The Lahore youth and the old city
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Pakistan’s passionate, young artists defy stereotypes - a walk in the old city with the artsy youth of Lahore.
Story excerpt:
"Vibrant, young, and liberal, the city of Lahore has been the progressive capital of Pakistan for over a century.
The city—created in part to be a haven for Muslim minorities—took on the artistic mantle in an unconventional way. In 1875, when the area was still part of India (and still under British control), a western advocate for the arts named John Lockwood Kipling helped open an art school and a museum there. Kipling was the school’s first principal and the museum’s first curator. His work was to preserve and showcase the crafts, music, and architecture native to the Punjab region. (His son, English author Rudyard Kipling, wrote Kim, a novel set in colonial India in Lahore.)"
Story excerpt:
"Vibrant, young, and liberal, the city of Lahore has been the progressive capital of Pakistan for over a century.
The city—created in part to be a haven for Muslim minorities—took on the artistic mantle in an unconventional way. In 1875, when the area was still part of India (and still under British control), a western advocate for the arts named John Lockwood Kipling helped open an art school and a museum there. Kipling was the school’s first principal and the museum’s first curator. His work was to preserve and showcase the crafts, music, and architecture native to the Punjab region. (His son, English author Rudyard Kipling, wrote Kim, a novel set in colonial India in Lahore.)"
