Shaming Literature – ‘Sir’ Salman Rushdie

The current controversy on Rushdie’s knighthood has several dimensions. Amid the knee-jerk reactions alluding to the grand-conspiracy-against-Islam, it brings out various layers and levels…

The art of gimmickery

Eastern art sells out to the West By Murad Khan Mumtaz From the weekly Friday Times, Pakistan 11-17, 2006 ‘Contemporary miniature’ painting seems to…