Life in Small Towns – THAAP
Sunday, May 6, 2012
The evening started with an orchestrated presentation on Wazirabad by Mr. Akram Varraich and Mr. Hafeez Khilji, both the speakers are self-taught artists. Combing the Punjabi narrative with the pictorial they brought the town to life highlighting its history, culture, society and famous personalities. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rehman, the Director School of Architecture, UET Lahore, Colonel Nadir Ali, and Prof. Syed Shabir Shah, the Director Center for History, International Relations and Political Science (CHIP), University of Gujrat in their individual inimitable styles analysed the city of Gujrat, its people, physical aspects and politics.
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Labels: Gujrat, Life in Small Towns, THAAP, UOG, Wazirabad
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7:55 PM,
3 Comments:
- At 12:14:00 AM, Nayyar Julian said...
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Representators present the history of Gujarat and wazirabad very impressively. After attending that seminar I found my history knowledge at new level. I especially thanks to Uncle Syed Asghar Javed Shirazi because of whom I become a part of such a beautiful evening with amazing peoples. It’s a great honor for me to be a part of Life in Small Towns – THAAP
- At 12:49:00 PM, said...
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Enjoyed reading this post and found very interesting. Small towns are not small any more ,they all are developed and intereacts with one another. Thank you for sharing this post with us ...
- At 2:57:00 PM, HQ said...
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THAAP makes art and architecture so interesting and Shirazi Sahib popularizes it with such an interesting depiction.
SAJ was among the major attractions at the evening - a reason for attending more of them !