Durriya Kazi
We spent many a late night turning the dial on the radio to catch beautiful sad music from Radio Moscow; afternoons...
Published 13 Jan, 2019 07:23am
The narrative of beauty is predominantly female. Occasionally, we get a glimpse into the parallel narrative of male...
Published 30 Dec, 2018 07:08am
Andy Warhol’s ‘Do It Yourself’ (1962) paint-by-numbers emphasises the alienation of city dwellers from the...
Published 16 Dec, 2018 07:31am
Earlier this month, two extraordinary women were in the news: Fahmida Riaz, the poet, whose death was mourned by ...
Published 02 Dec, 2018 07:03am
Photographer Alberto Korda captured an image of Che Guevara at a funeral of workers in Havana in 1960. Rejected by...
Published 18 Nov, 2018 06:57am
Two invasions had a profound impact on India — the Aryans who gave India Sanskrit and the Vedic religion, and the
Published 04 Nov, 2018 07:58am
Digital networks teem with jokes, satirical videos and memes about everything — from politics to the absurdities of new
Published 21 Oct, 2018 07:22am
The 1,200 plus acres of the arid campus of the University of Karachi magically turn lush green after the rains; hidden
Published 07 Oct, 2018 07:01am
Social media allows a platform for ordinary people to express their opinions. Many go further and share the actions...
Updated 24 Sep, 2018 12:23am
I like movies with happy endings. Sadness sends me into panic, as if I will never get out from under the weight of ...
Published 09 Sep, 2018 06:56am
Empathy has become the hot new subject for social scientists. A relatively new term coined in 1909, it is defined as...
Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am
It is estimated that about 130 million babies are born in a year around the world. Each one will be given a ...
Published 12 Aug, 2018 08:02am
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks have probably brought him more fame with academics than the 15 paintings he made in...
Published 29 Jul, 2018 07:37am
As the election draws near, the battle of the image has acquired a frantic momentum. Posters are put up in any...
Published 15 Jul, 2018 06:26am
Last week I received an email announcing a commemorative session for the late Razia Sajjad Zaheer at the Pak Tea...
Published 01 Jul, 2018 07:08am
From 1954 to 1999, the advertisement of the Marlborough man — a rugged, lean cowboy smoking a cigarette — became...
Published 15 Jun, 2018 07:08am
Legend has it that the peacock, the most beautiful of birds, cries in anguish when it glances down at its ugly feet....
Published 03 Jun, 2018 07:06am
In my quest to discover the origins of the exquisite tiles in my aunt’s home in Karachi’s old settlement Amil...
Published 20 May, 2018 07:09am
An exhibition investigates displacement in the wake of aggressive urbanisation
Published 13 May, 2018 07:20am
In the last chapter of his book The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple gives a harrowing account of a massacre parallel...
Published 29 Apr, 2018 07:16am
