‘Hum Dekhen Ge, Lazim Hai Ke Hum Bhi Dekhen Ge’ KARACHI: It is raining for the last four or five hours. I have noticed that for the first few hours of downpour they... Published 07 Sep, 2020 06:32am
HOW TO BE SMART ABOUT OLD AGE Some common sense rules to cope with ageing Published 07 Jul, 2019 07:25am
METROPOLIS: BEAUTIFICATION AND THE BEASTS What development agencies have often done in the name of ‘beautification’ of Karachi has been nothing but money-making Published 20 Jan, 2019 08:58am
HERITAGE: AS KARACHI CONTINUES TO VANISH Despite a multitude of art lovers in the city, Karachi’s architectural heritage is slowly disappearing Published 06 Jan, 2019 06:33am
SOCIETY: CONVERSATIONS IN MUSIC Music speaks louder than words for an autistic child, but there are no music teachers for children with special needs Published 30 Sep, 2018 06:28am
Young sitarist enthrals audience at T2F KARACHI: The comment may sound outrageous, but one’s observation has been that a trained classical artist, in most... Published 26 Mar, 2018 06:19am
NOSTALGIA: NO MORE HOLIDAYS IN THE US The joy of visiting America has been tempered by Trump’s vitriol Published 18 Feb, 2018 06:46am
Scintillating sitar on a Sunday morning As per APMC tradition, the programme began on time with presentation of raag Charukeshi Published 27 Nov, 2017 06:37am
MUSIC: KILLING US SOFTLY With no dearth of talent in Pakistan, the tone-deaf treatment of classical music by the government and corporate sector Published 26 Nov, 2017 06:57am
IN MEMORIAM: THE MAESTRO’S LAST NOTE The death of one of the greatest exponents of sitar, Ustad Rais Khan, has impoverished the world of music Updated 14 May, 2017 01:08pm
CITYSCAPES: BREAD AND FOUNTAINS A leisure trip to the mother-of-all townships becomes a lesson in life Updated 30 Apr, 2017 07:04am
Sitar maestro Ustad Imdad Husain bows out KARACHI: The gentle, unassuming, quiet, always smiling, and one of the most able and sincere teachers of sitar ... Published 31 Mar, 2016 06:25am
In focus: Keeping old melodies alive The last six decades have seen strange things happening to music in this country. First, there was a wealth of... Published 20 Oct, 2013 08:44am
Ravi Shankar and Sitar were synonymous I CAN’T say about other music lovers who were born during the middle of the last century, but I became familiar with the word sitar and its sound when I heard the name Ravi Shankar. In other words, sitar and Ravi Shankar were synonymous. Published 12 Dec, 2012 09:10pm
Trial and error iv id= “Why is it that people underestimate and downplay everything that is done on a trial and error basis?” To... Published 04 Apr, 2010 12:00am
Education and learning iv id= “Frankly speaking, education is a racket,” said Babboo. “You have a knack of passing sweeping judgment on ... Published 21 Mar, 2010 12:00am