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Back with a new Mantra The year was 2001. Composer and keyboardist Faakhir took off on a solo flight to stardom as a singer. He encountered obstacles and raised many a brow on the way but...		The Ghazal gala The sudden burst of energy evident at the recent National Ghazal Festival organized by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in Karachi, with the collaboration of the private sector,...
Paris (Hilton) for a day Somewhere, if only in the depths of your pockets, you have to find a crumb of sympathy for Paris Hilton. Recently, the hotel heiress and reality TV star has, not for...		Soul food The fifth Annual Children’s Benefit Concert held at the Karachi Parsi Institute grounds by the Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) was an uplifting experience. The children included special children, orphans, and...
Bangla bash A cultural evening held to mark the national day of Bangladesh saw a large number of singers and dancers and popular musicians from the culturally enriched land perform at a five-star venue in the city....		A singing scholar Subhra (pronounced Shubhra) Guha recently mesmerised the lovers of classical and semi-classical music at her concerts in Lahore and Karachi for about two hours....
Sophia’s choices She has the face and the figure, the attitude and the charm, and grace and elegance just seem a natural part of her. Even though Sophia Mirza falls a bit short,...		MUSICBOX After 2000’s Warning, Green Day had gone into a self-imposed hiatus. The band has now broken the protracted hibernation spell as it bounces back onto the music scene with its seventh studio album: American Idiot....
STARBUZZ Karachi’s high society gals were recently seen busy nibbling at hors d’ oeuvres while watching top models winding their way between the guests who were huddled together....		REVIEWSPREVIEWS A decade ago Jim Carrey starred in The Mask, a big-screen venture full of his mischievous stunts and the then-cutting-edge special effects....