Title: Saints and Charlatans Author: Sarim Baig Publishers: Mongrel Books, Karachi Pages: 205, Price: Rs. 700/- Stories and those too in English language written on the most burning issues in Punjab coming out of pen of a young man Sairum Baig surprised me. The author has written nine short stories in the book titled ‘Saints and Charlatans’ published by…
Pakistan is a developing country. Social norms and cultural values are deeply rooted here. However, over the years, women have been increasingly disempowered, degraded and subjugated across all societies in the world but Pakistan tops the list. Within Pakistan men believe that they are naturally superior to women because they are rational and logical while…
An art show titled ‘The Sacred?’ was inaugurated at the O Art Space Gallery in Lahore on Friday. Curated by Irfan Gul Dahri, the show will display the works of 9 eminent contemporary artists of Pakistan namely Adeel Uz Zafar, Ali Kazim, Ayaz Jokhio. Ghulam Mohammad, Mudassar Manzoor, Muhammad Zeeshan, R. M. Naeem, Salman Toor…
Aqeeq, the Blue Dragon – Chapter #2: Wali was transfixed by Grampa’s description of Aqeeq. He was both eager and restless to begin his journey to Gnydilin but was informed by Grampa that a great story required the ideal setting; it had to welcome the reader, draw him into an isolated nook and cradle him…
Once I bought a small model of a charpai from a handicrafts shop, to be sent outside Pakistan as a symbol of Pakistani culture for a cultural exhibition. Interestingly, the children accompanying me, born and bred in urban Pakistan, couldn’t relate to the phenomenon of charpai. One of them could recognise it as something representative…
Hearing the rants of parents and elderly relatives on how the times have drastically changed, seems quite a mundane affair. However, when the girls, whose childhood had been of early 1990s, hue and cry of the ’generation gap’ in the similar manner then that gives me heebie-jeebies. With the ceaseless debate of generation gap, reading…
