In this episode of Mind Talks, Dr. Tahir Munir gives a holistic overview of what is depression and the need to destigmatize this mental health condition.

In this episode of Mind Talks, Dr. Tahir Munir shares tools that will help us identify and learn how to deal with anxiety. We also talk about some common misconceptions around this mental health condition.

Bagh-e-Hind is a first of its kind multidisciplinary exhibition conceptualised around the olfactory landscape of Mughal-era South Asia, presented as a multimedia exhibition with both online and offline components. It is a collaboration between Bharti Lalwani, an art critic, and perfumer, and Nicolas Roth, a literary scholar, and historian whose research explores the history of gardens, horticulture, and material and intellectual culture of the subcontinent.

You can find the online components are still available as archives and accessible for the general public around the globe at https://www.baghehind.com/

In the first episode of the Mind Talk series, Dr. Tahir Munir talks about the basics of mental health, its importance, and what are some key things everyone should adopt for holistic wellbeing.

Snuffing Out the Moon takes you on a journey across epochs and civilizations, through intensely personal journeys that investigate the legitimacy of religion and authority, and chronicle the ascent of dissent. Dr. Osama Siddique shares his journey of writing this novel, how he ended up becoming an author, and more in this episode of MIXTAPE Book Club.

In this episode of MIXTAPE I talk to our resident sports nerd, Hammad Anwar about cricket – the game, its politics and some interesting book recommendations.

Hammad Anwar works in the public sector with a special interest in storytelling through digital communications. He is passionate about telling stories that are changing narratives, and in another life used to write scripts and comic books.  He is the founder of Sukhan and co-founder of Mani's Cricket Myths. You can follow some of his work at the following links:

youtube.com/c/SukhanOfficialpk

youtube.com/c/ManiCricketMyths

youtube.com/c/OverTheLinepk

Irtifa is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Forman Christian College University’s School of Management. She is a Fulbright alumna and completed her Masters in Advertising from University of Florida. She has been associated with the marketing communications industry for over 15 years.

Recently, she founded a support platform for the maker community called The Tinkers Collective to harness the power of community to promote creative entrepreneurship in the country.

In this episode I talk to her about the teaching profession, the need for mentoring, how the Tinkers Collective came into being and how they are on a mission to promote individual and community well-being through the arts.

You can connect with The Tinkers Collective on Instagram at @thetinkerscollective and their Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thetinkerscollective

Ameena Ahmad has an LLB(Hons) from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

She is the daughter of Syed Sardar Ahmed on whose life story the biographical fiction book, Walking the Divide – A tale of a journey home is based on.

This book is curated by Halima Khan. Khan has a Masters in Communication Studies and English Literature and has always been naturally drawn to the intrigue that the subject of history offers.

In this episode Ameena shared details about her father’s personality, experiences and how this book came into being.

Aleena Ashraf is a graduate of COMSATS University, Islamabad. She has an undergrad degree in Biosciences. She is quite passionate about storytelling and her preferred genre is fantasy.

Through her fiction, she is highlighting some of the most crucial topics we face today including; racism, mental health, bullying, personal struggles to name a few.

Soar is her first publication and it is the first book in a series that she is working on. It is quite encouraging to see young Pakistani authors exploring diverse genres of storytelling.

Uzma Aslam Khan’s latest novel, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali, is a classically and lyrically constructed novel telling the story of a forgotten episode from our history.

A much-needed work of historical fiction, the novel deals with the Andaman Islands and the prison colony that was established there during the British rule. This part of the pre-partition history of the subcontinent has somehow slipped through the mainstream recollection and has been reduced to a footnote.

Khan reads from the book after our recent podcast episode where we talked to her about all of her novels.