A sufi qawall offering his devotional music at Data Saab’s in Lahore. I, too, am a fan of the so-called ‘Sufi Rock‘, but I sometimes wonder that instead of triggering a broader interest in Sufi music, it might have distracted attention from the ‘real thing’. (Original uploaded on Flickr.com by peterhessel).
Adil Najam June 26 was the International Anti-Drugs Day. This picture, published in the Daily Times (27 June, 2006), was taken at an anti-drugs rally in Islamabad. I thought that the expression on the dholl-wallah’s face was so perfect as was his posture. Its as if he is personally going to ‘beat’ drugs out of […]
Adil Najam Kaleem Omar is a journalist extraordinaire. Prolific, insightful, versatile beyond belief, and always full of surprises. His essay in this weekend’s The News on Sunday (18 June, 2006)‘Nobody in Karachi whistles anymore’ did not disappoint! In the Karachi of the old days, the city of my youth, one often used to hear people […]
