Lahore: The Engine of Pakistani Culture
A look inside a historic city where culture is preserved, produced, and reimagined. Paris is often labelled as a living museum, a city where art
A narrative journalism repository documenting lived experience through field-based reporting and grounded storytelling with the gullies as our archive.
Stories are recorded and interpreted. Context is allowed to emerge through observation.
A look inside a historic city where culture is preserved, produced, and reimagined. Paris is often labelled as a living museum, a city where art
In a dusty village, an old man stands over a karahi, shaping spirals of dough with a precision born of decades of practice. His movements
This week exposed a familiar imbalance. While the state signals strategic relevance, digital growth, and social inclusion, on-ground execution gaps persist. Geopolitics Disrupting Domestic Economy
Caught between faith, family, and ambition, a teenager from Lyari turns pressure into voice.Lil Killy is not chasing fame; he is demanding to be heard. Lyari comes preloaded with warnings and an inherited fear. For many outside Karachi, it exists as shorthand for gang violence, instability, and deprivation. Lil Killy
Gully Kahani is a narrative journalism archive focused on field-based documentation of lived experience. Through editorial reporting, each story is structured as an observed account of social, economic, and cultural realities within specific geographies.
Our archive is continuously expanding through on-ground narrative collection.
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Gully Kahani works with researchers, institutions, and field practitioners engaged in documenting lived environments, labour systems, and urban realities.
Collaborations are structured around narrative fieldwork and archival production.
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