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SIPA’S 16TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

On Feb 2, 2011 SIPA’s 16th Birthday was celebrated. This event was organized and hosted by the Audio Engineering Department. The heads of all the departments shared their own experiences in the Institute and elaborated their future objectives and work plans. The Director in response shared his views and feelings with the team. Some guests [...]

Classical Recital

On the 19th of December, SIPA hosted a classical recital of Haider Rehman on the Bansuri and Rakae Jamil on the Sitar, along with Ustad Raza Shaukat on the Tabla. The evening was a huge success, the audience turn over was extremely encouraging. The performance took place from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. SIPA plans to hold monthly recitals [...]

Raza Kazim at the Policy Group’s Peace and Conflict Program in Kabul, Afghanistan

Raza Kazim was recently invited to a Trialogue in Kabul, Afganistan by Delhi Policy Group an independent think tank, located in Delhi. Its Peace and Conflict Program was established in 2002, with a focus on peacemaking in India and the wider South Asian region. This trialogue was the fourth round between policymakers, analysts and civil society [...]

Sampurna and Sanjan Nagar Collaborate

Saffia Beyg is a self-taught vocalist and instructor who has dedicated her life to the cause of saving classical music from dying. Sampurna (her institute) is her labor of love. She visited Sanjan Nagar on the 5th of December, and shared her understanding about classical music with us. She also recorded her music with Raza and [...]

Faisal Qureshi talks to the Sanjan Nagar team

Faisal Qureshi, a renowned Pakistani TV anchor came to SIPA on 30th November 2010 to speak to the Sanjan Nagar team about the issues of change and betterment, our thinking and attitudes, role of communication and personal growth. He urged the participants to question the norms of our society and the limitations that they impose [...]

The Crisis of our Political Process

An article titled ‘The crisis of our political process’ written by Raza Kazim was published in The Daily Times of November 8, 2010. The article elucidated the core problems and crisis of the Pakistani political process. “I hope that large numbers of men and women of good will in civil society, if they confront with [...]

Visitors at Sanjan Nagar

Lanny Cordola, an American musician, visited Sanjan Nagar on Sept 16, 2010 and had a long talk with Raza Kazim on music; its purpose and the issues of music and musical communication. He later visited Sanjan Nagar Girls High School and taught the girls there his English song called ‘Unfolding’. For more details on Lanny [...]

The All Pakistan Music Conference

On Oct 29th and 30th 2010, three performing artists from Sanjan Nagar participated in the All Pakistan Music Conference held at the Alhamra Arts Council here in Lahore. Beena Raza a leading female Sitar Player, Noor Zehra Kasim the only player of the Sagar Veena and Rakae Jamil an upcoming Sitar player. The All Pakistan [...]

Submissions on the ‘Democratic’ process in Pakistan

Raza Kazim recently wrote an article in response to Mr. Altaf Hussein’s recent statements regarding democracy in Pakistan. To view or download the article, please click on the following link: Submissions on the ‘Democratic’ process in Pakistan by Raza Kazim Or to read the article published in the Daily Times issue  of Sept 6th and [...]

Presentation at TedX Conference

          On the 31st of July 2010,the TedX Conference was held at Ali Institute, Lahore, where a presentation of the Sanjan Nagar institute of Philosophy and a live performance of the Sagar Veena was given by Beena Raza and Noor Zehra Kazim respectively. To view the video footage of the presentation, [...]