Category: Arts
Rana Begum’s Public Artwork: Interplay of light, form, nature, architecture
The ambitious, site-specific installations No.1187 Mesh and No. 1193 Mesh by Rana Begum (born 1977…
Birds and Us
Excerpts from Jesse Russell’s book review at The Hedgehog Review: In his recent work Birds…
How To…
Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Adil Khan, Ajaz Ahmed, Anwar Abbas, Arif Mirza, Aziz Ahmed, Bawar…
‘Heech’ or ‘Nothingness’: The Face of a Dervish
The art of attaining closeness to God via the annihilation of the ego which includes not…
Africa’s Century of Growth?
On Morten Jerven’s The Wealth and Poverty of African States (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Review…
The Hunt For Red October
IRSHAD SALIM: Every year, as October comes, I recall a few nuggets from my memory…
Karachi is Volatile, But London is Bland
Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, “Best of Friends” chosen as a book of 2022 by The…
The Photographic Search for True Pakistan
Girls and kids are us – in Islamabad: Irshad Salim, Karachi. Pics and videos using…
Dr. Lucas Inventor of The Cloud Ends Up in ‘Greeneria’: Novel By Jamil Usman
Jamil Usman’s latest book “The Cloud” is an English novel for children. It’s a science…