Kiya Kahe Ga Kazi

Ahsan Mughal is a rapper with one of the most unique flows and cadences in Pakistan. We speak about the music industry as it stands in Pakistan, the distinction between rappers from Karachi and Lahore, his nuanced opinion about the latest season of Coke Studio, and why he seems aloof generally from the music scene in Pakistan.

Manal Garib is a makeup artist, a freshly minted owner and proprietor of a beauty studio in Karachi, and co-owner of a women's fitness apparel company called 'Living Fit Apparel.' We speak about the imperatives that govern a working woman's life, about pursuing one's path irrespective of societal conventions, on the art of makeup, and on the engine that drives her towards financial agency.

Asif Hazara is a Boxer. We speak about his humble beginnings. About his belief that if one does not face resistance then they are not on the 'true' path. About how he hopes the Pakistani societal imperatives might shift to include sports other than cricket as worthy of support and repute and about how most entities in Pakistan seem to talk a big game but are not keen on fulfilling any promises. 

Shareh is a rapper based out of Karachi. We speak about his writing process, the engine behind his music and his upcoming album, titled 'attachments.' 

Sabeena is an actor and a graphic designer. We spoke about how one stumbles upon their passion, about what it was like homing in diaspora as she grew up attempting to reconcile her Russian and Pakistani identities, about the question of where home is, about what drives her work ethic, and about systemic bullying perpetrated by teachers in Pakistani educational institutes.

Sultan is a music producer based out of Karachi. We speak about his prodigious music production talents, about what 'mixing' and 'mastering' entails in the context of music production, about his unwillingness to compromise his artistic authority and independence for greater financial gains, and about his pursuit of peace through attempting to constantly live in the present.

Maria is a hitchhiker, travel content creator, and travel guide. We speak about the travel industry and couch surfing community in Pakistan, about the dangers and beauty of hitchhiking, about her philosophy of complete assimilation before she can claim to know a people, and about her hope to enamor women in Pakistan to travel through her all-female travel trips.

Samantha is a travel content creator from America who hopes to make Pakistan her home. We speak about the grand adventure of global backpack traveling, about how Pakistan compares to the numerous other countries she's visited, and about how she hopes the travel and backpacking community in Pakistan might evolve.

Zas is part of the emerging rap scene in Karachi. We speak about what drives his music, about what it is to open for and collaborate with his heroes, about the different paradigms of concepts like 'hustle' that he would hope to educate his listeners about, and about how rap music allowed him to overcome his speaking disability.

Faran Bhatti is by his own admission an 'experience generator,' with forays in event management, travel tour organization, and most recently fashion design. We speak about his ambitious clothing project that ties into the local interest in NFTS and the Metaverse, about his vision for the events he wants to organize in the future, about his hope to contribute to the local economy with all the work that he hopes to do, and about the great and sometimes destructive power that drives him forward.