India's Primary Duty
Rakesh Mani Nov 1, 2009 interacts: 20How can we get a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens?
Vision21: Waziristan Strategy or Pakistan Strategy?
Azhar Aslam Nov 1, 2009 interacts: 66Pakistan and Waziristan were not always like this. How we have come to this pass is crucial to analyse, but even more urgent is to
Writ of the State
Muhammad Tariq Nov 1, 2009 interacts: 19Some might argue that Pakistan became militarily and strategically more powerful by the policies of that government, but states can become outwardly very strong, but
Zombie Nation - Random Thoughts!
Ali Chishti Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 17
The day begin with the graphics of Peshawar Bombing and Madam Hilary Clinton making a news conference with our foreign
Reima's Taj Mahal
Shakuntala Rao Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 20Reima Ismic was a slim, dark-haired woman in her forties, with thin wrists and bony hands, she always wore a light colored scarf around her
Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal
Raza Habib Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 155Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on
Self Rule For Gilgit Baltistan
zafar sopoori Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 3
The enforcement of self rule regulations in Northern Areas and other current Pakistani measures are a visible sign that Kashmir
If The Dead Could Talk
Mazhar Butt Oct 26, 2009 interacts: 3
Can you hear the crackling of his bones?
Can you hear the sound of his bleak skull?
Can you hear the shriek of his departed
Brutes and Beasts – Haqiqi
Ali Chishti Oct 26, 2009 interacts: 12
Ever since the formation of the Haqiqi, Karachi and other urban regions of Sindh have been rocked by internecine clashes
Serenade to the Sleepless
Sonya Rehman Oct 26, 2009 interacts: 12Hoisting her basket back on her head, Ayesha turned around, and looked over at the other side of the road, to the brick wall, where
Driving Through Poetry
Razia Husain Oct 25, 2009 interacts: 7The floor was carpeted with fresh fallen leaves of all colors, rustling as I walked over them. Ah! There it is, my tree! The top
Terrorists Have Bombed My Future by Killing My Children
Saeed Shiekh Oct 25, 2009 interacts: 86
This is a true story of a man who met the young boy who was bombed in Lahore. I miss
Squatters, Scavengers and A Gandhian
Dost Mittar Oct 24, 2009 interacts: 27Some of these people would stand up holding their pajamas or dhotis to protect their dignity at the sight of the approaching train; most would
On Reason, Freedom and Democracy
Muhammed Asadi Oct 24, 2009 interacts: 76
In the absence of a self-educating, self-reflecting public and the resulting movements for social change, what we know as ‘democracy’
Ode to my Peoples!
Padash Oct 22, 2009 interacts: 41
We will always have in common; a bourgeois Aunty, a ‘Vilayat’ palat, a hijabi conservative and a provocative nonconformist.
The Explosion
kashkin dabruski Oct 22, 2009 interacts: 4
Every day I die,
Every day I born
Amidst all this terror and turmoil,
As the blissful peace shatters
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