A rude shock of reality on February 28, 2020“An automated message greets me: ‘Your call cannot be completed at this time. Please try again later…’ The message keeps repeating. I keep at it. I don’t want to give up; therefore, I keep trying. But, no luck. Maybe since we are driving through a bad network area, there’s no signal. After all, we’re still […]
The exquisite dance of heart and soul on February 4, 2020Book: Three Contemporary Artists Writer: Iffat Sayeed Publisher: Department of Press and Publications, University of the Punjab Reviewer: Sana Munir In W H Auden’s words, a poet is a person who before anything else is passionately in love with language. The poetry showcased in Three Contemporary Artists engages every person who romances language.For it entails […]
Waris Mir — A Pakistani Feminist’s Almanac (Part-II) on July 9, 2019In this regard, modern theorists have started to question the “will” of a woman, and rightfully so. Even if a woman takes purdah out of her own will, it is considered an extension of patriarchal paradigms. It must be kept in consideration, if wearing a burka or a hijab or a niqab is the condition […]
Waris Mir — A Pakistani Feminist’s Almanac (Part I) on July 8, 2019The status of women has always been a conflicted issue in Pakistan. One of the reasons there is no end to it, is that men have made it their business to classify and define womanhood for women. In fact, different mindsets, with varying points of view have their own theories about the ‘status of women’ […]