A look at ‘Black Panther’s Oscar chances on November 20, 2018Despite their massive appeal and huge box office returns, comic book movies are usually considered just ‘popcorn entertainment’ when compared to hard hitting dramas like ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ or gritty true stories like ‘Spotlight’ by the prestigious Oscar jury members. Earlier this year, the Academy s did try to remedy the situation by […]
Lahore Museum holds pictorial exhibition celebrating Pakistani women on March 11, 2018“Only an honorable man treats women with honour and integrity, and only a vile and dishonest man humiliates and degrades women.” These were the words of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which adorned the wall of exhibition hall in Lahore Museum on the occasion of International Women’s day. This in itself was a humble gesture on […]
‘Extremism is about coercion, not about orthodox religion’ on February 28, 2018The penultimate session of Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) 2018 with renowned religious scholar Reza Aslan opened to a jam-packed audience on Sunday. As the title of the session ‘Beyond Extremism’ suggests, it revolved around antediluvian notions which get the better of sanity in our society today. Reza Aslan shared his knowledge with the public from […]
A delirium of storytelling on February 28, 2018Lahore literature festival started off with a refreshing start this year after a setback last year regarding the change of venue from Alhamra Art Center to Avari Hotel in light of some untoward circumstances. In that, not only did the people attending various sessions found them to their liking but the wonderful weather was there […]
A page from Aitzaz Hasan’s diary on January 9, 2018Life can be strangely familiar sometimes and with a little bit of help from the dark side, it can turn out to be that perilous unease which translates into the undoing of one’s existence. I too, had had my share of disappointments because I had just been an ordinary kid born in an ordinary town—except […]