Folk Tales of Pakistan: Mirza-Sahiban

Posted on October 26, 2010
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Mast Qalandar In an earlier post on Sohni Mahiwal I had said folklore was a mixture of beliefs, facts and fiction and that it was always a poet who immortalized a love story. But, it is also true that a poet chose to sing a particular story, and not the other, because of its inherent […]

Qulfi-Carts are the New Rickshaws

Posted on October 14, 2010
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Tamashbeen It seems that kulfi carts are becoming the new Rickshaws. The subject of kitsch art and kitsch poetry. As a fan of both, I love these qulfi carts as much as I do rickshaws.

Adil Najam’s Video: Ghar Tou Akhir Apna Hai

Posted on September 27, 2010
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Adil Najam All Things Pakistan was launched with a remix video I had made back in 2006, based on Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Hum DaikhaiN Gay, asĀ  – in some ways ATP was launched because of that video. More than four years and more than three hundred thousand views later (on YouTube) that video still seems […]

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