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John Lennon said, “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from...

The recent protests in the US have reawakened the legacy of slavery. Yet, even after eight generations, black communities in these countries are still seen through the prism of slavery.

The news from across the world gets more grim: shut downs or their violations, predictions of the looming economic...

Socialising the young to uphold collective values and behaviour was once the responsibility of a family or a tribe....

Artist Anwar Saeed once found himself alone all day at a friend’s house, without a pencil or pen to be seen. ...

In 1815, the earth’s biggest volcanic eruption in 10,000 years tore apart Mount Tambora in Indonesia. By the...

The tragic rows of wooden coffins in Italy, waiting for a lonely burial, are images difficult to erase. Live data of...

The American painter Mary Cassatt moved to Paris in 1874 and, after a visit to her studio by the French...

“Aurat ke sirf teen roop hotay hain — maan, biwi aur tawaif” [a woman has only three identities — mother,...

Dépaysement, a French word whose literal meaning is ‘to be without a country,’ describes the sense of...

Solomon David Road, Ali Budha Street and Shivadas Street lie parallel to each other off Barnes Street in Ranchore...

“The poet was the most respectable member, sometimes leader, of the tribe.

At this year’s Art and Design Degree Show at the University of Karachi, I was taken aback by the darkness that ...

The subconscious mind manages 95 percent of the brain’s capacity. Humans receive two million bits of information...

The most mesmerising feature of the night sky is the moon, when it first shows itself as a fine sliver for a few...

Artists are naturally drawn to uncertainty, even chaos, within which they find underlying patterns or a glimpse into...

As a norm, society does not take art or artists very seriously — entertaining, stimulating, thought-provoking and...

Most people experience the anxiety and fear of losing their memory. Schoolchildren, orators, stage actors and...

Should art and artefacts that were looted or dubiously purchased during colonial periods be returned to their...

How do families deal with children who show an inclination towards the arts? Drawing and painting, singing, playing...