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FIRST PERSON: Made for each other The steaming cup of tea was just the right thing needed to fight off the penetrating chill that filled the spacious room of KTV station’s PRO, Ghazala Yasmeen. More warmth pervaded...		FOCAL POINT: A literary void on TV Are we an intellectually bankrupt society? That’s a question that a host of perceptive individuals are posing these days. One of the reasons for their skepticism is the mediocrity-infested software that...
Ulster calling Hhistory, the Troubles, barbed wire, why God, why? History, bombs, Belfast, why God, why? These aren’t real lyrics from a song about Belfast. They were automatically assembled from a series of words typed into a “random lyric generator”....		Between the lines The cool, conditioned environs of the FTC’s auditorium recently witnessed the holding of a play, Woody Allen’s Play it again Sam by students of L’ecole. The amateur players did a decent...
STARBUZZ: Centre of attraction Lollywood has always shown interest in pop singers for some time. Five years back, Fakhr-i-Alam was a real star, as far as film producers were concerned, and everyone wanted him in...		REVIEWSPREVIEWS: The recruit Although Al Pacino is undoubtedly one of the most gifted actors of his generation, rookie Colin Farrell is whom everyone is talking about in their new movie The recruit. Straight off...
SPOTLIGHT: Note from the underground Recently, an article on Zakfest which took place at the Karachi Arts Council was published in Images. It must be said after going through it the piece presented an exceedingly opinionated...		Festivity by the sea Wading through the overwhelming sea of humanity that throngs the shrine of Abdallah Shah Ghazi this time of year for the saint’s Urs or death anniversary, one approached another festival, far...
RISING STAR: British Asian songbird As British Asia comes of age, various multifaceted members of this community are emerging from the woodwork to present themselves on the world stage. The interesting thing is that many of...		MUSICBOX: Norah, Norah, Norah! Imagine a voice not quite as forceful as Aretha Franklin, but every bit as soulful. Norah Jones’s smoke and mirrors sound is a breath of fresh air in a world of...