The Land of The Pure
Raiya Hashmi Nov 23, 2009 interacts: 0No corner,no street,no abode Stands safe from these merciless fiends
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
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.
All Boys
Vaibhav Jain Oct 15, 2009 interacts: 36While America is grappling with gay marriage, we sat celebrating the second Queer Pride Parade in Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.
Human Psyche...Soul or Mind?
Khalid Sohail Oct 13, 2009 interacts: 40Since human body was mortal human beings believed in immortal soul and connected that belief with the belief of immortal and eternal God. In the
Story of Hindustani
Razia Husain Oct 7, 2009 interacts: 352By definition Urdu and Hindi are one language due to their grammatical structure and mutual intelligibility. There is no linguistic reason to divide them into
An Hour at Datta Darbar
Bushra Zulfiqar Oct 5, 2009 interacts: 34There were loud speaker warnings about the pick pockets and jewelery theft. The shrine which reflected the beauty and sacredness of God’s love suddenly became
Uncomfortably Numb
MVJ Simon Sep 29, 2009 interacts: 3
I see with my eyes wide open
Yet I don’t see your suffering
I hear your cry of agony
It’s just another sound to me
Aliens in Karachi
Fauzia Husain Sep 27, 2009 interacts: 15What if extra-terrestrials with superior intellectual faculties stumbled across our seaside metropolis? Would they get mugged, hugged or asked to tea?
Our Piñata: The Western Culture
Taji M Sep 20, 2009 interacts: 104Oh the kids have settled very well in their school, he said. The only problem is this Western culture; we don’t want our children to
Eid Mubarak!
Asad Dhanani Sep 20, 2009 interacts: 3I bought myself the usual white colored Qameez-Shalwar, with a full collar, no embroidery Qameez. Embroidery wasn’t my thing and the thought of having to
Driving Me Crazy
Xoheb Sheikh Sep 18, 2009 interacts: 14There is the levitation of first love; then there are the thirty years of marriage. There is the pleasure of a long walk along the
An Indian Abroad
Sangeeta Mahapatra Sep 16, 2009 interacts: 17While not being jingoistic, I realized that it is only in a foreign land does one realize the worth of one's identity.
The Whole Business of Compulsive Eating
Kiran Nazish Sep 15, 2009 interacts: 10
In spite of widespread dissemination of information about healthy nutrition over the past decade, it seems that eating habits of
Secular Spirituality
Khalid Sohail Sep 10, 2009 interacts: 72I have read the descriptions of spiritual experiences in the religious and holy books but this is the first time I read a biological, neurological
Why Do Pakistani Women Have the Highest Rates of Breast Cancer in Asia?
Laaleen Khan Sep 10, 2009 interacts: 28
Early detection saves lives. Get you and your loved ones to do annual mammograms and ultrasounds! Pay for poor women's
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