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Poetry

I Await ...

Mateen Mahmood Mohajir   Nov 6, 2007   interacts: 2

Of what avail the melodies and glitter,
That an evening muse brings;
Life is false:
The past is faded, 'today'

Short Story

It Is Raining

Rida Abbasi   Oct 9, 2007   interacts: 7

It is silent outside, except for the steady rain; everyone is huddled inside their rooms like us. I have my

Short Story

Clarity

Raj Mor   Nov 8, 2007   interacts: 7

“Arunivas! Arunivas! Make sure you get me a gold set! Last Diwali you forgot completely that I am allergic to

Poetry

Thorn Tree Gossip

Lokhi Menon   Nov 1, 2007   interacts: 4

They fall on the new gossip-meat
Like a ravening hyena pack,
tearing their “close� friend
To rotten pieces behind

Short Story

The Proposition

Shaique Hussain   Nov 6, 2007   interacts: 2

The halala was solemnized. At 11, Iqtidar had his first experience of the flesh. Naghma was facilitated in her return

Short Story

Short

Raj Mor   Nov 6, 2007   interacts: 1

The day had gone well. Dow was up. NASDAQ was up. Sensex was up. But he was thinking about his

Narrative

The Wild Side Of The Mall

Tahir Gul Hasan   Nov 6, 2007   interacts: 18

They changed the name of The Mall Road of Lahore to Shahra-e-Quaid-e-Azam years ago. I was too young then to

Short Story

Calling Chanda

Anum Ali   Nov 2, 2007   interacts: 3

In her early twenties Haryalee, like Chanda, was a eunuch or more commonly known as the hirja or the third

Satire

Hisab Barabar

Manpreet S   Nov 4, 2007   interacts: 9

She is a regular in the gym. She walks with a lazy step, does halfhearted aerobics, and barely moves on

Narrative

The Roving Stones

Haroon Malik   Nov 3, 2007   interacts: 5

My lords have announced they will cause revolutionary changes, changes that will cause a grass root level change. But how

Short Story

The Other Woman

Tahera Sajid   Oct 30, 2007   interacts: 19

She was a friend who just happened to be a woman...or, was she?

Translation

Two Poems of Parveen Shakir in Translation

Ravi Kopra   Oct 30, 2007   interacts: 1

'Pink Flowers' and 'A Message'

Short Story

Dreams

Tan Sar   Aug 22, 2007   interacts: 1

Even this rain…even this has changed. Even Mother Nature has started whoring around. Nothing is the same. Nothing New Jersey

Short Story

The Permanence of Things

Saeed Urrehman   Aug 19, 2007   interacts: 0

The acrid smell of what my body had expelled and what had now been rejected by the toilet was difficult

Poetry

Of No Importance

kashkin dabruski   Oct 21, 2007   interacts: 4

I need to move,
To some other place
Away from all this mayhem

Poetry

Are we free?

MVJ Simon   Oct 22, 2007   interacts: 3

To speak without fear of judgment
To write without pangs of guilt

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