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Roving Eye, The CriticsFebruary 13, 2011

Veranda Bistro, Lahore

By TMS Staff

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, Roving Eye, The CriticsFebruary 13, 2011

Film Review: The Station Agent

By TMS Staff

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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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureJanuary 22, 2011

One man and his blog: beginnings

By Jacob Silkstone

Some famous first lines…

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Featured Articles, MagazineOctober 12, 2010

The Aesthetics of Belief

By TMS Staff

“Ultimately the supposed conflict between religion and art rests entirely on the individuals’ perceptions of both,” writes Maria Amir.

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Featured Articles, MagazineOctober 12, 2010

Re-Casting The Media

By TMS Staff

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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Commentary, EssaysOctober 12, 2010

Requiem for the Bears

By TMS Staff

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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Fiction, LiteratureOctober 11, 2010

The Drive

By TMS Staff

By Omri J. Luzon Sitting here in this pointless office, I wander in my mind to different places, different times, different worlds. Somehow it…

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Arts & Culture, The CriticsOctober 11, 2010

Café Bol

By TMS Staff

By Maria Amir Talk about a revolutionary idea, but is Pakistan ready for a revolution? Many have said that all it really takes to…

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Arts & Culture, Roving Eye, SpotlightOctober 11, 2010

Spotlight: Artist Babar Moghal

By TMS Staff

Starting out our Roving Eye Spotlight series with Babar Moghal, a young artist and graphic designer from Karachi, Pakistan couldn’t have been a better…

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Articles, EssaysOctober 11, 2010

Maintaining Creative Integrity

By TMS Staff

By Gareth Trew The work of writers and poets stands at the precipice of self-defeat. One of the challenges facing emerging artists – increasingly…

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.