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10 things I hate about my husband’s friends
Saturday night + after twelve o’clock = parrrtayyyy!!! He insists that these ‘Boys’ Nights Out’ serve a great...
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Bettor’s paradise
The 2011 iteration of the cricket World Cup promises to be a batter’s and bettor’s paradise.
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives: Nine lives
The film is a nostalgic exploration of the magical, mysterious and the miraculous.
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Death in Dhaka
Few things will make one sick to the stomach as quickly as some of the mementoes of the 1971 war in Dhaka.
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Leg break !
Cricket.What a strange game. Long leg, short leg, stump leg, break leg. All manner of mutilated folk.
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The album we made is my greatest source of pride: Haniya
Haniya Aslam, guitarist and member of musical duo Zeb & Haniya, on hope, jazz guitars, and changing the world.
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Mix it up: The Patio
If your motivation for dining on 26th street is to avoid Zamzama traffic, The Patio is no alternative to Flo.
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Desi delight: West is West
West is West is a poignant, charming and well acted film that speaks of the need to acknowledge our past.
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HR Giger Revealed: Monster maker
The documentary tries to cover major aspects of Giger’s work, but fails to keep the viewer interested.
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Back with a bang-le
An inspiring tale about beating the odds.
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Mohsin Hamid: The road less travelled
Novelist Mohsin Hamid came back to Pakistan recently. Is home still where the heart is?
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The ex factor
For me this is definitely the year of the ex-boyfriend.
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10 things I hate about expatriates in the gulf
Just because you live in the world’s wealthiest region, you don’t have to spend like a sheikh.
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The Quran does not preach hatred
No human can kill another human. It is a huge sin. Only God can kill.
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I lie to get out of invitations to parties, weddings: Kiran Aman
Jewellery designer and publisher Kiran Aman on forgiveness, secrets, and being Queen Elizabeth I.
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Career women: Trail blazers
Meet a few determined women who are making waves in their chosen fields.
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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Hollywood’s been beating on dead horses for a while now.
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Up north and personal: Friendly neighbourhood firebrand
The Screech Owl across the orchard is in the throes of a seven year itch.
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Watch what she watches
What little girls watch may affect how they view the world around them.
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Of myths and men
Haven't we had enough of how society uses myths of 'morality' to control women?
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Poser, My life in 23 Yoga Poses: Strike a pose
The book by Claire Dederer, is better than whatever movie version will undoubtedly be made out of it.
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Who’s better, who’s best
They say its a man's world, but it's the girls who rule the schools.
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You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger: A cracked crystal ball
The best thing to say about You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is that it has a fantastic cast.
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10 things I hate about women
The apparent helplessness. Look at me. I’m as fragile as the first rosebud of spring...
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Enter the Void: Tripping up
Enter the Void somehow seems to suffer from a chronic lack of substance.
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M(ad) women
The Pakistani woman in our ads is an unreal creature whose self-worth is determined by approval from those around her.
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I’m very in touch with my feminine side: Uns Mufti
Filmmaker Uns Mufti on living on three dollars a day and his fear of dying slowly.
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Known and Unknown: It wasn’t me
Donald Rumsfeld’s most famous remarks in his memoir Known and Unknown made no sense at all.
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Sui: City of hope
The army gave us the impression that all was well in Dera Bugti, but locals were not as sanguine.
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Manila: Home away from home
As far as travelling around the city is concerned, I found Filipinos to be generally friendly and hospitable.
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Love and Other Drugs: Under the influence
The movie can boast of one distinction — the most revolting meet-cute in rom-com history.
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Terrorising the teachers: Losing the future
Target killings have damaged Balochistan's education sector; teachers not of Baloch descent feel increasingly unsafe.
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Horror scope
What you formerly thought was a bad idea will bloom into a total disaster today...
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Age ain’t nothin’ but a number
Why can’t women be the earners? Why should they not have younger husbands who look after their needs?
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Green Hornet: Dynamic duo
The Green Hornet is a somewhat funny, action packed movie which features lots of cool gadgets.
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I don’t hold onto anything besides my family, friends: Adil Sher
Award-winning director Adil Sher on politicians, cricket and learning to love himself.
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10 things I hate about World Cup fever
Rampant cricket fever means that every man has an opinion on the team’s performance, stamina, groin injuries etc!
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Tent City Prison: The lone gunman
During the past three years, 45,000 convicts have made their way to the tent prison.
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Buried: Six feet under
Watch Buried as a last resort, and certainly not to get a deep insight into the atrocity of war.
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Jaadu: All the right notes
Faiz Ali Faiz and Thierry (Titi) Robin have quite literally been creating magic together.
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Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad: A single man
“These two countries [India and Pakistan] will now focus on the military and society will not develop,” said Azad.
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Dhobi Ghat: Dirty laundry
One appreciates Aamir Khan’s avant garde approach towards Indian cinema.
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10 things I hate about street protests
It has become a precondition of revolution to carry banners that read like they were written by six-year-olds.
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Power to the people
A look back at some of the greatest moments in history reveals who revolutions' real heroes are.
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What storms may come
One minute everything was normal, and the next, the big man in the sky breathed it all in.
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The Revolution will not be Twitterised
Wake up call: revolutions do not take place in front of a keyboard or by sharing grainy photos of street protests.
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Egypt: The end of the beginning
Mubarak’s departure in itself means little.
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Middle East revolution: And we all fall down…
The question the region’s observers and many of its leaders are asking is: who’s next?
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I don’t let go of things at the right time: Sharmila Farooqi
Sharmila Farooqi on mood swings, being a girl-next door and the love of her life.
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YouTube video of the day: From magazine to stardom
A laugh-a-second mockumentary on how appearing in the Sunday magazine can make stars out of random people.

















































