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The Metaphysical Karachi

Sunil's response piece to Laboni, The Metaphysical Karachi, is a performance based on the myth of Sisyphus that explores identity and exi...

Pretty Unpretty

Why are you so offended? What did I do wrong? And why do you think I care? I'm not as feeble as you think I am. None of the padosi aunty'...

She Flies With The Swallows

Joshinder's response piece to Sneha's mural, Everything and Nothing, is an experimental dance drama that explores the notion of home and ...

Surrounded

Pakhi's piece thinks back wonderingly to a home in Goa as well as her growing self that has both known it and has passed it through her m...

Ghar Se Nikalte Hi, Kuch Door Chalte Hi, Raste Main Hai Uska Ghar

'Ghar Se Nikalte Hi, Kuch Door Chalte Hi, Raste Main Hai Uska Ghar', Nade Ali's response piece to Sthira Bhattacharya's poem A Day Stretc...

don't tell me who to be it's freaking me out

This piece, in response to Sunil Shankar's Kafka's Monkey, is a humorous and interpretive take on beauty, identity and adapting to societ...

The Pind Collective : Looking Back

About a month ago, we launched The Pind Collective, a project built over many months, much agonizing and endless Skype conversations. We ...

A Poem For Sabeen

Home, for me, is people, spaces, and the habits we are engulfed in. Sabeen Mahmud was such an integral part of our ‘home’ here in Karachi...

Diary of a Vagabond/Jis Desh Main Ganga Behti Hai

Raisa Begam and Sardar Ali migrated from Delhi to Karachi in 1947. Their families grew to know each other during the long trip westward a...

Belly Button and Left Elbow Walk Into a Bar

I’ve often wondered how high people’s belly buttons are. Sometimes when I wake up I’m convinced my left leg is a little longer than the r...

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