Spotlight: Justin Mashouf
By Madeeha Ansari Artist. Dancer. Documentarian. Visionary. When I heard that an Irani-American documentary-maker was giving break-dance lessons at Kuch Khaas in Islamabad, my…
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Book Review: Mary – Vladimir Nabakov
By Jacob Silkstone Of remembrance. Vladimir Nabokov, Mary (Mashen’ka), translated by Michael Glenny and Vladimir Nabokov Vintage International: 1989, 114pages (Paperback) ISBN: 978-0-679-72620-3 So…
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Cafe Headlion
By Tehniat Aftab A “professional†eatery. As young open minds open to experimentation, my friends and I enjoy exploring new places and ideas. Finding…
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Film Review: Catfish
By Mohammad Bilal Iqbal Painted friendships Yaniv Schulman, a New York-based photographer, gets a photograph published in The New York Sun. Three months later…
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Book Review: A Scattering – Christopher Reid
By Jacob Silkstone A Scattering, Christopher Reid Areté Books Ltd, 62 pages (Paperback) ISBN: 978-0-9554553-6-0 Recently, on the British literary scene, poets…
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Veranda Bistro, Lahore
By Rizwan Takkhar Verandas Bistro, minus the ‘s’. Apparently, Verandas Bistro is a restaurant chain in the US. Someone in Lahore came up with…
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Film Review: The Station Agent
By Mohammad Bilal Iqbal Our Valentine’s Day pick. “There are people called train chasers, they follow a train and they film it.†“Are you…
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The Aesthetics of Belief
“Ultimately the supposed conflict between religion and art rests entirely on the individuals’ perceptions of both,” writes Maria Amir.
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Re-Casting The Media
By Madeeha Ansari with research by Sana Saleem Sensationalism reaches outstanding levels. “If Natha commits suicide, the election will flip.†Such is the power…
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Requiem for the Bears
By Hussain Kazmi Bear versus Hound Many amongst us grew up reading fantasy tales and fables that cast bears as the wise, strong companions…
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