During one of my story-building workshops in a public school in Larkana, in which I was tasked to help Grade 9 and 10 girls write
Published09 Nov, 202508:20am
Just like society needs structure and laws to keep diverse groups of people together, the Book Club too, must have a supervising
Updated12 Oct, 202511:31am
In this column, we return to the structure of Qissa Chhabili Bhattiyari [Chhabili the Innkeeper] discussed earlier, to study how
Published06 Jun, 202507:32pm
The qissa is a marvellous genre that encompasses every imaginable form of storytelling, from adventures to travelogues to healing
Published06 Apr, 202510:46am
A kind of poetic justice was meted out to me some years later. My school had been recently nationalised and, while a number of
Published02 Mar, 202508:03am
While conducting storytelling sessions at schools, I am often requested for stories with morals. I can understand the concern
Published27 Oct, 202409:41am
About a decade ago, when I was living in Karachi, I started thinking about how a lightweight, well-integrated public library model
Published28 Jul, 202408:17am
