Not that I loved Rome less
I watched The Gladiator 2 on November 24, the same day Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched its protest march. As the situation weighed heavily on my mind, I couldn’t help but…
Four plays in review
The Arts Council, Karachi that Ahmed Shah has been leading for over a decade now, has become the most dynamic centre of art and culture in Pakistan. He has assembled…
Feel-good stories
Last month the film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) won the Oscar for best documentary (short subject). The film focuses on Afghan girls who learn…
Entertainment or jingoism?
Anti-Pakistan propaganda remains a recurrent theme in numerous Bollywood movies. Movies such as ‘Border’, ‘LoC Kargil’, ‘Raazi’, and ‘Uri’ carry an anti-Pakistan perspective as a central theme to the plot.…
One of a kind
ACROSS almost six decades of investigative journalism, John Pilger unsparingly torchlit many of what George W. Bush described as “the darkest corners of the world”, relentlessly exposing the realities edited…
Honour or dishonour?
WHERE did the term ‘honour killing’ come from? What is so honourable about conspiring to kill a female family member if she chooses to marry of her own free will?…
Hand the baton to the young
When discussing Pakistan, we often focus on the income gap and gender gap, but one critical issue remains unaddressed: the age gap. I’m not referring to the common practice of…
A perpetual identity crisis ( Part – II)
Indian scholar Homi K Bhabha’s analysis of ‘mimicry’ seems more realistic. The argument that mimicry has an element of menace that disrupts the authority is also true. All leaders who…
Lata’s legacy
The dangers of appreciating a talented yet somewhat problematic figure have become all the more palpable in the digital realm. In the cut-throat world of social media, the slightest transgressions…
Tax exemptions withdrawal bill: an expert opinion
A commentary on the economic and financial rationale for the actions proposed to be undertaken by way of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2021 with views on the conceptual shortcomings arising…
