radiators which never functioned well...
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