Five powerful books on Pakistan’s history, literature and modernisation on April 8, 2019PAKISTAN: A DREAM GONE SOUR BY ROEDAD KHAN — in this unique insider’s view of those who have been at the helm of Pakistan’s affairs since 1958, Roedad Khan, from his vantage point as a senior civil servant, narrates the rise and fall of six of Pakistan’s Presidents – Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, ZA Bhutto, […]
Exploring the city where celebrities have their vacation on April 8, 2019If you thought Ibiza was all wasted, millennials, you could not be further from the truth. Jet-setters and celebrities now flock to the mystical White Isle in ever greater numbers, edging and pricing out the tacky ravers. Ever since Errol Flynn moored his boat to party there with the Hollywood crowd at Sandy’s bar in […]
John Cage’s visual art as transporting and mystifying as his music on April 6, 2019“There is no end to life,” John Cage wrote in 1990, two years before he died. John Cage, one of the 20th Century’s most inventive composers, devoted his music to silence and created confounding scores using “chance operations” from the “I Ching.” He also wrote beautifully; and late in life he applied his chance methods […]
Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu is a beautiful tale of love and emotionsBy: Mahganj Habib on April 6, 2019Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu is a well-written romantic novel, which was published in 2012. The book has been written by Farhat Ishtiaq; a famous Pakistani writer and a screenwriter who is known for some of her best-selling novels like Bin Roye Ansu, Diyar-e-Dil and Humsafar. Likewise, this book is interesting owing to its powerful love story. […]
Cayman Islands — stunning wildlife, world-class diving and dazzling beaches on April 5, 2019Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s whirlwind Caribbean tour this month showed off top holiday spots in St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis and Cuba. But their final stop was perhaps not so familiar: the Cayman Islands. This tiny British Overseas Territory, most notable as a tax haven, […]
Love is a strong component of Hafeez Tahir’s poetryBy: Amjad Parvez on April 4, 2019Hafeez Tahir, a mass media expert who spent his lifetime in television productions and is now teaching film and media to Punjab University students, is obsessed with his imaginary eighth colour of light. I recall his poetry book Aathwan Rang decades ago when he had joined PTV as programmes producer. This innovative name of the […]
Documentary ‘The Colour of the Stars’ highlights the dilapidated education systemBy: Haroon Murad on April 4, 2019‘The Colour of the Stars’ is a documentary directed by Ali Baksh Daad that highlights the dilapidating system of education of a beautiful village located in Ball Nigwar called Dilsar. In this documentary, a little boy Gulab Noor is showed as a student of that school. The documentary shows how getting education is such a […]