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Khurram's Desk: September 2011
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Friday, 23 September 2011. The Cinema of Rumi. This is an impressionistic representation of what Pakistani cinema possibly stood for in its Golden Age (1966-86). If the video doesn't appear here, please watch it at Youtube. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bill clintons visit 2000. Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. The spirit of muslim culture. میر کے دین و مذہب کو. What is Muslim Nationalism? اُردو ادب کے عناصرِ خمسہ. Jafri Reveals the Truth. Here are two interest...
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Khurram's Desk: Cinema and Society, Up to 2006
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Sunday, 31 January 2010. Cinema and Society, Up to 2006. These writings which I am collecting as. Cinema and Society, Up to 2006,. Trace my journey through questions and explorations in film criticism theory from 1987 to 2006 (see “. The Valley of Wonderment. Importance of Being Eve. Sold for a Song. Women and Cinema in Pakistan. Part II: Profiles and Interviews. Sometime in the mid-1980s, in the Urdu edition of UNESCO’s magazine for the youth,. A little later, around 1987, I came upon. These ideas never...
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Khurram's Desk: July 2010
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Friday, 30 July 2010. Workshop on the Power of Consensus. SOIS (Society of Iqbal Studies) presents. The Power of Consensus. How are our personal opinions related to opinions of the society, and do we lose or win by respecting this connection? What are the types of consensus and how do we recognize them? Why do we need to recognize them? Are there existing sources of moral power which we have failed to utilize? How can we empower ourselves with the least effort? Saturday, July 31, 2010. 4 pm to 6 pm.
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Khurram's Desk: December 2010
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Friday, 31 December 2010. Never judge a book by its cover, they say. Imagine a child who is interested in Yeti, comes upon a tantalizing title such as. Yeti: the Abominable Snowman. And excitedly reads cover to cover only to find out that the book contains evidence to show that the abonimable snowman is a myth, and no such creature actually exists. Remember this the next time you hear someone talk about Saleena Karim’s book,. Secular Jinnah and Pakistan: What the Nation Doesn’t Know. One of the drawbacks...
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Khurram's Desk: November 2010
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Sunday, 28 November 2010. The Parable of the Sea. The following is my article published today as 'Samandar, a Parable? 8220;The young Bengalis were quieter than usual at the Dacca and Chittagong Clubs,” the American Consulate General in Dhaka wrote secretly to the US Department of State a little later. Against this backdrop, the film. There are no conclusive answers but there are some pointers. Director Rafiq Razvi was known to be a patriotic filmmaker: his best-known work was. Were written by Sehba Akht...
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Khurram's Desk: What is Muslim Nationalism?
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Monday, 10 May 2010. What is Muslim Nationalism? While writing the second part of Secrets and Mysteries (1915-18), Iqbal felt especially excited about expounding "the philosophy of Muslim nationalism in a manner it has never been stated before." What is this philosophy, then? Perhaps we owe it to Iqbal to at least know it. Iqbal's philosophy of Muslim nationalism can be divided into two sections: the "pillars of Muslim nation-hood" and "special features of the Muslim nation.". Unity of God;. A nation req...
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Khurram's Desk: May 2011
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Monday, 23 May 2011. The Attack on Pakistan Navy. Reports that the attack on Pakistan Navy's installment in Karachi, which started last night, has come to an end. The 14-hour long siege of the Navy's sensitive installation raises some pertinent questions: most importantly about the role of media in Pakistan. Can we say that the way the media covered the event, and the spirit in which it was being analyzed, was up to the mark? What about the need to remind the people to stay calm? Links to this post.
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Khurram's Desk: Know yourself
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010. What is literature, and how does it affect you? Understanding this might be more important than we usually presume. I am starting a series of posts on this subject and shall try to make them interactive. The following is a clip I use in my workshops on this topic. As you watch the clip (sub-titled in English), try to answer this simple question:. Where are you in this clip, or Who are you in it? Please post your answers as "comments" below. Note: the clip is from. Or Who are you?
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Khurram's Desk: September 2010
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Friday, 17 September 2010. The following is my article published as "Friday Feature" in. September 17, 2010. THEY were 67, and represented the largest Muslim community in any one country. They had come to Aligarh from all over British India, and included knights and nawabs as well as primary school teachers and ordinary people. The rationale behind founding such an organisation was, in the words of Sir Syed, “that we should meet and convey to each other our ideas regarding education and progress of...
