RIFLE RANGE BOY

We are Lady Parts (Season1, E1-6; 2021) Written and Directed: Nida Mansoor Early Western philosophers used to look down on music and musical instruments. They considered it a lower-class activity. Nevertheless, they appreciated the harmonics and mathematical intervals that were needed to make music. Al-Kindi and other Islamic scholars also included harmonics and music in their curriculum. The 4-stringed oud was a popular instrument during the Golden Age of Islam. They realised there was a close relationship between poems and music and  their emotional effect on the soul. Al Farabi, the philosophical giant of Islamic Civilisation, often referred to as the Second Teacher (after Aristotle), wrote about music therapy and the therapeutic effect of music on the soul.  A Moor and a Christian playing lute together in 13th-century Spain One can easily imagine a young villager from Western Europe, the remnant of the Western Roman Empire, which in the 11th century was experiencing the Da...

Sex Pistols It is quite comical to hear how some ladies insist that absolutely no one can tell them how to dress. I chuckle a little (to myself) when they say that nobody can restrict them from wearing a headscarf. At the same time, they cannot be pressured to don one.  To wear or not to wear is not the question but the logic behind it is. What we wear and how we wear denotes a specific identity. We identify and feel bonded to one having the same fashion sense like us. Anthropologically we must have wanted to stay together as numbers mean strength and protection from the evil elements of Nature. The story of the genesis of the greatest punk rock band ‘The Sex Pistols’ is one that began with a group of downtrodden rebellious teenagers who identified them with black leather jackets and outrageous fashion sense. It began when Vivienne Westwood started sewing her brand of garments in a small lifestyle shop in King’s Road in London. Strikingly named SEX, it drew droves of yo...