Political excitement created by the 'Deal" and Presidential elections took attention of the people away from Eid preparations for a couple of days adversely affecting the sales of several items related to festivities on one of the most important days in the lives of the Muslims, such as greeting cards, bangles and hina.
Despite the opening and easy availability of inventions to exchange greetings electronically the tradition of exchange of Eid cards has survived the onslaught of modern electronic devices.
People, especially the youth, still prefer to send specially designed and beautifully printed greeting cards to their friends and dear ones to share with them the love, joy and happiness during Eid festivities. A publisher who has been in the business of printing Eid cards for three decades confirmed that e-mail has not adversely affected his trade to a considerable extent and young boys and girls continue to send Eid cards to their friends and relatives.
Thousands of faithful went into aitkaf in a large number of mosques in Lahore with the beginning of last Ashra (ten days) of Ramazan to seek blessings of Allah. During aitkaf the Muslims keep themselves engaged in prayers and recitation of Holy Quran most of the time in complete privacy temporarily created in the mosques.
Another chapter of Lahore Arts Council was being set up at the bank of river Ravi besides the upgrading of its cultural complex at Qaddafi Stadium on Ferozepur Road. This was stated by Punjab Provincial Minister for Culture, while presiding over a high-level meeting in Lahore the other day. The meeting was informed that a sum of Rs 60 million would be spent on those projects.
The auditorium of National College of Arts, Lahore served as the venue of a mix media exhibition entitled "Take Away" which opened on October 2, 2007. Curated by Quddus Mirza, the inauguration of the exhibition was attended by a number of art lovers, connoisseurs and guests.
The exhibition focused on the efforts of the artists who translated an idea into a practical proposition and the way they transformed an elementary activity of eating into art form. The exhibition included the works of several artists of the renown of Iqbal Geoffrey, Rashid Rana, Resham Syed, Nausheen Saeed, Huma Mulji, Nadia Shaukat, Rabbya Naseer and Hurmat ul Ain each one of whom tried to approach the idea and image of food in his/her own unique way.
Included among the objects displayed at the exhibition were paintings, digital prints, mix medium collages, sculpture and installations. The exhibition remained open till October 12.
Gulistan cinema of Lahore served on October 5 as the venue of photo set ceremony of Director Shehzad Rafique's Punjabi film 'Mohabbtaan Sachiaan', which was attended by several showbiz celebrities including Javed Sheikh, Veena Malik, Adnan Khan, Resham, Javed Fazil and Khalil Rana. The film, which is scheduled to be released on Eid introduces new comers Adnan Khan and Maria Khan. Voices used for playback singing in the film are all from India - Sonu Nigam, Suneidi Chauhan and Rishi Sharma.
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