Social media allows a platform for ordinary people to express their opinions. Many go further and share the actions... Published Sep 23, 2018 06:41am

I like movies with happy endings. Sadness sends me into panic, as if I will never get out from under the weight of ... Published Sep 09, 2018 06:56am

Empathy has become the hot new subject for social scientists. A relatively new term coined in 1909, it is defined as... Published Aug 26, 2018 07:40am

It is estimated that about 130 million babies are born in a year around the world. Each one will be given a ... Published Aug 12, 2018 08:02am

Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks have probably brought him more fame with academics than the 15 paintings he made in... Published Jul 29, 2018 07:37am

As the election draws near, the battle of the image has acquired a frantic momentum. Posters are put up in any... Published Jul 15, 2018 06:26am

Last week I received an email announcing a commemorative session for the late Razia Sajjad Zaheer at the Pak Tea... Published Jul 01, 2018 07:08am

From 1954 to 1999, the advertisement of the Marlborough man — a rugged, lean cowboy smoking a cigarette — became... Published Jun 15, 2018 07:08am

Legend has it that the peacock, the most beautiful of birds, cries in anguish when it glances down at its ugly feet.... Published Jun 03, 2018 07:06am

In my quest to discover the origins of the exquisite tiles in my aunt’s home in Karachi’s old settlement Amil... Published May 20, 2018 07:09am

An exhibition investigates displacement in the wake of aggressive urbanisation Published May 13, 2018 07:20am

In the last chapter of his book The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple gives a harrowing account of a massacre parallel... Published Apr 29, 2018 07:16am

“0 to 60 in Five Seconds;” “Drive it Like You Stole it;” “Lose Your Innocence in 3.9 Seconds” — these... Published Apr 08, 2018 06:48am

Every so often we see a Banyan sapling growing at an impossible location high up on a tall building, like a poet... Published Mar 11, 2018 06:55am

The posters I grew up with were the wonderful psychedelic pop art posters of the 1960s and ’70s. They were ... Published Feb 25, 2018 07:11am

The first time I realised that gypsies were not just characters in a film but real people was as a child when my... Published Feb 11, 2018 07:57am

The basti kids in front of my mother’s house have become avid snooker players, except the snooker table is a cloth... Published Jan 28, 2018 07:33am

Another academic year is about to begin. The number of young people wanting to study art and design is growing. ... Published Jan 14, 2018 08:24am

One rarely sees landscape paintings in art galleries. Landscape painting was always less about documenting... Published Dec 31, 2017 07:05am

Called ‘a space in between’, balconies are both public and private, and a connection with the world outside for women Updated Dec 24, 2017 06:52am