THE WALKING HOUSE BY N55

Published on January 2010

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KATAS; the undiscovered glory of the past

Published on January 2010

Katas, as it is called today is nestled between Lahore and Islamabad off the M2 Motorway. And is not a heavily visited place, except by those who know of it.

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Traveling on the Grand Trunk Road

Published on October 2009

The Author goes down a road that is historically fated to design the future.

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THE ROME CHRONICLES: Water, water everywhere!

Published on July 2009

One of the things I enjoyed most during my forays of Rome was the sensation of sudden revelation.This is the secret of its charm and that of much of old Rome

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The Rome Chronicles: The Pilgrimage

Published on April 2009

All forays into the Historic City Centre of Rome began at the Piazza del Popolo, usually with one pilgrimage in mind.

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The Rome Chronicles: The Beginning

Published on January 2009

Text and Photography by: Shermeen Beg It was Christmas Eve and after a grueling flight (with an emergency landing in Milan due to water flooding the plane thrown in for good measure) me, 69 kilos of luggage and my Springer Spaniel finally landed at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport. Christmas Day dawned and feeling surprisingly [...]

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Making Cities out of Industries

Published on October 2008

Text and photography by: Ar. M Sayem Ghayur Italy is an ambiguous country, where you have information desks but no one in them, you have phone booths but no cheap phone cards available, and if you have coins for the booth, the engage tone doesn’t let you dial (dial tone in Italian phone lines is like [...]

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Hybrid ‘Artyficiality’

Published on April 2008

Text and Photography: M. Sayem Ghayur Right at the time when our country is witnessing the worst social conditions in its short history as a free state, with a looming energy crisis, religious confusion, political instability and an insatiable onslaught of inflation, I decided to take a break. To be factual more than fictional, I actually [...]

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