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SQUANDERED POTENTIAL
Ahead of the announcement of a new tourism policy in Gilgit-Baltistan, Eos explores the roadblocks that have prevented
ARTSPEAK: THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT
In my quest to discover the origins of the exquisite tiles in my aunt’s home in Karachi’s old settlement Amil...
EXHIBITION: THE OBSCURE MASTER
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot rejected fame and wealth, but deeply inspired the Impressionists
EXHIBITION: BOUGAINVILLEAS AND CURRENCY NOTES
A two-person exhibition presents a low-key, minimalistic collection of drawings and paintings
SOCIETY: FADE TO BLACK
Once thriving spaces for escapism, Karachi’s single-screen cinemas are a dying breed
SKINCARE: ALL NATURAL DIY SKINCARE
Why go for expensive, branded skincare products when you can make them yourself from natural ingredients at home?
CLIFTONIA: UNBEARABLE HAPPINESS
Which country in the world provides you with this level of contentment, joy and unaccountability?
EPICURIOUS: EASY, BREEZY SUMMER SPREAD
An appetising lunch for the long, hot summer days
ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI
‘I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, but my mother doesn’t understand’
GARDENING: ‘CAN ROSES BE GROWN IN KARACHI?’
All your gardening queries answered
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE RETURN OF FAZLUR RAHMAN
One Islamic scholar not only had a striking influence on Gen Ayub but also advised Zulfikar Ali Bhutto later
POLITICS: IRAN’S NEW BEST FRIEND
Iran’s door to the West is slamming shut, and that leaves China as its business partner.
X-SQUARE: CRICKET’S CHINA SHOP
A fair chance for both the bat and the ball make a contest even and intriguingly interesting.
IN MEMORIAM: ‘WE HAVE LOST A GEM’
Mansoor Ahmed, who passed away on May 12, was one of the finest goalkeepers in the history of field hockey.
HOW BAD PLANNING IS RUINING PESHAWAR
Fears are mounting that the city of flowers is wilting under political expediency.
THE BRT BALANCE-SHEET
There are many wild theories floating around about the Peshawar BRT. An urban transport solutions expert separates
HERITAGE: DRIVING MISS JINNAH
Restoring and relocating Fatima Jinnah’s cars was a labour of love for a classic-car lover
EXHIBITION: ILLUSIONS OF THREE-DIMENSIONALITY
An exhibition brings forth a group of artists whose use of light, shadow and
geometric patterns create perplexing
EXHIBITION: ORDER AND CHAOS
Two artists tell a story of a city that comes across as both introspection and political commentary
EXHIBITION: UNCOMPROMISING LINES
An exhibition investigates displacement in the wake of aggressive urbanisation
MOTHER’S DAY: 10 THINGS THAT MOM SAID AND WE SHOULD’VE LISTENED TO
Mom may have been right all the while but did we ever believed so
ESSAY: THE PROBLEM WITH NOBEL
The Nobel Prize in Literature will not be awarded this year, amid allegations of sexual misconduct against ...
COLUMN: AMONG EYELESS STATUES
The shock that then jolts the reader is the substitution in the reader’s mind of the rats by people...
NON-FICTION: LIFE COACHES
A self-help book draws on the experiences and insights of over 140 captains of industry
NARRATIVE ARC: VERSE IS OUR SAVING GRACE
American musician Tom Waits beautifully said once that this world is a hellish place and bad writing is destroying...
FICTION: THE LEGEND OF NEWTON FRANCES XAVIER
The best part about Jeet Thayil’s dazzling and dizzying sophomore novel is its book within a book
NON-FICTION: LETTING WOMEN BE HEARD
A qualitative study into Muslim women in India allows its subjects to form their own narratives
QUICKFIRE: ‘ABOUT ELEVEN’ QUESTIONS WITH SHAZAF FATIMA HAIDER
Shazaf Fatima Haider is the author of two novels: How It Happened and the recently released A Firefly in the Dark....
IN MEMORIAM: CRYING OVER WOLFE
The white-suited wizard of ‘New Journalism’ who exuberantly chronicled American culture, passed away this week at age 88
FICTION: DREAMS AND DUST
An English translation does justice to Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s deeply insightful novel
NARRATIVE ARC: THE PAIN OF QUETTA
After a three-hour delay in departure from Islamabad, it was a turbulent flight to Quetta. The faint-hearted ...
NON-FICTION: THE PRICE OF STRATEGIC BLUNDERS
A Pulitzer-winning author details the lack of coherence and consistency that have characterised US military involvement
COLUMN: DICTATORS AS WRITERS
The larger-than-life shadow of despotic tyrants takes over all aspects of society, from work ethics to spirituality....
NON-FICTION: HOLLYWOOD’S FEMME FATALES
Call it a tribute or a memoir, this book tells you more about the changing times of Hollywood than any history book
NON-FICTION: BREAKING MYTHS OF THE SILENT WOMAN
History is mostly about men. Two well-produced books relish demolishing that characterisation
FICTION: DJINNS AND GHOSTS OF MEMORY
A series of interlocking short stories conjures up the supernatural and the games our brains play with the past
INTERVIEW: ‘MY FIRST LOVE IS LITERATURE’ — GULZAR
One of the most iconic filmmakers and film lyricists of the subcontinent, Sampooran Singh Kalra aka Gulzar was born...
FICTION: COLOURED IDENTITIES
A novel grapples with the crises of identities in multicultural America, but fails to flesh out its Pakistani characters
POETRY: PERILS OF TRANSLATING POETRY
Christopher Shackle’s translation of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s Risalo loses out on nuance, but is consistent, articulate
NARRATIVE ARC: A SEASON IN HELL
Even after centuries have passed, the charm and enigma of great verse from anywhere has the strength to move someone...
FICTION: THE SADNESS OF SEPARATION
A collection of poetry and short stories by Gulzar about Partition have finally been published in Pakistan in the script