Durriya Kazi
Should art and artefacts that were looted or dubiously purchased during colonial periods be returned to their...
Published 06 Oct, 2019 07:02am
How do families deal with children who show an inclination towards the arts? Drawing and painting, singing, playing...
Published 22 Sep, 2019 06:58am
Bridges mean many things to many people. One can see our life journey as the building of bridges — such as...
Published 08 Sep, 2019 07:03am
During the recent combination of flooding rains and Eidul Azha in Karachi, social media was rife with desperate...
Published 25 Aug, 2019 07:13am
Much of our lives are lived in conformity with family values, social structures, local laws, political and economic...
Published 11 Aug, 2019 07:06am
Fame and anonymity are two opposing aspirations, examples of which are found in the long history of creativity. We...
Published 28 Jul, 2019 07:25am
This question is easily answered when it refers to politics or business, whereby the authority to be a ...
Published 14 Jul, 2019 06:55am
Art is often seen as existing outside the state. In Europe, this concept emerged with the Impressionist Movement of...
Published 30 Jun, 2019 07:05am
How often have we participated in meetings or in social gatherings and felt pressured to agree with the majority? Or...
Published 16 Jun, 2019 06:38am
Marvel Entertainment is planning to release three to four superhero movies a year, with possibly 23 in the pipeline....
Published 02 Jun, 2019 07:16am
If the stern majesty of Queen Victoria defined the 19th century, the 20th century royal icon was the captivating...
Published 19 May, 2019 07:19am
The three major religions with the most similar concepts of heaven and hell are Zoroastrianism, Christianity and...
Published 05 May, 2019 06:49am
There are 195 countries in the world. There was a time when the word “country” meant the countryside, the area...
Published 21 Apr, 2019 07:09am
In 1933, at an ICI lab in Norwich, England, two scientists — Eric Fawcett and Reginald Gibson — accidentally...
Published 07 Apr, 2019 07:15am
How can we be creative every day? In reality, many of us use extraordinary skills on a daily basis. A paanwala...
Published 24 Mar, 2019 07:17am
There is something very calming about the term Sulh-i-Kul. Translated as complete reconciliation or universal peace,...
Published 10 Mar, 2019 08:37am
The grim,dingy and crime-ridden past of London, Paris and New York lends a new perspective to the efforts to fix Karachi
Published 03 Mar, 2019 07:08am
Akram Dost recently sent me a video of a Baloch musician jamming on a tanbourag (a delicate long-necked Balochi...
Published 24 Feb, 2019 08:19am
Frere Hall, and its gardens, is one of the gentlest places in Karachi. I like to think it always was. It was ...
Published 10 Feb, 2019 07:19am
Artist Mehr Afroze once said in an interview: “Art is not what you do, but an artist is what you become.” A...
Published 27 Jan, 2019 07:01am
