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Patthar Ka Sheher (City of Stone)

Rehan Ansari   Jan 23, 2002   interacts: 86

The closer you get to the coast the richer you get

3 Haikus

Zinnia    Jan 4, 2002   interacts: 91

peel away my skin

The Song of a Grasshopper Found Dried in a Textbook

Saeed Urrehman   Aug 25, 2001   interacts: 97

on a borrowed charpoy

A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Khalid Sohail   Dec 8, 2006   interacts: 51

We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized

Nipa Chowrangi

Shandana Minhas   May 9, 2008   interacts: 74

The 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

A Suitable Boy

nyda ahmad   Mar 20, 2004   interacts: 80

A week later I discovered that the proposal has been made along with a picture of the would-be groom, I took one look at the

Fundamentalism and Violence

Khalid Sohail   Dec 10, 2007   interacts: 123

Human beings are conditioned by their families and communities and violent cultures produce violent people.

Give Us this Day our Tandoori Chicken

Jawahara Saidullah   Feb 27, 2006   interacts: 86

Apart from the usual news, there were accounts of the latest breed of terrorists. They need no bombs, they are small and undetectable and they

My Secret

Rashmi Ekka   Mar 4, 2004   interacts: 94

In front of me, people would say, “Oh Pramila flunked 5 papers this term, she’s really dumb.” Another voice would explain, “ She’s an Adivasi.”

The Basanti Dye

Yousuf Saeed   Feb 6, 1998   interacts: 12

By four-o clock in the morning the whole sky became Basanti. It seemed as if mustard was flowering in the eyes of the sky….

Indian Shuakat Aziz and Pakistani Manmohan Singh

Shahnawaz Farooqui   Feb 16, 2007   interacts: 77

In one of his recent articles, India’s famous journalist, Mr. M. J. Akbar has unveiled an open secret, that Dr. Manmohan Singh is in fact

American Born, British Born, Canadian Born but still Desi

Hassan I Ahmed   Feb 28, 2000   interacts: 60

I thought that the desi’s living abroad would have the best of both worlds.

Victims of Racism!

Ajay Kamalakaran   Dec 16, 2005   interacts: 74

We, Bengalis, have been sidelined since the days of the British. The whole world is jealous of Saurav and Bengal!

High talk in Bangkok

Nazar Khan   Oct 10, 2005   interacts: 74

Surprisingly, the flight is full of Pakistanis – businessmen, families, tourists. It seems the we are shifting our gaze towards

My City Bleeds

Saroop Gul   Oct 3, 2003   interacts: 77

Every day, I live with the hope that things will get better, peace will return and normalcy shall prevail. This does happen occasionally though and

Drama over the Karakurams

Nazar Khan   May 25, 2004   interacts: 51

As I looked inside the cockpit, I got a rude shock. My fuel gauge was reading only 1800 liters. There had been a sudden and

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