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Jibran Saithi

The Holy Falooda Dec 31, 1969

Globalization may have its defenders – but to see our contemporary culture turned into an amalgam of the borrowed and the stolen, lacking context or indeed any meaning; it’s not just the philistines who are discontent.

Lahore in a Moment Dec 31, 1969

I flag a rickshaw driver. During the short ride, he nonchalantly peppers his discourse with risqué advice as we turn through alleys, towards a destination I look forward to with trepidation

The art of Qawwali Dec 31, 1969

He whirls slowly but unsteadily at first-like a pirouetting dervish intoxicated with the very rhythm that moves him-in concert with the rising and falling intonations.

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