Faroukh Virani‘s short video to celebrate VBB’s Decade of Dissent.
Read more10 Dec, 2009
23 Nov, 2009
VBB’s Honoring Dissent / Descent…
23 Nov, 2009
VBB’s Honoring Dissent / Descent – November 7, 2009. I still haven’t fully processed the production. I think it’ll take some time. More than 300 people showed up to...
Read more18 Oct, 2009
It's a cool night in Houston…
18 Oct, 2009
It’s a cool night in Houston, and we are driving toward home. When we stop on Westheimer at a light, Minal glances out. It’s dusk, and her gaze falls...
Read more14 May, 2009
On the personal front…
14 May, 2009
On the personal front (which is always somehow political), the formal closure of our daughter’s early education program was announced today. In the morning, Jeannette Doina, who has served...
Read more26 Apr, 2009
The news from Pakistan continues…
26 Apr, 2009
The news from Pakistan continues to flood in, underscoring Pakistan’s nuclear bomb and the ‘taliban’s’ proximity to Islamabad. I find myself asking where were these questions inLink 2007, when...
Read more11 Apr, 2009
This year, once again, there's been…
11 Apr, 2009
This year, once again, there’s been a national movement around the US to organize a 40-Day protest (the six weeks prior to the Christian Easter holiday) against institutions that...
Read more31 Mar, 2009
Aslam talking at the Station Museum…
31 Mar, 2009
Imran Aslam talking at the Station Museum, at a VBB event, Cultural Narratives. Documentation by Faroukh Virani.
Read more12 Mar, 2009
a difficult life…
12 Mar, 2009
The tow-truck driver strives to help me restart the car. “I don’t want to tow it if I don’t have to,” he tells me. He urges me to push...
Read more06 Mar, 2009
Quirky. But cool…
06 Mar, 2009
Quirky. But cool. That is the only way to describe Callaloo’s conference Callaloo Salutes Texas Writers that took place earlier this week. On Monday, I drive up to College...
Read more15 Nov, 2008
This short video is part of a project…
15 Nov, 2008
This short video is part of a project that I’m doing for a VBB production, Pakistan Live Broadcast.
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