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The Albert Hall experience ‘Rhythms of the Indus’ opened at a packed Albert Hall in London with the usual warnings of a desi fiasco: the habitual late start, a baby howling in the audience that...		Films of peace and violence Toronto hosts some of the most prestigious international film festivals and not surprisingly, considering the large desi community here, many films centre on South Asian issues. Two very diverse films were...
Lagging behind Recently, there was news that Warner Brothers was hiring a Pakistani-American, Kamran Pasha, to pen the script for one of their forthcoming films based on the fabled Taj Mahal and the...		To sing or not to sing You’ve been winding down so many different paths. How did you land from engineering to music?...
The heart-throb that never was Nick Nolte’s living room is a labyrinth of velvety antique couches, large Australian musical instruments and half a dozen coffee tables decorated with naked bronze statues holding up lamps. Scattered throughout...		Reincarnation of Khuda ki basti Shaukat Siddiqui’s Adamjee Adabi prizewinner of 1964, Khuda ki basti (KKB) is perhaps the only novel-based TV serial in the history of Pakistan which not only drew a large audience, but...
Quiet and good looking Introverted and unassuming, Imran Abbas is a model one looks at twice. Yet he feels that good looks alone don’t make a great model, nor can one rely solely upon luck....		MUSICBOX Saliva is a promising five-man show with Josey Scott as the guy in-charge. Back Into The System is an inspiring sequel to Saliva’s smash gold album Every Six Seconds and the band seem to be riding the crest of success once again....
Quizzing the musicians Computers are an important part of the music making process and they are here to stay. This was the message delivered by three of Pakistan’s prominent musicians; Ali Noor, Faakhir and...		REVIEWSPREVIEWS X2: X-Men United, the sequel to 2000’s X-Men, is superior to the original film in every way. It’s better written, has cooler special effects, and doesn’t have to waste time introducing all the characters....