Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 24, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
In the summer of 2007 one of my biggest dreams had come through: I received admission at Columbia’s School of Journalism!
I felt myself reeling in shock – and utter delight – as I quickly scanned over the email which stated my acceptance to the school. Sadly, things plunged headfirst – like a copter [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 19, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
When someone walks into a crowded room, it doesn’t take a psychic to make a few instinctive guesses about what the person’s attributes may be.
I mean, hey, it’s easy to read someone by the way they walk in – if their head’s held high, or if they’re slouched, if they make eye contact [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 19, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
Badly bitten by the travel bug many years ago, Wajahat Malik stands as one of Pakistan’s most well-known travel journalists in the country today.
And just like the plethora of musicians, fashion designers and actors that our media scene has to offer, we truly are in dire need of travel writers and filmmakers – [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 17, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
From ‘Coffee, Tea & Company’, ‘Gloria Jeans’, ‘Masooms’, ‘Jammin’ Java’, ‘Dunkin’ Donuts’, ‘Espresso’ – and a host of other coffee houses (be they international or local), Lahore seems to be standing knee-deep in an assortment of coffee beans – flown in from around the world.
And given the current escalation of coffee houses in [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 5, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
This year – just before the curtains fall on the year 2008 – a whole new barrage of Pakistani music albums are set to be released.
Hadiqa Kiyani, the Mekaal Hasan Band, Raeth, Kaavish, Mauj and Rubberband seem to be running against time, in a bid to take out their albums either immediately after [...]
