Damage control? ‘India, Pakistan similar in many ways’, says Swara Bhaska After her recent anti-Pakistan statements caused an outrage earlier this week, Swara Bhaskar took to Twitter to express her opinion about how both Pakistan and India were “similar” in more ways than not. Responding to Pakistan’s ban on her movie, the ‘Veere Di Wedding’…
Summer time in India may come across as hot, hazy, humid and even scorching in some cities, as temperatures skyrocket to 40 degrees, the same way the season hits us in Pakistan. Despite this, the preceding months have been quite busy for the Bollywood brigade as we experienced the very opulent and lavish wedding ceremonies…
End of Ramazan brings the joyous moments of Eid and celebrations. Three day-long festivities include dressing up, meeting your friends and family, having special meals, giving and receiving Eidi and much more. For girls, preparing for Eid is all about perfect outfit, matching accessories and ideal hairstyling. Choosing a dress type, dress color, appropriate accessories etc becomes…
Reading the title you must be thinking that there would be an open pond inside the Walled City of Lahore full of water and the residents would be using it. Well that’s not the case! It’s a water reservoir, a closed building that was built by the British in 1883. To access it there are…
Mohit Suri’s adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s book is replete with a series of utterly illogical events Movies, like any art form, supposedly mirror the times we live in. So decades from now, when the grandchildren of the millennial generation stumble upon a copy of the movie Half Girlfriend, the following ten things are what they’ll find,…
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…
