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Indian author calls to put literature, music and movies online

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HYDERABAD: Writers and intellectuals received the renowned Indian Sindhi artiste, drama director, musician, movie maker and song writer Asha Chand, while she came to visit Hyderabad, the hometown of her ancestors. Asha Chand is the daughter of late Sundri Uttamchandani (mother), the award-winning Sindhi fiction writer and late Assandas Jethanand Uttamchandani, popularly known as Shri […]


No financial assistance? : Artists irked at Sindh government’s decision on stipend cuts

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HYDERABAD: The Sindh government’s decision to cut down the amount of stipends paid to the artists has irked the recipients to the point of gathering on the streets to protest. Around three dozen folk singers, musicians and writers held a demonstration on Wednesday to voice their outrage. The culture department pays Rs30,000 annually, which is […]


Culture: Musical night pays tribute to legend

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By: Hassan Naqvi LAHORE: Punjab Institute of Literature, Art and Culture (PILAC) on Monday arranged a musical night to pay tribute to Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Noor Jehan and Humair Channa. At the event the students of Naeem Mehdi, Arshad Ali, Naheed Talib and Arshad Rana performed folk, classical and semi-classical songs. Singer Arshad Ali […]