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Runway Woes

Mushhood Zaheer   Oct 3, 2007   interacts: 4

Its 2:30 pm on a warm and humid Sunday afternoon. The budget airline from Abu Dhabi has just decided to

Rawalakot: Rediscovered

Nadeem Akram   Sep 22, 2006   interacts: 5

There was hardly a few dozen people there; a rarity at most tourist sites in Pakistan. Men, women, children, rich, poor, old and young all

Monar Jomban (part 3 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 22, 2007   interacts: 3

I have started distinguishing the girls now – all in their late teens and two of them obviously sisters. The two sisters are also the

Cardamom Cloud over Coffee

Harish Nambiar   Jun 9, 2005   interacts: 27

Indians have so many divisions, and one of the divisions between North and South India is the preference in beverages. Tea is the preferred drink

Pakistan Travelogue II

Parag Vohra   Apr 5, 2005   interacts: 786

The son of a humble weaver, he was very attached to a Brahmin named Madho Lal and to immortalize the friendship between the two, he

Gulp Fiction

Nadeem F Paracha   Sep 29, 2004   interacts: 30

Magazines I’d like to see: Paranoid 911, Talwaar Times, Cannibalism Today, HardOn

Third Letter to Uncle Sam

Khalid Hasan   May 4, 2005   interacts: 22

But why don’t you send us trousers as well? Don’t you ever take off your trousers? If you do, you probably ship them to India.

Life inside and outside the Bubble

shan rehman   Apr 19, 2005   interacts: 31

The children’s eyes staring into the multicolored wonderland of Mcdonald’s, the beggars tapping the rolled-up car windows at traffic stops. There isn’t room for everyone

Muslims in Infidelistan: A Ready Reckoner

Salim Chauhan   Mar 3, 2006   interacts: 466

When you show up at the airport with your six inch beard, your plastic portable lota, and a prayer rug

Monar Jomban (part 2 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 14, 2007   interacts: 6

We were out to buy Gaz (the traditional sweet of these parts, a delicate white chocolate made with sugar and eggs and some other mysterious

Traveling Mexico’s Backroads

Alberto Ceras   Oct 21, 2005   interacts: 14

They have chosen well - Chiapas is beauty - miraculous - though in their need the beauty may be more torment than not.

Pakistan Political Roulette

Nauman Nisar   Mar 24, 2005   interacts: 8

The game is simple to master, playing is pure fun and the rewards are enormous. Membership is open and the eligibility criteria are lax. There

Football Madness at Maracana, Rio de Janeiro

Deepak Sapra   Aug 31, 2007   interacts: 0

Nowhere does football arouse as much passion as in Brazil; and nothing personifies it more than the scene at the Maracana, one of world's largest

30 Days in Afghanistan - Dinner Conversations

Naeem Randhawa   May 12, 2008   interacts: 101

I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Actually, I'm in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - and across and beside me, people are beginning to get drunk. Muslims

US-India Relations in Danger After an Attempt on the President's life!

Amir A Husain   Feb 27, 2006   interacts: 11

So news is that Bush Mian may visit cricket games on his tour to India and Pakistan - what if - just what if the

Bovinity

Muhammad Farhan   Aug 14, 2007   interacts: 3

I politely asked the strange being in a language which it could easily understand to reduce the volume. It said: Jee? Avaaz oonchi ker doon?

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