Category: Arts
Hats Off to Nafees Bhai’s Four Snippets (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM from Islamabad — Nafees Bhai would be hardly noticeable and recognizable if I…
A Sweeping New History of U.S. Capitalism Finds That Economic Gains Have Always Been Driven By the State
Justin H. Vassallo in the Boston Review: The book Ages of American Capitalism decisively demonstrates that…
How to Kidnap the Rich – a Satire on Modern India
In this savage cinematic caper about an academic fraudster, social commentary meets standup comedy. Raina…
Satnam Punjabi Latest: ‘Nabi Diyan Siftan’ (Video)
Satnam Punjabi, 29, is a budding singer from Indian Punjab who is focused on peace,…
‘I am an Arab Woman of Color. We Come in All Shades of Anger’
“Israel has perfected a far more sophisticated system of discrimination and colonization through a matrix…
Tropic of Cancer Series: Mother’s Day, THREE Quotes, Emojis and a 3D Art
Stories in Pictures, Videos: Tropic of Cancer Series. Curated by Irshad Salim, Islamabad
New Zealand Book Festival Cancels ‘Harry Potter’ Event Over J.K. Rowling Saying Only Women Menstruate
A Harry Potter event was canceled at an upcoming book festival in New Zealand over…
MOTHER: This 1-Minute Iranian Film Took My Breathe Away (Video)
Written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Reza Kheradmandan, this 60+ seconds short film captures…
Can Spite Be a Force For Good?
That’s one of the arguments in Simon McCarthy-Jones’s “Spite,” which Sarah Lyall in her review…
Difference Between Pleasure and Happiness (Video)
The science behind pleasure and happiness is sourced in the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and…
Amartya Sen, Gulzar on Rabindranath Tagore (Video)
AMARTYA SEN at the Nobel website: Rabindranath Tagore, who died in 1941 at the age…
Yanni’s Tribute to the Taj Mahal, Plus This (Videos)
YANNI, 66, is a composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer (without formal music training). He…