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Time to disco Planned under a lunar eclipse and overshadowed by unprecedented security arrangements, ‘Live in Karachi’ was a project threatened by a multiplicity of bad omens. Yet the organizers came through and, despite...		Poetry in motion Karachi sees many a ghazal evening based on the works of poets of yesteryear, but paying tribute to contemporary poets is less common. ‘Sham-e-Faraz,’ held recently at a hotel to honour...
Richie returns Twenty years ago, if it wasn’t Prince or Michael Jackson, then it was Lionel Richie all over pop radio. And MTV. And the Grammys. And the American Music Awards. The former...		STARBUZZ: Back in the game Rock group Karavan has a penchant for shooting itself in the feet. Just when you think the talented foursome is all set to break out of their cult cocoon and into...
A hide and seek affair Karachi’s upper strata of society seem to be getting bolder by the day. A blatant illustration of this was the recent OGS (Old Grammarians’ Society) performance of The Amorous Ambassador, which...		Towards stability M ental illness is a disease in which the person suffering from it feels less pain than those who take care of the patient. Like other social sectors, Pakistan’s mental healthcare...
Poet with a magical pen Film lyrics such as “Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein,” “Jo waada kiya woh nibhana paray ga,” and “Thandi hawaayein lehra ke aayein” are so popular in the subcontinent that the phrases...		REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Based on Dylan Sheldon’s popular teen novel of the same name, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (COATDQ) is one movie with a plot most teens (especially girls) will be able...
A night at the opera One could have heard the proverbial pin drop. The audience was mesmerized as Signora Tatiana delivered a passionate rendition of Norma. By the time she was through narrating the sad tale,...		MUSICBOX: Tabla beat science The king is back. Karsh Kale, the New York-based ace DJ/producer/tabla nawaz who almost single-handedly brought the sound of the Asian underground to American shores, has dropped his latest, Liberation, a...