What Plagues Thar
From the Blog pakteahouse [image: Nomade-Huts-in-Thar-Desert-] *Ali Izhar Bajwa* Just a few days back in a routine news segment it was casually discussed that a certain number of malnourished children died in Thar. For anyone following the news regularly this is regular news and with other more ‘significant’ developments of recent taking the precious airtime Thar’s persisting distress has been reduced to a mere mention in the bulletins. The fact that was exponentially more striking in the case of this particular mention was that the mother who had brought her suffering child to the hospital not only had to endure the agony of losing him/her but to top it off did not have enough money to make the journey back. We are passing through a phase and cusp in the history of our country where we can smell optipakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
The Karachi Whiz Kid and Pakistan’s First Hand Drawn Animated Flick
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* In 2012, a young, unassuming Pakistani musician from Karachi created waves after being selected as a TEDGlobal Fellow, following the success of his brilliant composition, Fire Fly, which went viral a year before. Sharing stage space at TEDGlobal – a conference that brings together trailblazers from across the world to deliver inspiring talks – with his idol, the renowned guitarist, Preston Reed, Usman Riaz was quickly propelled into fame. [image: TEDGlobal 2012: Usman Riaz and Preston Reed. (Photo by James Duncan Davidson)]TEDGlobal 2012: Usman Riaz and Preston Reed. (Photo by James Duncan Davidson) This year, while still in its initial stages, Riaz’s The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first hand drawn animated production, brings with it the magic and innocence ofpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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