TRUMP’S NEO-COLONIAL FANTASY IN GAZA

TRUMP’S NEO-COLONIAL FANTASY IN GAZA

In a series of inflammatory statements, US President Donald Trump has proposed a ‘radical reimagining’ of Gaza — one that involves forcibly relocating its Palestinian population and transforming the enclave into "prime real estate." Updated 17 Feb, 2025 02:13pm
SOCIETY: PRICED OUT OF THE LANDA BAZAAR

SOCIETY: PRICED OUT OF THE LANDA BAZAAR

Thrift markets across Pakistan have long offered people the opportunity to buy ‘pre-loved’, high-end goods at affordable prices.
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
CRICKET: BACK IN THE STANDS

CRICKET: BACK IN THE STANDS

As Pakistan prepares to host the ICC Champions Trophy from February 19 — its first multi-nation cricket
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
EXHIBITION: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

EXHIBITION: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

Symbolism, satire and solitude intertwine in a group show that explores the human condition through the lens of personal exp
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
ARTSPEAK: REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT

ARTSPEAK: REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT

Some revolutions may begin with visionaries, but their success depends on their being adopted as everyday acts of courage and
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE END OF HISTORY?

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE END OF HISTORY?

With the resurgence of populism, electoral authoritarianism and new economic conflict, is liberal democracy now eating its own tail?
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
EPICURIOUS: HAUTE BITES

EPICURIOUS: HAUTE BITES

A lavish dish of tenderloin wrapped in pastry that’s emblematic of the decadence and richness of French cuisine…
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
GARDENING: MY NAME IS RED

GARDENING: MY NAME IS RED

When shifting individual tomato saplings to their permanent location, the trick is to sow them as deep down into the pot or the
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
KARACHI BY NUMBERS

KARACHI BY NUMBERS

From poor female employment numbers to a growing housing crisis, Karachi Census 2023 presents an accurate image of issues that need to be addressed in the city.
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 02:23pm
CULTURE: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

CULTURE: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Behind every city and town name in Pakistan lies a tale — of empires, saints and historical evolution. Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
HOCKEY: THE GREWALS OF GOJRA

HOCKEY: THE GREWALS OF GOJRA

Gojra in Pakistan is renowned as a factory line for some top hockey players of the country. But what’s often forgotten are two
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
HERITAGE: TAXILA UNDER SIEGE

HERITAGE: TAXILA UNDER SIEGE

Taxila was once a thriving centre of learning and trade. Now, it is grappling with misinformation, neglect and encroachment…
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
INTERVIEW: GEOGRAPHIC LEARNINGS

INTERVIEW: GEOGRAPHIC LEARNINGS

The art collective Karachi LaJamia recently won the prestigious 2025 Asia Arts Future (South Asia) Award for its work on the
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
SMOKERS’ CORNER: BIG TECH'S BIG RUSH

SMOKERS’ CORNER: BIG TECH'S BIG RUSH

Tech advancements come with the notion that they're liberating people from old forms of capitalism. But are people being duped and led towards an authoritarian techno-capitalist future?
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 09:37am
ADVICE; AUNTIE AGNI

ADVICE; AUNTIE AGNI

‘My Family Is Against My Working While Studying’
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
GARDENING: THE TOMATO SHIFT

GARDENING: THE TOMATO SHIFT

The tomato plant needs careful nurturing after it germinates, from separating tangled seedlings to fending off transplant shock…
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
SEAVIEW’s CHANGING LANDSCAPE

SEAVIEW’s CHANGING LANDSCAPE

Recent attempts to ‘beautify’ Karachi’s Seaview have resulted in damaging environmental and social consequences that are often ignored by those in power.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 04:45pm
ESSAY: THE PRICE OF NATURE

ESSAY: THE PRICE OF NATURE

Assigning monetary value to nature’s “services” to humans may prompt action, but it risks oversimplifying ecosystems and
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
SOCIETY: DRAWING THE SILENCED

SOCIETY: DRAWING THE SILENCED

Taking a cue from personal loss and a troubled homeland, 24-year-old Hani Baloch is using art to confront Balochistan’s
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
SWIMMING: THE FIRST LADIES OF THE POOL

SWIMMING: THE FIRST LADIES OF THE POOL

The Women’s Sindh Open celebrated its 30th edition last year. The story of women’s swimming in Pakistan owes a great debt to a bunch of mothers from Karachi.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 06:34pm
EXHIBITION: POETRY OF THE INVISIBLE

EXHIBITION: POETRY OF THE INVISIBLE

A complex solo show by Quetta-based artist Fazil Mousavi tapped into the artistic splendour of the Shahnameh while linking
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
ARTSPEAK: INK OF THE SCHOLAR

