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Pakistan Unveiled
Sona Datta shows how Pakistan used to be the meeting point for many different faiths from around the world and has produced some extraordinary works of art.
This is the story of the Indian subcontinent told through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.
All too often, Pakistan is portrayed as a country of bombs, beards and burkhas. The view of it as a monolithic Muslim state is even embodied in the name of the country, 'the Islamic Republic of Pakistan'.
Yet, as Sona Datta shows, it used to be the meeting point for many different faiths from around the world and has an intriguing multicultural past - a past about which it is to some extent in denial. It also produced some extraordinary and little-known works of art which Sona, from her work as a curator at the British Museum, explores and explains.
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Finding the ancient city of Harappa
Duration: 02:05
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Truck art in Pakistan
Duration: 01:51
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sona Datta |
Production Company | Tern Television Productions Ltd |
Series Producer | Hugh Thomson |
Director | Hugh Thomson |
Executive Producer | Harry Bell |
Participant | Fakir Syed Saifuddin |
Participant | Ali Sethi |
Participant | Saadan Peerzoda |
Participant | Salima Hashmi |
Participant | Rashid Rana |
Broadcasts
- Mon 31 Aug 2015 21:00
- Tue 1 Sep 2015 02:30
- Wed 2 Sep 2015 23:00
- Sat 26 Mar 2016 19:00
- Mon 28 Mar 2016 23:25
- Sat 21 Jan 2017 20:00
- Thu 26 Jan 2017 01:00
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 20:00
- Thu 16 Aug 2018 00:00
- Mon 7 Jan 2019 00:10
- Tue 21 May 2019 23:00
- Tue 28 Jan 2020 00:30
- Mon 1 Aug 2022 20:00
- Tue 2 Aug 2022 01:30
- Mon 24 Jul 2023 20:00
- Tue 25 Jul 2023 03:00
- Mon 22 Jan 2024 23:30
- Tue 18 Jun 2024 00:00
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