The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a bipolar new world order amid disorder, and shared with few observers, analysts for their views.
Bad
WhatsApp shares on ‘bad’. Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi: …and a good system will expose a bad person any time! …and it doesn’t matter how much you fake to be
Rohingya of the Two Nation Doctrine
A recent podcast with the author of the book “Refugee”–it is centered on the 1971 events in South Asia, and the ordeals of the Urdu speaking community commonly referred to
Delta
The ‘delta’ between the two mind-sets will maintain the equilibrium in the status quo, and keep our (consumers) ‘choola alive and cow giving milk’. How Could a Big Shift From
‘Good’
This morning, I decided to aggregate few ‘good’ ones (WhatsApp shares) that I had received and saved many out of them over the years. For 2024, I found only one
Aankhon Ko Visa Nahi Lagta By Gulzar
Blast from the past: Gulzar pens a beautiful ode to Mehdi Hasan, and remembers Ahmed Faraz–it was written sometime in 2012) when he learnt that Mehdi Hasan has passed away.
Afghanistan: Broad Strokes and Canvases
Irshad Salim: Over the years, paints, brushes, the pellet knife and canvases substituted my textual thoughts as I looked out my window at the never-ending war in Afghanistan–broad strokes of
Laila and Majnu
Early morning today, while reading Laila Majnu — an age-old love story turned into a stunning musical in the walled city of Lahore at Dawn website, I attempted to look
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and memories in the context of the on goings back ‘home’ (Pakistan)–after returning from ‘abroad’ (USA).
The Photographic News. Two Rainbows. A Rose.
In 1868 a reviewer for The Photographic News described a set of prints made by Julia Margaret Cameron as ‘altogether repulsive’. Searching for the original source of this comment for
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Three Women
Irshad Salim from Karachi: For months I have on my easel a canvas of three women drawn with a black marker. The painting remains unfinished though. Choice of colors and
In These Dissenting Times
To acknowledge our ancestors meanswe are aware that we did not makeourselves, that the line stretchesall the way back, perhaps, to God; orto Gods. We remember them because itis an