Of Eros and Erosion
Jamal Rana Sep 8, 2004 interacts: 14Jelaluddine Rumi, the 13th century Muslim poet and mystic wrote, “Love is reckless, risks everything and asks for nothing, having died to self interest”.
City Connection
Adnan Lotia Aug 27, 2004 interacts: 26It was at the FTC intersection on Sharah-e-Faisal when Bilal looked out of the window and saw her sitting in her shiny new gray Civic.
Reminiscing with an Old Heart
Afrasiyab Aug 4, 2004 interacts: 8Half a chance is what you always have. Always remember that! People, who get something or somewhere, have to play at half chances. A sure
Zwingli’s Zurich
Banjaara Jul 15, 2004 interacts: 36Looking eastward between the cobbled lanes across the Limmat river up into the mountains, I found my self gazing at a pair of minaret like
The Lost One
Shonali Sarin Jun 28, 2004 interacts: 10And watching his broad back getting smaller and smaller, Priya becomes aware, that some mighty power, somewhere long back, in a fit of cruelty, has
Yavanika
Rahul Malviya Jun 4, 2004 interacts: 24Yavanika – “yauvan ki rani” literally the queen of youth
The Olive Trees
storyteller May 21, 2004 interacts: 17
On our way to Khan Yunus we had seen thousands and thousands of trees that had been cut down. Olive
Outside Looking In
Amanullah Kariapper May 16, 2004 interacts: 4She asks about the way – robbers, road conditions, ETA. The drivers and local staff inform her that there have been robberies on the way
The Travelogue of an Astronomer
Salman Hameed May 12, 2004 interacts: 4
An astronomer’s journey to the volcanic island of La Palma, located off the coast of Morocco.
The Corrupted Daughter
Fakhra Hassan May 7, 2004 interacts: 31What makes us corrupt? I sometimes wonder whether it is related to the awareness of having nothing or all. She was searching for someone within
Firefly
Shonali Sarin May 6, 2004 interacts: 6
in my ear, your voice is friendly, bantering, teasing
I close my eyes and make a wish,
not on any star but on my tiny jugnu...
The Palate’s Passionplay
Farzana Versey Apr 16, 2004 interacts: 47A low moan is the sound of satiation, after breaking bread as well as in bed. Both food and sex make full use of our
Baby’s Room
Sucheta Potnis Apr 15, 2004 interacts: 24She got up then, and laughed out aloud, her laughter drowning out the baby’s cries. As the baby heard the alien sound of laughter from
Pocket Days
Aaria Ahmed Apr 14, 2004 interacts: 8
Will he turn around to see if I look
Or be on his way, a signal mistook?
Her eyes meet mine, but not a smile
She puts my
Our Mother
storyteller Apr 13, 2004 interacts: 19And together we stand as one before our mother. Our mother, who at times didn’t give enough and at other times gave too much, until
You and I
Dee Ahmed Apr 8, 2004 interacts: 21
Do you remember,
The many times I entertained You and myself with a caustic monologue
You were my only audience and the victim of my diatribe
You never
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