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Peace through music? As the frost that has dogged relations between Pakistan and India ever since Partition starts melting, and the guns along the bloody vale of Kashmir fall silent, peaceniks and most people...		The great bashing game The art of propaganda has changed dramatically since the emergence of mass media as a global information tool. Governments around the world have used newspapers, radio, television and cinema for propagating...
Mechanical animal In 1995, Marilyn Manson released an album called Smells Like Children, which was received, as were his two previous and nine subsequent albums, not entirely in the spirit in which it...		STARBUZZ: Tragedy strikes Actress Meera has undergone a profound change after the sad death of her younger brother, Murtaza Abbas, who was only 22. He died in a car accident in New York on...
Hair apparent Toni and Guy, internationally renowned hairdressers of British origin, brought their label to Karachi recently as they formally launched their salon here. The evening was celebrated by a short hair show...		Flight of the Zeppelin Despite having disbanded in the early ’80s, Led Zeppelin still makes news in this day and age of plastic pop and tough man hip-hop, and is still releasing material, culled from...
REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Under the Tuscan Sun Diane Lane is back. She makes her return with Under the Tuscan Sun, a story that proves that in life, there are second chances. Struggling to come to terms with a devastating divorce, San Franciscan author Frances...		Born to be an actor Humble and articulate, actor Javaid Babar is quite different from many of his peers in showbiz. He believes in hard work and dedication. “For any job, one needs honesty, time and...
Heavy metal thunder They were introduced as progressive rock stars of the country. Till they started to play, nobody knew whether that was a good thing or not. Heck, before Mizraab even took the...		MUSICBOX: Love all around One of the newest marketing gimmicks employed by multinational and local brands is to commission specific songs which, while singing the praises of the product, also offer a lively alternative to...