Homes and Gardens
December 15, 2016
The world is divided into two: us and them, the first world and the third world, the black and the white, the rich and the poor, the educated and the illiterate, the privileged and the disadvantaged, the favored and the damned, the aristocrats and the peasants, the natives and the immigrants, on and on it goes…like an infinite loop spiral.
By Fareeha Qayoom
December 9, 2016
December is the month we take stock and build on the successes and failures of the past. We also create new resolutions. Well, I don’t have any new resolutions. I have only old.
By Fareeha Qayoom
September 8, 2016
Shahi Hamam: then and now!
By Fareeha Qayoom,
Photos by GM Shah - 2009 (Then) and 2015 (Now) Courtesy of Faiza Sharif
September 8, 2016
Telenor released this song for Independence Day celebrations...
April 19, 2016
December 16, 2015
All in all, Its just another brick in the wall...
By Fareeha Qayoom
December 16, 2015
I just finished editing content for our 1/2016 edition. While I was working on final copy, this song kept playing at the back of my mind like a sad refrain…I have yet to come up with the title of our cover story. However, I think this is our theme song for this edition. Its’ so sad.
The perfect sky is torn…sigh.
By Fareeha Qayoom
October 18, 2015
And yes, I have now great respect for people in the government who manage to get anything done – push the paper all the way through to build roads, schools, hospitals - the works. It takes hundreds of engineers to change a single light bulb in this joint. People who can do all that are my heroes. I salute you. You must be relentless, tireless and have a lot of tolerance for putting up with loads of BS and still plowing through all that nonsense to come on the other side.
By Fareeha Qayoom
May 21, 2014
However in spite of all these frustrations, I am hooked. Gardening is a very rewarding hobby. You can literally see the fruits of your labor right in front of your eyes! ;D
By Fareeha Qayoom
March 26, 2013
For sheer garden drama, plant one of our favorites in a border, against a wall, or even in a pot on the patio
Bold bougainvilleas brighten summer gardens, patios and rooftops
By Fareeha Qayoom
June 10, 2012
Three distinct Drawing Rooms with a variation on the same theme -- British Raj and Victorian influences still play a key role in our decorative schemes for drawing rooms
By Saima Malik
Islam, the world, and Pakistan