South Asia at 70
Letter from the Editor in Chief
As I welcome our readers to our September Issue, my heart is heavy with the …
Letter From The Editor
When we look back at the seventy years of independence in the South Asia today, …
And Then There Were Two
When the British Empire finally deserted the region once known as the Indian Sub-Continent, …
South Asia at Seventy
This essay focuses on a few prominent historical figures and movements in the art history …
Roshan Ara Bokhari
Roshan Ara Bokhari has been part of the Pakistani dance scene from its inception; she …
An Uncanny Simplicity
Arthur C. Danto, as he ruminates over the definition of art in “What Art is” …
Saira Sheikh – Obituary
Saira Sheikh (1975-2017) – Her beautiful smile and gleaming eyes are alive forever. She …
REREADING REENA KALLAT
Normally the good piece of poetry is described as a verse that cannot be translated. …
Hearsay
The broken telephone: displacing history and making meaning An evidently vintage photograph hangs on …
The Past as Present
Preparations for Pakistan’s Independence Day begin almost a month in advance in Karachi. Roadside …
A Stitch in Time
Stitches only come into being when they experience movement. To move forward in distinctive …
Cans of Soup and Soda
In commemoration of the 70th year of Pakistan’s inception, Sanat Initiative hosted a one-day …
Clap Clap, I Approve
Against intensely colored, jewel bright tones, old, grizzled men serenade each other with musical instruments, …
Prophesies
In 1913, Umberto Boccioni contributed to the movement of Futurism with his ‘Dynamism of a …
LOOKING AT PARTICULAR CASES
Boris Groys is an exceptional writer, because more than being an author, he is a …
We ate the birds
Considering that mankind has only been on this earth for 200,000 years, and civilization dates …
