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[ad_1] KARACHI: Sleeves would unroll, postures would be corrected, whispers would be held back, someone leaning on to someone else would find firm footing, and fumbling sentences would take flight as soon as the word would get out that Zia Mohyeddin had entered the building. In the past decade or so, the Hindu Gymkhana premises that now houses the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) dared not to echo improper delivery and incomplete sentences. For the winds might conspire like the many Greek deities and inform the Dionysus in charge about the sin, the only difference was that in return the sinners would not receive a punishment or a curse but rather a lesson in how to be the best version of themselves. Such was the charm, vibe and often ‘terror’ of Mohyeddin’s presence, who was the president of the institute and the person primarily responsible for teaching voice and diction. Before Napa he was known as Pakistan’s greatest thespian, broadcaster, and actor, a master o