Madrassa
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Read more: The Humor and Heartache of Punjabi Stage Show Shartiya Mithay
The Humor and Heartache of Punjabi Stage Show Shartiya Mithay
by Harris Gondal
Madrassa, Pakistan, Punjabi Theatre Growing up, on our cable TV, we had two unnamed channels that only showed Punjabi stage dramas. They were run ...Read more -
Read more: Pitcher and Dust
Pitcher and Dust
by Saad Khan
As a child, I wanted life around me to be seen in the media around me without a top-down gaze as lower-class stories are represented…imitated. As a grown man who could speak English, I got access to the guarded spaces of the upper and the middle classes, of rich diasporas and the whites. I wanted the life I had known around me to be understood by these others: the culture-makers, the trendsetters, the ones whose narratives are imperial, are heard, acknowledged, and lauded, and whose hot-takes, opinions, and stories are ‘nuanced’ and thus overwrite our stories. Read more
