National bloggers conference 09, don’t flog just blog!!
Today was a great day, I arrived at the national bloggers conference at the Regent plaza hotel around 330pm and stuck there till almost the end. What I got to hear and see were great speaking sessions by some of the most noteworthy bloggers in town, Jehan Ara, Awab, Farhan, Ammar, Asghar, Raja, Ramla, Ammar(Urdu…
National Bloggers Conference Live!!
National Bloggers Conference Live
Shadow Wars
On my way to work today I saw a billboard, one of the many large ones that litter the vision of those driving in Karachi. It said; “Umrah on easy installments, now everyone can do Umrah†– that pretty much put our current religious compass in perspective for me and I laughed as I imagined…
An open letter to karachi
By Sitwat Rizvi I had no particular affinity with the city of Karachi having moved here only three months ago. When I came to Pakistan I was a little lost, a little lonely and completely out of touch with who I was or where I truly belonged. Luckily I stumbled upon The Citizens Archive of…
National bloggers conference
To all the Bloggers out there and the Bloggerettes and the Blaggers and the Blaggerrets, the 18th of April shall see us gather under the roof of Regent Plaza Hotel Karachi to unleash our collective might upon this land. Hmm sounds skeery? Actually no its going to be a “National Bloggers Conference” where the IT…
Shanaakht 2009
The Shanaakht festival kicked off at 3pm for the general public at the arts council today. I got there a little after 3pm as I had heard so much about it that I wanted to be among the first to check it out, I can safely say I did not leave disappointed as it was…
| THEN & NOW |
A lot has changed for some and yet nothing for others. ‘THEN & NOW’ is an attempt to visually dissect or connect the similarities that have occurred over the decades in Pakistan. The idea for this project is to stimulate people to dig out old images from their family albums and connect them to present…
Shanaakht
Dear Youth of Today, Going through an IDENTITY CRISIS? Well now is the time to find out who you really are!!! The Citizens Archive of Pakistan brings to you The Shanaakht festival – a chance to rediscover your identity. This five day event will run from the 8th to 12th of April 2009 at the…
March madness II
15th March, Long march, 15th March, Long march that is all I have had the pleasure of hearing on any sound waves anywhere in this urban jungle we call kolachi. Our media, our radio channels our political debates, our drawing rooms our bedrooms they are all marching to the same zany unstoppable mayhem that is…