Rock ’n’ roll refugee
He is the greatest modern musician of this country, and perhaps beyond. To him, the issue of genre rarely comes up as jazz, the blues, rock, pop, bhangra, semi-classical and countless...
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Last of the greatest
While Ashfaque Ahmed started his literary career as a short story writer of high talent and soft fragrance, the electronic media made him a household name as early as the start...
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Diana, the victim
One fact everyone seems to know about Princess Diana these days is that she was an ace manipulator of the media. This view has arisen relatively quickly. In the immediate aftermath...
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The soul of music
It is said that music transcends the boundaries of language. My belief in this saying was further reinforced after attending the three-day Second Cultural Action for Change Festival aimed to celebrate...
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STARBUZZ: Sonia’s beverage campaign
Things are looking up for Sonia Khan after her spate of bad luck, leading to her rather desperate attempts to get back in the spotlight. The grapevine is abuzz with the...
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Taking comedy seriously
Paradoxical as it may sound, Yaro Yeh Bhi Naqli Hai — a play put up recently by Take 2 Theatres as part of the ongoing Artfest at a local hotel —...
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MUSICBOX: Party on!
Country music is not everyone’s cup of tea. Apart from country-popster Shania Twain and mavericks the Dixie Chicks, other country music artists have had little success in recent years in cracking...
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REVIEWSPREVIEWS: The Manchurian Candidate
Politics has always been an evil business, be it in the US, Pakistan or anywhere else in the world. But The Manchurian Candidate treats the viewer to an interesting interpretation of...
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