Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Lots of changes have taken place in each and every realm, each and every sphere over the ages which have been heralded as improvement, improvisation or advancement. Whether that really is so or is just a case of our ...

Monday, May 20, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Laughter, that essence of all existence, something that really is the motivating force behind living, seems to have become a rare commodity for us Karachiites, we who are condemned day in and day out to hearing and ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi We may have, at various junctures, achieved a high economic growth rate but all that is nullified by our abysmal standing as regards the social indicators, the yawning gap between the handful of stinking rich, and the ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Pakistan and the Indus Valley civilisation are full of historical heritage and archeological treasures and we must endeavour to portray these to the world. This observation was made by Saeed Ahmed Awan, Secretary, ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi There are no apparently senseless blobs of clashing colours, no symbols that require of one to resort to mental acrobatics to fathom as to what it could be all about. They are plain and simple paintings in black and white, ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi It is all about deflating the ego and attaining a stage of spiritual elevation where tolerance reigns supreme. It is all about spiritual ascent. At least that is what Dubai-based Pakistani artist Faiza Shaikh has tried ...

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi While most people hold the institution of democracy synonymous with the US, a poster exhibition currently on at the Arts Council under the joint aegis of the Arts Council and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), ...

Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Within and without-that is the title of an art exhibition currently on at the Full Circle Art Gallery, Clifton, and true to the title, it incorporates many no-holds-barred unconventional aspects. The exhibition brings ...

Sunday, May 05, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Like all art galleries in town putting up shows almost round the clock, the Alliance Francaise Art Gallery was also host to one Saturday evening but with a difference. While most other art galleries patronize modern ...

Friday, May 03, 2013
Anil Datta
Karachi Classical music buffs in town (of whom there’s no shortage) were in for a rare treat Thursday evening with French concert pianist Martine Mirabel-Pitte performing works by Debussy, Faure, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff at the ...