A Little After Three
Lajwanti Khemlani May 11, 2008 interacts: 5I lay face down, pretending to have fallen asleep. Soon I heard random words like boy, Muslim, Sindhi, dowry, next week, dinner, and blood pressure.
Happy Mother's Day
ammara ahmad May 11, 2008 interacts: 15Today, 11th May is Mother’s Day. It is almost absurdly romantic that a country like Pakistan would celebrate a day like to honor mothers!
Nipa Chowrangi
Shandana Minhas May 9, 2008 interacts: 66The neighbors couldn’t hear her screaming over the sound of the building’s generator, so that particular Sunday Aslam was able to beat Tehmina for considerably
When a Knock at the Door is Not Enough
Aisha Sarwari May 9, 2008 interacts: 136She surprised me by her answer, same old she said, battering. Her honesty made me nod. I said, oh, and walked away. The purpose was
Still Looking!
Tahera Sajid May 3, 2008 interacts: 24“No, no, no!” I had stormed out yesterday leaving my Mum baffled and Shabbi Auntie angry, when she brought in yet another rishta-seeking brigade.
Kiss of Death
Tazeen Javed Apr 23, 2008 interacts: 7Unlike cigarettes, gutka comes without a health warning and lack of awareness of its impact on health increases its consumption.
Mind the Gap, The Generation Gap That Is
Bhaskar Dasgupta Apr 21, 2008 interacts: 8Between 9/11, Afghanistan, Bush and Iraq, a new generation is forming which will define America for the next thirty years at the least. I call
Little Pakistan: Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue
Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 21, 2008 interacts: 209This article does not discuss racism or race relations. Instead, it hopes to capture how a community has gone through such adversity and is coming
The Psychology of Mothering
Khalid Sohail Apr 13, 2008 interacts: 287It is interesting that as our culture is changing and many women are reluctant to take on motherly duties, more men are becoming motherly and
Color-Blind Love
Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 3, 2008 interacts: 353Worldwide, interracial marriages are on the rise. However, 20 years ago, because of my religion, a German priest would not officiate our marriage nor would
Sustained Pleasure, Instant Gratification
Ajitesh Pathak Mar 30, 2008 interacts: 0So what am I supposed to do? Keep working hard to fulfill my ambitions, or worry about the state of my mind to positively influence
A Staircase Connecting Three Worlds
Salma Omar Mar 27, 2008 interacts: 10This is a world where hopes are pinned, dreams take form and life’s problems seem to somehow droop their heads like tired banners on an
Of Sin and Crime
shobig sifar Mar 19, 2008 interacts: 5I was fervidly persuaded that day by my neighbour molvi sahib to attend this Jum’a congregation in a madrassah near the city centre.
Snowflake
MVJ Simon Mar 19, 2008 interacts: 5
Sparkling in the sunshine
Pristine, white and pure
I am a snowflake there
High up above them all
Mosquito Music
Lokhi Menon Mar 19, 2008 interacts: 2
That’s one form of music
That makes me quite sick,
whose notes are malaria,
dengue or filaria.
Starting from the End
Ali Hashmi Mar 16, 2008 interacts: 16Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more
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