{"id":765,"date":"2015-06-18T05:30:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T05:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/?p=765"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:27:14","slug":"challenging-convention-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/challenging-convention-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging convention: Innovation Challenge team proposes baithaks in Karachi&#8217;s various community halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong class=\"location\">KARACHI:\u00a0<\/strong>Benish, 20, and her three-member team want to bring about a change in the way art is perceived by society. The young team believes that art has become restricted to a particular set of people, while the rest of the population is missing out on its beauty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this purpose, her team, 2 Square, wants to arrange a \u2018baithak\u2019 space in each area\u2019s community hall, which, according to her, costs around Rs4,000. \u201cIn case there isn\u2019t a community hall in the area, we\u2019ll use public schools that we can get at a minimal cost,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The team plans to select ambassadors from diversified cultural hubs of Karachi. \u201cAn individual from Saddar, who knows about the rich culture of the area, will be selected. After a month of research, a community hall will hold a \u2018baithak\u2019 related to that area\u2019s specialty,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt can be music, literature, or anything related to art and culture, and in this way the people of Jauhar or Lyari can get accustomed to the people of Saddar and learn about the diversified culture of this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Read complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/904146\/challenging-convention-innovation-challenge-team-proposes-baithaks-in-karachis-various-community-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Express Tribune<\/a> website<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI:\u00a0Benish, 20, and her three-member team want to bring about a change in the way art is perceived by society. The young team believes that art has become restricted to a particular set of people, while the rest of the population is missing out on its beauty. 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