KARACHI: It is not easy to describe an early morning session of ‘In Conversation with Naveed Shahzad’ on the final day of the fifth Karachi Literature Festival. One just did not want the session to ever end. Whether it was her foray into acting or teaching or poetry, Naveed Shahzad spoke eloquently and with great finesse.
Moderated by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat — who looked awestruck sitting next to her — began the session by telling the audience about Naveed’s reason for teaching more and acting less. “She once said that teaching is like a performance for me. I prepare, engage my students and enact in the class.” But soon after Naveed Shahzad took over and effortlessly discussed what she called the little eddies of her life. “I got pushed into teaching by default and not by choice. As a child of the 60s, I couldn’t go on a stage and say I am a performer. My father although a liberal person allowed me to perform but I shortly realised that I couldn’t take it up as a career as I didn’t have that much freedom as my contemporaries such as Yasmin Tahir. Hence I entered the field of education where I had a script and a captive audience who couldn’t walk out on you for fear of being flunked.”
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