Book Review: 1984 By: Rafay Omar on July 1, 20211984 is a dystopian fiction by George Orwell. What George Orwell does in this novel I cannot even describe to you. It is an absolute masterpiece and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I believe that this has been the greatest book that I have ever read thus far, and I think absolutely nothing can compare […]
Book Review: Malibu Rising- A broken but not beaten family By: Alisay Naqvi on June 3, 2021Set in 1983, Malibu Rising is the story of a dysfunctional family. Part historical fiction and part family drama, it revolves around four siblings. It is the end of summer and the Rivas are hosting their notorious annual party. The four siblings are talented and renowned in their own particular fields: one is a surfer, […]
Netflix’s ‘I’m No Longer Here’ is a lovely tale of music, migration and loss on June 2, 2020The musical genre known as cumbia emerged along the Caribbean coast of Colombia during the time of the slave trade and made inroads into Central and South America in the ensuing centuries, though it apparently exploded in the 1960s. Today, it’s called by some the mother of all Latin music, and its form can vary […]
Wajid Khan dies — a look at some of his hit songs on June 2, 2020Singer-composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid died of coronavirus complications in wee hours on Monday at a hospital in Mumbai. He was 42. Wajid’s brother Sajid told news agency PTI that he “died of a cardiac arrest” and added that the musician had also tested positive for COVID-19. Both Sajid-Wajid have given the […]
Watch the trailer for Moira’s ‘The Crows Have Eyes 3: The Crowening from ‘Schitt’s Creek’ on January 31, 2020After so many setbacks and a year of talk, the trailer for Moira Rose’s ‘The Crows Have Eyes 3: The Crowening’ is here. Discussed since the end of season four of Schitt’s Creek, viewers first got a glimpse of Moira Rose (Catherine O’Hara) in The Crows Have Eyes 3: The Crowening in the season five […]
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 emotions By: 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, […]