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Good news in the days of doom and gloom: of Urdu humour, research and online journals

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Anwer Ahmed Alavi is a humorist and co-editor of Mizah Plus, an Urdu humour magazine published from Karachi. The little-known magazine offers some good pieces of humour both in prose and poetry. What sets the magazine apart from the other Urdu humour magazines — most of which have now succumbed to the tragic financial constraints […]


Worth a thousand meanings

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KARACHI: French artist Henri Souffay has enhanced the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words; for him, a picture is worth a thousand meanings. He hosted his fifth solo exhibition in Pakistan at the ArtChowk gallery on Tuesday under the title, ‘Rites de Passage’. Working with pen and ink on paper, Souffay lends […]


Touching on mysticism in two-person art show

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Karachi: Karachi is awash with art galleries purveying avant-garde stuff under the label of modern art or an assortment of isms, most of it being incomprehensible to the viewers, who sometimes have to feign appreciation of the works. However, it was a breath of fresh air to view the works of two young artists at […]


Zarah David — the epitome of meaningful art

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LAHORE: It might surprise you sometimes to know how much someone’s home can tell you about them. You can know people personally or professionally for years and not know the real them, until you see where they live. Zarah David is one such person. Full of life and optimism to the world, Zarah conceals herself […]


Paintings and sculptures: Indigenous artists display ‘home-grown’ works

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KARACHI: Art comes in different forms and expressions and on Saturday, the Unicorn Gallery was host to the diverse works of four artists who are faculty members of the Jamshoro University. The CEAD Jamshoro Faculty show has been curated by Saniya Naz, who said that the work on display was “pure and without influence.” The […]