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A Profile In Courage

Rakesh Mani   Apr 22, 2007   interacts: 6

A recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in Pakistan and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious human rights honour, she declined an offered post as

An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute

Asif Naqshbandi   Apr 17, 2007   interacts: 31

I met Asad Amanat Ali Khan a few years ago; I didn't think I'd never meet him again.

Honored

Chowk Staff   Mar 28, 2007   interacts: 24

Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail

Jaane kahan gaye voh din!

Dost Mittar   Mar 22, 2007   interacts: 138

But a new generation of the young and restless cine fans had replaced the old generation and they had neither the time nor the taste

Schumi No More!

farheen zehra   Oct 24, 2006   interacts: 4

You might hate him or love him, but no matter what you feel about him, you do know him. The one person who comes

The Birdman of India

Mohammad Gill   Jun 1, 2006   interacts: 38

I had never heard of Salim Ali before in my life because I was not interested in the birds and bird-watching. Seabrook’s article intrigued my

Growing Up Red

Ali Hashmi   Sep 28, 2005   interacts: 84

My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He

The Creator of Legends

Sunil K Poolani   May 17, 2005   interacts: 9

An obituary... one of the greatest writers the world has ever produced. And what raised him to that pedestal is

Such Anais Journey!

Farzana Versey   Mar 7, 2005   interacts: 47

How many of us women can accept the verdict of being the 'Madonna of St. Clitoris' or the 'Venus with an over-bite'? Anais Nin could

Parveen Babi Passed Away

Mohammad Gill   Feb 7, 2005   interacts: 7

Parveen was a glamorous actress who brought charm and unique attraction to the Bollywood film screen. The first time I saw her was in Kranti.

Jacques Derrida, Founder of Deconstruction, is Dead

Mohammad Gill   Nov 12, 2004   interacts: 4

..Make it your last question because it sends deconstruction into paroxysm of rage. Yet the theory of deconstruction was the rage...

Bulleh Shah

Umair Raja   Sep 12, 2004   interacts: 67

A man, whose writings - barely understood, even by those who speak his language - contain, amongst them, such enlightening

The Nuclear Father

Mansoor Ahmed   Apr 27, 2004   interacts: 39

Under Munir’s dedicated leadership, Pakistan’s nuclear programme developed into a multi-faceted and dynamic center of science and technology, both on the peaceful and deterrence sides.

Mehreen Jabbar

Laila Kazmi   Dec 21, 2003   interacts: 11

To Mehreen experimenting with a story is one of the most interesting parts of creating a play.

Ahmed Rushdi

Anis Shakur   Oct 25, 2003   interacts: 9

The journey which Rushdi had started from Mehdi Zaheer’s ’Bunder Road’ in 1954 had ended at Azar Hafiz’s ’Aanay walo

Death Be Not Proud

Ali Hashmi   Oct 23, 2003   interacts: 16

It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.

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