Submit your Website to the SPIDER Top Five
-
Paki MP3
www.Pakimp3.com
To be honest, we were caught off guard. Expecting another lame attempt at being called a ‘website’, we sat gawking at the computer. Paki MP3 enthralled us by its quirkiness. This is a great source for free Pakistani music. You’ll find ghazals, qawwalis, pop and rock, and even Lollywood music (mostly remixes). Steeped in patriotism with gobs of green, the josh and jazbaa present on this site goes beyond music. For instance under Forum, you can express your views and ask questions on anything under the sun, and request music. Click on this site and rock on!
- Shadi Songs
www.Shadisongs.com
It’s your mehndi. And the last thing on your mind is "I wonder if everyone knows the lyrics to the songs?" Nevertheless, imagine a cacophonous bunch of aunts and cousins, each singing their own version of a particular song. Cringing at the thought? Don’t. Save your precious time by logging onto shadisongs.com and printing all the dholki, mayoun, and mehndi songs you want. The lyrics are in Roman Urdu, making it easy, for all sorts of confused desis, to understand. Some modern mehndi songs are also available in MP3 format. Shadisongs.com hosts a festive look and offers an uncomplicated navigation. A truly ‘sohni’ site.
- Farah Mahbub
www.farahmahbub.com
This website is a virtual representation of Farah Mahbub’s photography exhibition: “The Hues Within". The site is ‘envisioned as an ongoing process in continual development, providing a platform for viewing and as a photographic resource’. The main body of work explores alternate photography, for instance Polaroid Image Transfers, the Cyanotype Process and the Van Dyke Process. There are some neat links to check out under Virtual Matter and the Omnibus Collection. Bogged down by the strings and arrows of outrageous urban life? This cyberspace exhibition is the ideal place to visit and unwind.
- Chawkandi Art
www.chawkandi.com
Suffering from selective amnesia, we usually forget the dates and timings for events. And art exhibitions are no exceptions. Therefore, when SPIDER spotted Chawkandi Art’s cyber home, it eagerly crawled over. Chawkandi.com offers the very crucial dates and timings of exhibitions that it is holding. A great feature of this site is that you get a glimpse of the current displays at Chawkandi. If you like what you see, then you can go check the gallery out in the real world. But, if the art exhibited is not your cup of tea, then you can bless the Internet and carry on surfing from the comfort of your chair. You can also join Chawkandi’s mailing list and receive notifications for upcoming exhibitions (in Karachi). However, if you are a pantophobic and refuse to provide your email, then just bookmark this site and visit regularly.
- Pakistan Economist
www.pakistaneconomist.com
Contrary to popular belief, economics is NOT a boring subject. Its application to the real world is sure to get your wheels turning. And, with the buzzword in the country being ‘economic revival’, it wouldn’t hurt to know what the hullabaloo is about. Therefore, we recommend pakistaneconomist.com, the website of Pakistan’s leading economics/business magazine. This site posts a weekly issue, which features Market Watch, Industry and Economy, and Politics and Policy, among other things. Nifty designing and easy navigation make this site a jewel in the crown.
|
