Pakistan is the country where I can have the maximum impact on September 5, 2016Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history in 2015 as the only Pakistani to win not one but two Academy Awards for her documentary ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, which followed the trails of an 18-year-old survivor of honour killing. Her first was awarded in 2012 for ‘Saving Face’, a documentary short that followed […]
Ajoka stages its much-anticipated play which enacts the sobering rise of political corruption on August 26, 2016Realistic sets, invigorating performances, and a couple of well-rehearsed musical numbers every now and then adorned the thrilling evening with wit and delight. Madeeha Gauhar never falters in presenting savage productions and “Bala King” was no exception. Her brilliant expertise once again revived the play in full glory after 18 years, attracting audiences from all […]
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol on August 8, 2016Satirical and poignant, dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol’s The Diary of a Madman encompasses the detrimental effects of the social upon the psychological through the progression of the all-consuming madness ailing the protagonist, Poprishchin. Closely intertwined, these two variables allow Nikolai Gogol to portray St Petersburg’s social stratosphere as a falsely revered one; underneath the […]