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More than a Woman

rajesh — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:20:44 +0000

To rail against polygamy is to argue that women in monogamous relationships are necessarily better off. Would that this were the case.

19 April 2010
BY: Faiza S. Khan

A Day at the Karachi Litfest

rajesh — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:41:52 +0000

I so look forward to the day when cultural activities in Pakistan can be judged on merit rather than the apparently astonishing fact that they exist to begin with.

24 March 2010
BY: Faiza S. Khan

The Death of a City

rajesh — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:15:38 +0000

Lahore, the big, fat, privileged cultural and artistic capital of Pakistan, is running to seed.

2 February 2010
BY: Faiza S. Khan

A Fictional Boom

rajesh — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:21:57 +0000

Pakistan’s alleged literary boom is becoming a case of counting one’s novelists before they hatch.

9 January 2010
BY: Faiza S. Khan

No Sex Please, We’re Pakistani

rajesh — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:43:18 +0000

The Newsline sex survey, titled ‘Sex and the Pakistani Woman’, might lead some readers to believe it may be about sex and the Pakistani woman. It isn’t.

17 December 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan

Leap of Faith

rajesh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:53 +0000

To look to Islam for answers to why Pakistan’s brainwashed militants are carrying on in the name of religion is to fall for the greatest red herring of this age.

20 November 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan

The Devil Wore Purdah

rajesh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:10:02 +0000

Fashion shows are just that, not some great act of defiance, even in a country admittedly going to hell.

9 November 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan

Take a Chance on Me?

rajesh — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:11:41 +0000

Girls in spandex singing ABBA may well be the last stand against the Taliban, but it’s also still just girls in spandex singing ABBA.

17 October 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan

Culture Unplugged

rajesh — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:33:44 +0000

…and now Pakistan wants to cleanse its airwaves of vulgar alien (read: Indian) influences.

8 October 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan

A Girl Called Meera

rajesh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:57:47 +0000

Meera’s story challenges the hypocrisies of the liberal-minded swish set in exactly the same way as Rakhi Sawant’s does.

12 September 2009
BY: Faiza S. Khan