Fashion
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The Jahanara debate & how Desis must dress
The author compares Pakistani, Iranian and Hindi pronunciations of the name Jahanara, argues Urdu grew from a Hindustani standard once called Hindi, notes how much of India’s medieval history is…
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Aladdin!
A short comment that Disney’s Aladdin is likely to be a hit and Naomi Scott a break-out star, noting the online backlash over casting her and observing that her Jasmine’s…
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Why China will be the Greatest Power in Asia-
Using the Dolce & Gabbana Shanghai row, in which China turned racist adverts into a lesson in national honour, the author argues for Chinese primacy in Asia, then turns to…
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Has Manish Malhotra jumped the shark?
Questions designer Manish Malhotra’s ‘Indo-Persian’ collection Zween, saying it shows Bollywood with floral motifs rather than Iran, and suggests he should have called it back to Pakistan, since Mughlai high…
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One designer’s brave decision to feature darker skinned modelst
X.T.M praises a designer’s choice to feature darker-skinned models, saying representation matters and colour bias will ease only when media reflect society, and recalls how hard it is to find…
