Music - Different Truths

October 12, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Travel & Food

The Trial and Tribulations of Life of an Army Wife in Kathua District

Lily went in an auto-rickshaw to teach in Kathua town. The ride was long but she enjoyed the young vibrant faces of the college students. Militancy was rearing its monstrous head...

October 8, 2016
Anumita Roy
Fairs & Festivals, People, Special Feature

Bangaliyana: A Search and Assertion of the Bengali Identity on Foreign Lands

Bangaliyana is the search for the composite Bengali identity in distant lands. It’s not just the clothes, food, music, adda, humour or language but something much deeper. Durga Puja is...

September 17, 2016
Anumita Roy
Education & Career

The Public Library System in America: Actualising the Right to Read

The public library is one of the systems, which is supported with the tax payers’ money. The government has given the country an incredible place to read, listen and grow....

August 30, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Food, Travel & Food

Street Food of Lahore: The Best Meal-Deal in Town!

The dream city of Lahore is known for its enticing food and if it is served under the shadows of historic grandeur the taste is enhanced with the add ons of the...

August 25, 2016
Michelle Yost
Advocacy

Child Labourers: Educating and Emancipating Through Community Participation

The miserable plight of the child labourers in Gazipur, Bangladesh, called for immediate action. Michelle and her partner launched the programme, ‘We Learn’, to rescue and rehabilitate street children. She reveals...

August 9, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Music

Rejuvenating Pakistan with Music

Pakistani music television series, Coke Studio took music to unparalleled heights and ruled all the charts worldwide. The programme focussed on the fusion of the diverse musical influences in...

August 2, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Life in Moments

Life is all about the simple joys in many moments that make it enchantingly beautiful. Lily, the quintessential Bohemian, the wandering gypsy drinking the ambrosia of life, seeks simple joys in...

July 26, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

An Absurd Ghost Story

From every house there came out, through open windows, shut doors and concrete walls, soft elongated shapes of light, in liquid movements. They circled the night and swayed along...

July 24, 2016
Joyce Yarrow
Poem

The History House is Rocking

Joyce also wears the hat of a musician and singer, when she is not writing. An interesting poem where the writer-poet and the musician-singer meet. The world’s five greatest composers...

July 10, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Music

Amjad Sabri: The Qawwali and Sufi Maestro Silenced to Death

Amjad Sabri was slayed by unidentified motorcycle borne assailants on Wednesday, June 22 afternoon, at Karachi. The news of his death cast a gloom across the borders. Many Bollywood...

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