Lahore

allowed himself to be led away. ‘Fucking Arab,’ he said. (Hamid 70) This is not the first or last instance of discrimination Changez faces while at work. Changez chooses not to shave the beard he grew while taking a vacation to visit his family in Lahore, and that made a palpable difference in how he was treated: It is remarkable, given its physical insignificance—it is only a hairstyle after all—the impact of a beard worn by a man of my complexion has on your fellow countrymen. More than once,…

Education and money are very powerful resources. In low-income countries women are more susceptible to lack of education and abuse. It is a chain reaction. If women are educated they are more likely to have access to income. When earning an income, women are less likely to be abused by their partner. Therefore, it is important to keep girls in school because without an education there are seldom opportunities to earn an income. In order to keep girls in school, communities must use…

Abstract: Nishat Mills Limited (NML) is one of the largest textile multifaceted unit of Pakistan that is involved in the business of textile manufacturing and of spinning, combing, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, printing, stitching, buying, selling and otherwise dealing in yarn, linen, cloth and other goods and fabrics made from raw cotton, synthetic fiber and cloth, and to generate, accumulate, distribute and supply electricity. The market for clothing, home textile and accessories has always been…

The Rice Gallery museum will display 'Intersections', a sculptural installation designed by Anila Quayyum Agha until Dec. 6. It effectively manipulates the gallery space, engages the visitors and provides a window into the mind of the artist. Yet it lacks context, appropriates the best of Moorish art, and ultimately turns a social critique into a mere illustration of exclusion. The design and detail of the piece is incredible, the effect visceral, and despite its contextual shortcomings it…

This is a story of a Pakistani. His name is Changez. Sitting with foreigner in a café located at old anarkali Lahore. He tells about himself. He graduated from Princeton university USA. Then he started his career as a financial agent at underwood Samson. He had a successful career. He met a girl Erica. When the world trade Centre was attacked he was in manila on a business tour.as a human, Changez was very the terrorist. But the Americans government and public labeled all Muslims all people…

Agaha Shahid Ali’s The Country Without a Post Office stems from the 1990s Kashmir uprising against India, which led to violence and political turmoil in the region for a long time, and closed its post offices for seven months. Ali creates a loose narrative harmonizing with the central themes through repeating images and phrases, and constantly revisiting the flora and fauna of Kashmir. Divided into five sections, each with a small number of poems followed by a few notes, the poems present a…

Mohsin Hamid and Jamaica Kincade craft their novels Lucy and The Reluctant Fundamentalist with a focus of the main protagonists Lucy and Changaz coming of age in America. They institute the hope of enriching the life’s of Lucy and Changaz, as well as achieving their American Dream. Kinked developed Lucy’s character through using an American mentor; Mariah. Who provided Lucy with a loving family atmosphere she was craving, and became a mother figure for her. Hamid’s lead character, like Lucy…

for drinking, and Parvez ends up smashing a plate out of frustration. The story ends tragically with Parvez beating up his own son. Even though the title read “My son the Fanatic”, I would argue that they are both fanatic. Parvez is a migrant from Lahore in India to England, and he has absorbed the British culture completely. He is fanatical in the sense that he can only understand his own, Western,…

patients, especially taking care of them during their hospital stay and then the ambulatory follow-ups. Most importantly Internal Medicine provided me all the reasons that why I wanted to become a doctor. During the first ever Dengue fever epidemic in Lahore area in 2012, I was appointed as the registrar of ' 'Chief Minister Dengue control Cell ' '. It was an amazing experience to manage a new disease with unique symptoms and the treatment unknown. As a medical professional, this was a great…

revive him, and I lost the man i owe everything I am today to. Needless to say, the most devastating experience of my life gave me a real point of view of living in an area with limited resources and access to health care. I was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan. And despite being famous for its food and city life, the medical care system lacked basic…