By: Dur Bibi Ishaque Twenty one minutes film narrates all irregularities of society. The film, There Was a Madman, is directed by Sharjil Baluch, the man who plays the character of ordinary member of society, and written by Zahir Lahri, the person who plays the character of a mad man, Shah Jee. Attractive dialogues and incredible expressions of the characters ...
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Dance: A Way of Knowing
By: Dur Bibi Ishaque Every year, University of Karachi (UOK), Karachi, celebrates Student’s Week; a week for students’ entertainments, display of creativity and discovery of hidden potential. In this week, classes are suspended at 11 am. An event is also organized every year during the Student’s Week, namely “Baloch Fun Fair (BFF)” by Baloch Students Educational Organizations-University of Karachi (BSEO-UOK), ...
Read More »Guli- A Knight Lady
By: Dur Bibi Ishaque Film culture emerged in Baloch society some eight years ago. It has been developing very rapidly for last for 5 to 8 years. This spring not only came in Baluchistan but also blossomed in Karachi. Quality short films and documentaries highlighting social and political issues gave a great phase to medium of films in Baloch Society. ...
Read More »Lyari Literary Forum: An upright support for a superstructure
By: Dur Bibi Lyari Literary Forum(LLF) completed its organising body and moved toward cabinet on April 1,2018 when the members of LLF were not even sure that whether this team could lead the youths and revive the book and Literature culture in Lyari. When the name of Lyari emerges in mind, the concept of violence also appears but the people ...
Read More »The Lyari Under-Ground
By: Durr BiBi Ishaque Music Producer-Singer A.R Rehman says “The idea of music is to liberate the listeners and lead them to a frame where they feel that they are elevated.” There are various genres of music and one is the ‘Rap Genre’ among them. The Rap is a vocal technique of the Hip-Hop music and it is a sub-culture ...
Read More »The relation between Lyari and music
By: Durr Bibi Ishaque Lyari is the most famous area of Karachi, the capital of the Sindh, Pakistan. It is the most densely populated town of city, and it was also called ‘’wild south’’ few years back. Wild side of Lyari is most apparent one, which is well known to world. The Lyari gangwar is of more than 40-year-old. When ...
Read More »Turbat: From Fortunate to Unfortunate Reign
By: Durr BiBi Ishaque I know that the title of this piece is title bizarre. It should be unfortunate to fortunate because we should move from badness to goodness, not from goodness to badness; order of human nature. But it’s fortune of Baloch which is itself bad. Firstly, I talk about what is a fortunate life? Fortune maybe luxurious for ...
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