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My Lover Girl

Padash    Mar 19, 2010   interacts: 10

I always say that my life can be divided into two eras; pre-Alisha and post-Alisha. It was Alisha who first

Cross Stitch Therapy

Razia Husain   Mar 19, 2010   interacts: 1

Some stitches are destined to be surrounded by complementary colors and therefore more visible than those surrounded by similar shades,

Stretching It, Just a Little Further

Vinay Mehta   Mar 7, 2010   interacts: 17

Heading out of one of the gates of the plant, he had run into a group of protestors. "Management ka chamcha! (Stooge of the management!)",

The 16th Floor Principle

zuhair vazir   Feb 20, 2010   interacts: 1

We’re going away but the problem is we don’t know where. What the place looks like, what it feels like and above all what does

Sand Castles

Nadeem Akram   Feb 20, 2010   interacts: 2

Even when the aggressors were violating her body, all she could think of was her husband who lay motionless not far from her.

Bhawalpur: 1891, 1977, 2002

Shakuntala Rao   Feb 14, 2010   interacts: 34

Why would my grandmother, endearingly called dimma by her grandchildren, a high-caste, kulin Brahmin, living in Calcutta, be in possession of a slew of letters

Creating a Meaningful Life

Khalid Sohail   Feb 3, 2010   interacts: 34

"It is never too late to become what you might have been."

Prescription Bosom

zuhair vazir   Feb 3, 2010   interacts: 7

He was home now. He spilled out three pills into his hand and downed them with soda. He then lit a cigarette and waited for

Betrayal

Maj Azhar   Jan 25, 2010   interacts: 13

The picture of Queen Elizabeth displayed prominently in the living room, did the rest. It was a constant reminder of paradise lost.

New Years on Eva’s Couch

Padash    Jan 19, 2010   interacts: 63

It all started one evening when whimsical Padash decided to take a chance on crashing an entire weekend on a

Love Is a Speed Dating Marathon

Kiran Farooque   Jan 19, 2010   interacts: 5

What is it about distance that scares people so much? Is it the insecurity of not knowing what someone else might be upto? The fear

Haiti Earthquake

kashkin dabruski   Jan 14, 2010   interacts: 11

Come forward and help
The old human expression
The old sigh and its screams
As the earth shifts its burden!

We're All Grown Ups Now

Kiran Farooque   Jan 14, 2010   interacts: 6

When we’re young, we expect the best out of life and are willing to challenge anything that might suggest otherwise. When does that fade away?

My Amazing Ascent

Ali Rizvi   Dec 13, 2009   interacts: 3

“Let it ring. You wait two years for a call, you can wait twenty seconds more.”

Denial

Maj Azhar   Nov 30, 2009   interacts: 3

I was told that the old man was attacked by two persons. One held him from behind and other made short work of his face.

Two’s company, Three’s even BETTER!!!

Padash    Nov 26, 2009   interacts: 67

I sashay down a path discovered gratefully in college. Never carry sand when you can live at the beach? All

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