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Sex in the Indian Family

Anil S Arora   Nov 6, 2002   interacts: 30

A review of Somnath Sen’s film ‘Leela’

The Vagina Monologues

Khadija Hassan   Jul 29, 2003   interacts: 300

One Eve banished us from Heaven. Another is helping us discover the heaven within ourselves. One Eve is blamed in Western theology for initiating sin

Khamosh Pani Crosses the Border Noisily

Yousuf Saeed   Dec 14, 2004   interacts: 277

Sentimentality sells but does not bridge our gaps.

Khuda Ke Liye

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jul 30, 2007   interacts: 237

"In the Name of God", it is about us - the people of Pakistan warts and all.

Standing Alone in Mecca by Asra Q. Nomani

Jawahara Saidullah   Sep 13, 2005   interacts: 168

The journey to Mecca and standing alone at the birthplace of Islam is a running metaphor in Nomani’s book. She is always alone, or so

The Irreverent Hero Islam Forgot

William Dalrymple   Mar 19, 2008   interacts: 388

The Adventures of Hamza is the Iliad and Odyssey of the mediaeval Persianate world: a rollicking, magic-filled heroic saga, full of myth and imagination.

A History of the Pakistan Army by Brian Cloughley

Agha Amin   Jan 31, 2008   interacts: 268

Brian Cloughley has made an honest attempt to present things as they are or as he perceived them to be with whatever facts he could

Movie: Astitva

Veeresh Malik   Dec 7, 2000   interacts: 0

movies like this end in family feuds

“Final” solution?

Shujaat Wasty   Oct 5, 2004   interacts: 153

Review of Rakesh Sharma’s documentary, Final Solution: It is a study of the politics of hate in India, examining the Hindu Extremist movement, a look

Movie: Monsoon Wedding

Anil S Arora   Mar 5, 2002   interacts: 0

The film has a bevy of outstanding performances

Music: Junaid Jamshed: Naats

Nadeem F Paracha   Apr 6, 2004   interacts: 0

Holy smoke & hot air!

Why the American War on Terror is Failing Miserably

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Nov 18, 2007   interacts: 250

USA's counter terrorism effort in the Global War against Terror is frankly creating more terrorists than it is stopping.

Movie: Lagaan

Saima Shah   Jul 2, 2001   interacts: 0

starved for some light and air in their dull cubicle lives

Music: Pakistan kay Cencorshuda Ganay

Nadeem F Paracha   Nov 7, 2003   interacts: 0

From MMA land ... Milk (for) Honey!

Movie: Veer Savarkar

Anil S Arora   Nov 30, 2001   interacts: 0

many aspects and personalities of the freedom movement, whose memory had been swept under the carpet, are now being gradually resurrected on the national scene

Movie: Ali` Bumaye

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jan 16, 2002   interacts: 1

Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Marcillus Clay goes beyond being a mere sporting figure.

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