Designer Sukhchain Singh Sohal’s legendary parties – which aim to be halfway between ‘a wedding and a club’ – are celebrated in a new photo book
May 06, 2024
Saim Sadiq discusses his dazzling debut Joyland, the first Pakistani movie to reach the Oscars shortlist, which charts a love story between charismatic trans performer Bibi and her married backing dancer Haider
Feb 27, 2023
Clearly, setting the internet ablaze is just not enough
May 26, 2022
Khan, a trans woman who has spoken out against transphobia in the country, was held for seven days in a men’s jail before being released on bail
Aug 19, 2020
The Indian government revoked the region’s special status to widespread shock and panic – experts break it down for us
Aug 09, 2019
The video sharing app has become a vital outlet for self-expression, and an unorthodox route into the entertainment industry – now Google and Apple have blocked it in India
Apr 17, 2019
If They Come For Us is the Brown Girls creator’s affirming exploration of South Asian identity in convention-defying poetry
Mar 13, 2019
For over four years, photographer Sadegh Souri documented life inside one of the world’s harshest struggles of survival
May 16, 2018
Riz Ahmed and Heems talk south Asian representation and post-9/11 blues, while producer Redinho mixes up ‘qawwali, 70s lolywood psychedelic, chutney’ and more
Oct 11, 2016
A new religious decree gives transgender people the right to marriage if they have ‘visible signs’ of their identifying gender, under Islamic law
Jun 28, 2016
A wife-beating bill has been proposed in Pakistan and women are fighting back with the hashtag on Twitter
Jun 02, 2016
The mixtape Englistan and new film ‘Daytimer’ are the latest offerings from an artist that wants to portray a subculture rarely shown – its music, its fashion and its gangs
Apr 25, 2016
The London via Bahrain set are back with a psychedelic offering that lets us glimpse at the unknown Pakistani subculture in the deserts surrounding the city
Apr 07, 2016