ARTSPEAK: INK OF THE SCHOLAR

A famous hadith says that the ink of the scholar is superior to the blood of the martyr. Why then did Muslim societies lose their
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
EPICURIOUS: TALES FROM THE TARMAC

EPICURIOUS: TALES FROM THE TARMAC

Watch the world fly by as you sample the very reasonably priced offerings at the latest cafeteria at Karachi’s Jinnah airport
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘I’m Struggling to Balance Career, Finances and Family’
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
GARDENING: RED RIGMAROLE

GARDENING: RED RIGMAROLE

Tomatoes have a long and intriguing history — from their debated classification to their role in cuisine worldwide…
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
THE BIGGEST REALITY SHOW ON EARTH

THE BIGGEST REALITY SHOW ON EARTH

Eos exclusively presents excerpts from Omar Shahid Hamid’s latest novel, The Election, recently published by Liberty Publishing.
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
TENNIS: A CHANGING OF THE GUARD

TENNIS: A CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Of the ‘Big Three’ in tennis — Federer, Nadal and Djokovic — two have already retired and one seems on his way out. But
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
SMOKERS’ CORNER: WESTERN BLIND SPOTS

SMOKERS’ CORNER: WESTERN BLIND SPOTS

As the far-right gains momentum across the West, Western academics long fixated on ‘fragile democracies’ in the Global South are now grappling with the cracks emerging within their own democracies.
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘My Marriage Is Stalled Due To Dower Demands’
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
FESTIVAL: CARNIVAL OF WORDS

FESTIVAL: CARNIVAL OF WORDS

The 16th Karachi Literature Festival was held over three days from February 7-9. An author of two novels assesses the annual...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:29am
FICTION: THE VEGETARIAN PSYCHOSIS

FICTION: THE VEGETARIAN PSYCHOSIS

An Urdu translation of the most famous book by last year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Han Kang, is flawless and...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:23am
NON-FICTION: THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN

NON-FICTION: THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN

An important new book leads one to rethink what the world could have been, had notions of ethnic and civilisational superiority...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:17am
COLUMN: YARDSTICKS OF LIFE

COLUMN: YARDSTICKS OF LIFE

At the 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the two incisive keynote speeches in the inaugural session, by F.S....
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:11am
FICTION: FRAGILE FACADES

FICTION: FRAGILE FACADES

Awais Khan’s latest novel, about a married Lahore high-society couple trying to navigate a relationship fraught with personal...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:33am
NON-FICTION: RAFI AND HIS VOICE

NON-FICTION: RAFI AND HIS VOICE

A stupendous piece of painstaking research, a new book in Urdu provides the most comprehensive listing of Mohammed Rafi songs...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:26am
COLUMN: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY

COLUMN: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY

The pronoun ‘hum’ or ‘we’ is added to many of Farsi-Urdu nouns to create poetic, evocative compounds such as...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:24am
NON-FICTION: THE MELANCHOLIC CITY

NON-FICTION: THE MELANCHOLIC CITY

A historian looks at Lahore as a case-study to see how his hometown has systematically lost its connection to its many-splendoured
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:17am
ESSAY: TWO REVOLUTIONARY POETS

ESSAY: TWO REVOLUTIONARY POETS

Dr Mahmood Ali Ayub compares the life experiences and poetic styles of two celebrated poets — Pakistan’s Faiz Ahmed Faiz...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:10am
COLUMN: PEDAGOGY AND HIGH-WIRE ACTS

COLUMN: PEDAGOGY AND HIGH-WIRE ACTS

Sometimes the lack of stimulation is just what the mind needs to develop in a healthy way. I recently thought about...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:03am
NON-FICTION: NOTES ON A SCANDAL

NON-FICTION: NOTES ON A SCANDAL

While a new book about the scandalous death of poet and former bureaucrat Mustafa Zaidi more than 50 years ago still doesn’t give
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:58am
FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE

FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE

An English translation of Hasan Manzar’s Urdu novel Habs successfully retains the style and meaning of the original work
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:40am
COLUMN: CHRONICLES OF SINDH

COLUMN: CHRONICLES OF SINDH

In Jamshoro, a couple of months ago, I had a chance to visit the M.H. Panhwar Institute of Sindh Studies. The...
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:35am
FICTION: POWER AND POPULISM

FICTION: POWER AND POPULISM

A gripping tale about prevailing political realities, Omar Shahid Hamid’s sixth novel is a playful political satire about power
Published 19 Jan, 2025 09:11am
NON-FICTION: CREATING A CULTURAL SPACE

NON-FICTION: CREATING A CULTURAL SPACE

A coffee table book chronicles the convoluted journey of the establishment of the National Art Gallery in Islamabad, from its...
Published 19 Jan, 2025 08:58am