Issue 10
The South Asia Issue
An interview with Slavoj Žižek, Ashis Nandy in conversation, dossiers on Pakistani politics and contemporary Pakistani art — with cover artist Saira Wasim and Bani Abidi — plus Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic novel, Lawrence Liang on piracy, and the Global Economic Imaginaries dossier.
In this issue
From the Naked Punch archive, Spring 2008. Green marks poetry and the Pakistan dossier; blue marks the art section.
1
Oppressions Other Than Love: Pakistan in a Rainy Season
Qalandar Bux Memon’s prologue, after Faiz.
6 min read
2
Learn to Live Without Masters
An interview with Slavoj Žižek, by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera and John Chalcraft.
12 min read
3
POETRY
London Poems
Poetry by Martín Gubbins.
4 min read
4
In Conversation with Ashis Nandy
The social thinker on science, modernity and secularism.
12 min read
5
Bachelor of 21 Dreams
A graphic novel by Sarnath Banerjee.
4 min read
6
Culture, Property and Piracy
Lawrence Liang in conversation with Rana Dasgupta.
10 min read
7
A Filmmaker’s Notebook: One Way
Ayisha Abraham on filming the life of a migrant security guard.
6 min read
8
Dossier: Global Economic Imaginaries, Part 1
Edited by Amin Thomas Samman.
15 min read
9
ART SECTION
Interview with Bani Abidi
By Francesco Cincotta, with stills from her video works.
8 min read
10
ART SECTION
Saira Wasim — Works & Cover Art
Miniature-painting satire from the cover artist.
4 min read
11
PAKISTAN DOSSIER
The End of Imagination
Ayesha Siddiqa opens the Pakistan dossier, photography by Qalandar Bux Memon.
8 min read
12
PAKISTAN DOSSIER
November 5th: The Day I Was Politically Baptized
Waqqas Mir on Musharraf’s emergency.
6 min read
13
PAKISTAN DOSSIER
I Protest, Therefore I Am!
Hassan Rehman & Amanullah Kariapper on their incarceration.
8 min read