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Movie review: Into the Storm - a natural disaster
Disaster movies often seem to be an excuse for filmmakers to splurge millions of dollars on elaborate special effects, expending more effort on computer-generated imagery (CGI) and less on script and...
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Movie review: John Wick - an explosive act
Although Keanu Reeves has a very loyal fan following, the Canadian actor has had an uneven career at best which hasn’t quite reached the dizzying heights promised by his role in the 1999 action/sci-fi...
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Planting trees: Green up the concrete
Human beings may no longer be as dependent on their natural surroundings for survival as they were a couple of hundred years ago but closeness to the natural world is still critical for their...
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Pakistan's cricketing glory: Leading the pack
Even by the substantially chequered years of yore that have witnessed player revolts, match and spot fixing scandals, brawls between team members and ball tampering accusations, the last five years...
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Autumn in Kashmir: Red Earth
Autumn, also known as Harud locally, is the annual harvesting season in Kashmir. As the leaves in the valley turn yellow and golden, the farmers return to their fields to harvest paddy and saffron and...
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IDPs: No place to call home
“Home is a precious place. I would give anything to return to mine,” says 65-year-old Gul Bibi, as she gently rocks back and forth on a hospital bed at the facility set up by Médecins Sans Frontières...
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Movie review: Nightcrawler - breaking news
People in the news business rush around the clock to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the monster that is the 24-hour news cycle. They do this while simultaneously racing against their competitors...
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Book review: The Substance and the Shadow - no holds barred
Psychologist Dr Masani and Devika Rani, known as the first lady of Indian cinema and great-grandniece of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, introduced Yusuf Khan to Indian cinema. It is this Yusuf...
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Book review: Truth Always Prevails - let truth be told
The first time I met Sadruddin Hashwani was at a dinner hosted by Dr Maleeha Lodhi to bid us farewell from Islamabad. I was moving from my position as correspondent of the Asia Times, a Bangkok-based...
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Positive Pakistani: Ali Jilani - a step in the right direction
Those who knew the shy Ali Jilani during his early school days could have never imagined that the 19-year-old would transform into the vivacious powerhouse he is today. Suffering from cerebral palsy —...
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Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag
A little help by someone can sometimes change the entire course of one’s life. Ayub Khan, or Master Ayub as he is known to his students, learnt this lesson at a young age when he was assisted by a...
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Nursing in Pakistan: Handle with care
The medical sector in Pakistan has historically been more preoccupied with cure rather than care. As a result, while the country continues to produce a massive number of doctors every year, the...
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Islamabad Traffic Police: Driven
Equality before the law and accountability for violating it are one of the founding principles of justice and a healthy democracy. In Pakistan we usually see neither. However, over the past year,...
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Movie review: The Hunger Games - the reluctant revolutionary
There are times when the third installment of The Hunger Games — the awkwardly titled The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, complete with colon and hyphen — looks more farce than a teenage dystopian...
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Music review: The giants call it a day
It’s strange how 140 characters have the power to awaken an entire spectrum of conflicting emotions. Elation, hope, optimism, regret — all these emotions were in play when Polly Samson, wife of Pink...
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Ferguson protests: Equal in the eyes of law?
Protests erupted across different cities in the United States last week as a grand jury decided not to press charges against the white police officer who illegally held an unarmed African-American man...
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Art exhibition: The perfect cover
Muhammad Ali is an artist of the senses — his paintings are so visually complex, realistic and detailed that a good look at them awakens all the senses. Typical of his style, Ali’s recent exhibition...
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Markhor shoes: A digital footprint
Knowing how to effectively use various technological tools to create a market that is not limited to physical boundaries has become the new key to success. Young entrepreneurs, Sidra Qasim and Waqas...
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Jinnah's Pakistan: The man with a message
Eighty-five year old Ikramul Haque has been coming to the roundabout at Liberty Chowk, Lahore, thrice a week for the past two-and-a-half years with the same demand. He wants Jinnah’s Pakistan. The...
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Technology: Wired pollution
Being constantly wired to the cell phone, laptop and Wi-Fi not only clutters the mind and affects one’s inter-personal relations but can also harm one’s health. The phenomenon of dirty electricity or...
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