Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: January 31, 2009
By Sonya Rehman
Situated in suburban Lahore, ‘Grey Noise’ (a relatively new art gallery in the city) is displaying Shahlalae Jamil’s first solo exhibition (in Pakistan) and is running from the 13th to the 31st of January.
The sky is overcast, its expectant belly full. It’d been drizzling a while ago and the gravel beneath my wheels [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: January 23, 2009
By Sonya Rehman
Word has it that the US Dollar is soon to be replaced by the ‘Amero’. Is this just another conspiracy theory kicked up by a bunch of bored conspiracy theorists?
Who knows, but at the rate the US economy finds itself sinking further into a quicksand recession, the introduction of the Amero might just [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: January 23, 2009
By Sonya Rehman
So I recently turned 26. And for some odd reason, the thought of it didn’t flip me out like I thought it would. I did however; wake up on the 9th of January feeling as if I didn’t want anyone fussing over me.
Although, secretly, I will admit – I quite like being fussed [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: January 4, 2009
Comedy comes to Lahore and leaves it howling for more!
By Sonya Rehman
On a frosty winter evening in Lahore (the 22nd of December), ‘SHARK’ (an improvisational comedy troupe) performed in an overcrowded auditorium in LUMS.
The show truly superceded my expectations.
While the concept of stand-up and improvisational comedy is relatively new in Pakistan, one did not expect [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: January 2, 2009
By Sonya Rehman
I recently went to see an improvisational comedy troupe (that goes by the name of ‘SHARK’) perform at LUMS. The troupe – which comprises of five boys and one girl – were apparently touring the cities of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.
So on a Monday night, I found myself squished into a corner in [...]
