Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:58 |
By Zehra Naqvi
For its fifth annual Festival of Asian Literature, running from the 10th- 26th May, the Asia House is hosting a number of interesting programmes encompassing a vast array of topics from food to politics, including a night of Persian poetry, a storytelling event for families, discussions with upcoming Asian writers and a talk by Hanif Qureshi on ‘Culture, Free Speech and Power’ which will also mark its end. Zehra Naqvi reflects on her experience of the festival so far with The Samosa.
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 21:18 |
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Saturday, 23 April 2011 14:39 |
By Mallika Sarabhai
There is an Indian Summer on in London's spring. The sun is harsh, the heat intense. And unlike at home, no fans or air-conditioners. Locals rejoice, I sweat. But there is another Indian Summer on here too. The South Bank Centre is celebrating its second Alchemy Festival, a ten-day extravaganza of performances, debates, workshops, lectures, installations and poetry readings of things Indian, South Asian and especially British South Asian. There are the normal suspects from India - Muzaffar Ali and his Sufis; Alarmel Valli and Kailash Kher. Of much more interest to me are the second generation of British Indian performers.
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Last Updated on Friday, 29 April 2011 14:48 |
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Friday, 01 April 2011 13:38 |
By Nadir Hassan
At first glance, the second iteration of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was a rerun of the first, with the same venue and the same authors talking about the same books. A closer look at the programme, however, showed that this was a continuation, not a retread. Sure, most of the authors from last year were making a repeat appearance but the line-up had more than tripled. With more than 100 authors on the slate, there was something for everyone even if, with three sessions running simultaneously, it wasn’t possible to get more than a sampling of the panels on offer. If the KLF continues growing at this rate, it may soon need to add another day to its schedule.
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Last Updated on Friday, 01 April 2011 13:47 |
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:47 |
In a Foreign Office film launched today, former Pakistani cricketer and current spin bowling coach for the England Cricket Team Mushtaq Ahmed discusses why he has enjoyed living and working in the UK.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:03 |
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Wednesday, 09 March 2011 10:29 |
By Hajrah Mumtaz
If we believe in the conventional wisdom that art and culture are vital for the wellbeing of any given society, then matters don’t appear to augur well for Pakistan.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 March 2011 10:35 |
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011 18:10 |
By Shiroma Silva
“Tis the infirmity of his age: yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself,” said Regan of her father. It’s a sentiment that comes through clearly about the central character in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of King Lear. Playing the traditional old man who gets madder as the play progresses, Greg Hicks depicts the ageing King as a character who, though lost in madness, has a self-taunting self-reflective quality.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 18:31 |
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 16:32 |
By Zainab Rahim
Any story that allows children to take household matters into their own hands, beat their bullying headteacher and obtain magical powers to their advantage is bound to strike a chord with many a regular child.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 12:38 |
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Monday, 29 November 2010 11:12 |
By Anwar Akhtar
The Samosa is supporting Photo Encounter Pakistan, an initiative by DawnRelief aimed at raising funds for Pakistan’s flood-affected people. The exhibition will feature more than 300 pictures by Pakistan’s top photographers including Arif Ali, Umair Ghani, Ayesha Vellani, Tapu Javeri, Pervaiz A Khan, Arif Mahmood and Mahmood Qureshi at the RAG factory in East London.
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 December 2010 00:19 |
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