Posted on December 12, 2014 by beenasarwar
Two day International Dance Festival Islamabad 2014, Dec 15th-16th, 2014, at Pakistan National Council of Arts, 7:00 p.m. onwards, organised by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop.

Flyer for Day 1, Dec 15, 2014
Facebook Event Page here and Artists’ details at this link. Free Invites (on first come first serve basis) can be collected through 0300-0770661-60 | 042-35322290-93. Continue reading →
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Posted on December 12, 2014 by beenasarwar

The Society for Secular Pakistan is holding a Reference for Sobho Gianchandani at Jinnah Medical & Dental College on Dec 16 at 4 pm in Karachi. Design: K.B. Abro
Read: Sohho ko bil akhir azadi mil gayi – Wusatullah Khan’s beautiful obituary, and Shahid Hussain’s nostalgic piece on the Death of an intellectual giant
Personal note: Spoke today to Nirmal Das, Sobho Gianchandani’s son who works in Shikarpur. He told me that Sobho ji was weak from the antibiotics he had been taking for a month and a half, but that he was so much better that he was up and about, using his walker. Nirmal had been spending time with him in their house in Larkana. On Monday morning, Dec. 8, after giving Sobho ji his tea he thought he could go back to Shikarpur. Sobho ji encouraged him to go, saying he would go and sit in the winter sun. Continue reading →
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