Category: Irshad Salim
The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…
Bad
WhatsApp shares on ‘bad’. Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi: …and a good system will expose…
Rohingya of the Two Nation Doctrine
A recent podcast with the author of the book “Refugee”–it is centered on the 1971…
Delta
The ‘delta’ between the two mind-sets will maintain the equilibrium in the status quo, and…
‘Good’
This morning, I decided to aggregate few ‘good’ ones (WhatsApp shares) that I had received…
Aankhon Ko Visa Nahi Lagta By Gulzar
Blast from the past: Gulzar pens a beautiful ode to Mehdi Hasan, and remembers Ahmed…
Afghanistan: Broad Strokes and Canvases
Irshad Salim: Over the years, paints, brushes, the pellet knife and canvases substituted my textual…
Laila and Majnu
Early morning today, while reading Laila Majnu — an age-old love story turned into a…
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and…
The Photographic News. Two Rainbows. A Rose.
In 1868 a reviewer for The Photographic News described a set of prints made by…
Three Women
Irshad Salim from Karachi: For months I have on my easel a canvas of three…
In These Dissenting Times
To acknowledge our ancestors meanswe are aware that we did not makeourselves, that the line…