Nadeem Omar Much like the last photograph in our series on the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, this photograph is also about women at work. But in a different way. This photograph, taken in Lahore probably in the 1960s, brings to light many Pakistani realities; some of which have changed, and some not.
Adil Najam I have often wondered – and seriously – if Pakistanis read? No, not whether they can read. Illiteracy being what it is in Pakistan, there are many – too many – who obviously cannot. But this question does not pertain to them. This is about those who could read if they chose to […]
Nadeem Omar In this, the first in our series of photographs from the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, we want to feature this remarkable photograph taken on a Lahore street-side, probably in the 1950s. A group of four young women unabashedly sitting in a row on a road side in Lahore, picking each other’s heads for lice […]
