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NON-FICTION: DETECTIVE IN THE DESERT Salman Rashid looks at Thar beyond man-made borders, connecting the dots between personal observation and historical sources... Updated 25 Jul, 2021 04:39pm
FESTIVAL: VIRTUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT The 12th Karachi Literature Festival was a digital event with audiences forced to take part only from their homes. But it still Published 04 Apr, 2021 06:57am
FICTION: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL A debut novel that shows promise when focusing on the human condition rather than on clichéd themes of drug-running... Published 11 Oct, 2020 07:01am
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FICTION: BEYOND THE PALE Zadie Smith’s first short story collection occupies a remote corner of a universe in which conventional notions of time Published 10 Nov, 2019 06:57am
HISTORY: The Great Wall of Sindh Accessible from Karachi, but in the middle of nowhere, stands a fort that defends nothing. Who built it and why? Updated 05 Feb, 2017 01:46pm
Culture: In search of spirituality Karachi Theosophical Society has been around since 1896 but finds itself searching for younger members and renewed Updated 12 Dec, 2016 10:44am
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