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"the sea of motor cars floods these city streets/ as though to stop for a second would halt its tides forever..."; Poem of the Week (March 24), by Afshan Sajjad. Translated from Urdu by Jim Carruth.…

“Factory waste, garbage, nameless corpses float in its waters. Horses, donkeys, buffalos, cows, children too, seek refuge from Summer’s intense heat to bathe, swim, drink it in.”

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This Week's Six Pillars Show - Karachi Biennial, 2017

This Week’s Six Pillars Show – Karachi Biennial, 2017

In Pakistan’s second city, amongst more than twice London’s population (20 million), a street kid’s prospects are sparse. ArtChowk are one of the groups of locals putting together an inaugural biennial to reach these people through art.

We speak to ArtChowk’s Camilla Hadi Chaudhary about the biennial, launching Jan-Feb, 2017 and is organised by the Karachi Foundation for the Arts.

ArtChowk is a…

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