No Romancing the Mohallah
Abira Ashfaq Dec 20, 2006 interacts: 10Recently, I declined an offer to watch a mujrah by someone who claims to value the arts and culture -- not because I am prudish,
A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness
Khalid Sohail Dec 8, 2006 interacts: 51We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized
The Clash of Stupidities
Shandana Minhas Dec 3, 2006 interacts: 56Our mullahs use women’s legs as a platform, presenting their exposure in skirts etc as a sign of the west’s immorality. Conservative Indian commentators clip
Dessert
Sadia Rauf Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 19
Come.
I want a bitter taste of you.
Bring.
I want to ride the shallow depths of you.
Voices from the Other Side
farrukh kamrani Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 2
It frightens me in the silence of dying nights.
It frightens me when my wife retreats to sleep,
When run to school my children plodding and
Indian Filmmaker Plucks Musical Strings in Pakistan
Sadia Fatima Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 53
Khayal Darpan, a documentary film explores Pakistan's Classical Music traditions
How Not to get Irritated with Hindi
V S Gopalakrishnan Nov 29, 2006 interacts: 49Hindi has conquered India despite the Hindi zealots. Thanks mainly to the six hundred odd Hindi movies of generally unspeakable quality that emanate from Bollywood
Cancer Can’t Kill
sehar javaid Nov 26, 2006 interacts: 14Boosting immunity and fighting infections can prolong the life.
The Modern Bogeyman
Shandana Minhas Nov 14, 2006 interacts: 28Suited sadomasochists, persistent forces of nature, varied forms of organic degradation…our fascinations are becoming increasingly morbid. Instead of fearing nothing but God, we fear everything
Educate Because You Can
Tania Sarfraz Nov 13, 2006 interacts: 12For close to an hour, she ranted and raved about how schools were merely places meant to “corrupt” and “modernize” innocent Pakistani children, how educating
Dreams, Hopes, and the Road Ahead
Shaheryar Akbar Nov 5, 2006 interacts: 5We often look to the West for guidance. Let us therefore discover the true meaning of modernity as it historically unfolded within the fabric of
1857 and the Lessons of 150 Years
mehul kamdar Oct 29, 2006 interacts: 333There is no reason why people should continue to suffer because thieves and manipulators succeeded in dividing them so decisively 150 years ago.
A Tribute To Heritage Of Poonch
Zafar Choudhary Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 4It may sound little ludicrous that had there not been this building in the decade of 1930s, the geopolitical shape of this region would have
Black in my Rainbow
A Ali Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 14
Your petty world I refuse to accept
For your rainbows have no black
Rain! Oh Beautiful Rain!
Clytan Fernando Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 5
Now that I bedridden lay!
'Come n play' is what you say
Dilemmas of Creative Children
Khalid Sohail Oct 18, 2006 interacts: 57Creative children prefer to follow the trails of their hearts rather than the highway of tradition. If their efforts are supported then their trails become
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