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Anything But Vacant

Omar Phoenix   Nov 19, 2000   interacts: 29

I would like some thighs, cut the fat, I want it lean

The Judge

Saima Shah   Jun 22, 1998   interacts: 27

It was an ordinary summer in a very hot country. Life was full of possibilities and poetry.

Expectation

Haroon Moghul   Mar 1, 2003   interacts: 23

The desi family has all the identity of a post-colonial nationality

Memory and other Poems

Fatima Husain   Mar 6, 2004   interacts: 26

My mother says
if women did not forget,
they would have just that one child.

I am the result of her forgetfulness.



Industrial Food

Saima Shah   Oct 2, 2006   interacts: 39

Industrial Food is not just about food production, but also about globalization. Multinational corporations affect food production all over the world. Food has been contaminated

The Price of Loving Karl Marx

Khalid Sohail   Nov 1, 2007   interacts: 70

Spouses have to offer financial, economic and social sacrifices to maintain a marital relationship with creative personalities. Karl Marx was no exception.

A Failed Romance

Hafsa Shorish   Jan 21, 2007   interacts: 24

He was a swarthy, handsome lad with a respectable height, husky voice and a boyish, round face. His name was Mustafa and he was proud

All The Way To Maine

Dilip DSouza   Sep 12, 2002   interacts: 30

How some Pakistani and Indian kids found out that the enemy has a face.

Miscued Doldrums; The Saga Revisited, The Feud Recreated

Babar Hashmi   May 24, 2003   interacts: 49

The age-old anti-Pak syndrome grips dejected Indian musicians...

The Gray Cotton Shawl

Hamidah Hemani   Nov 21, 2002   interacts: 22

Kashmira is the bastard child of Pakeezah and Indir.

Spew

Shandana Minhas   Feb 12, 2001   interacts: 27

the city staggered to its feet like a dazed Cockroach

Lahore Street Scene

Tauheed Ahmed   Apr 5, 2005   interacts: 34

On a hot summers day I see
A child cross the melting street
A load on her head
And no shoes on her feet


Beating the Donkey

Bina Shah   Jan 8, 2001   interacts: 30

The Minister roared from the ground

SoulMate

Umair Mohsin   Jan 14, 2005   interacts: 27

There’s something about finding a soulmate. You just know what the other person is. You never have to explain yourself or even tell another about

The Bitter Taste of Milk: A Novel

Quinton Zondervan   Mar 18, 1998   interacts: 3

Chowk showcases the work of a young writer with the weekly serialization of his first novel

Remembering Mushtaq Gazdar

Beena Sarwar   Dec 5, 2000   interacts: 12

In the memory of Mushtaq Gazdar

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