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Serenade to the Sleepless

Sonya Rehman   Oct 19, 2009   interacts: 12

Hoisting her basket back on her head, Ayesha turned around, and looked over at the other side of the road,

Access Denied

Asra Nadeem   Oct 15, 2009   interacts: 14

I was fascinated with graveyards as a kid and my grandmother always said that Muslim women should not go to

The White Rose

Aisha Sarwari   Oct 12, 2009   interacts: 158

The wedding night came and went. My routine didn’t change. I couldn’t let the boys down. Would I stop loving

The End Of An Affair

Taji M   Oct 8, 2009   interacts: 46

It seemed like the most beautiful day of Nazia’s life. The man who had stolen her heart had finally asked

Tree of Life

Sarah Zahid   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 5

During those days the paint of the left wall was blistered. If you scratched it a bit, you could smell

Cartoon

Baland Iqbal   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 2

“Papa, please help me. Look how worried I am. What has happened to me? What kind of a disease is

The Winter Goodbyes

Salman Latif   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 5

The night's blanket prevailed pregnant with unsaid things and ripe of the unspeakable syllables of his gloom.

Prosthesis

Sarah Zahid   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 4

Theirs was a usual relationship. At least they both thought that they were usual. They had a small dream, the

Independence Day

Beej K Singh   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 31

Ramanand Tiwari rounded the corner at a brisk pace – the achhoot well was now visible. He made a long

The Arrival

Faisal Shahid   Aug 3, 2009   interacts: 7

He felt that the poison in his blood had begun to mix at a slower rate, gradually even slower a

A Difficult Code

Anand Mahajan   Jun 21, 2009   interacts: 23

In a train bound to Lucknow, I was sitting on the filthy floor of a compartment. The night before, they

Hope

Sarah Zahid   Jul 4, 2009   interacts: 5

It was almost 30 days after the death. The house was silent. There was no sound. On one of the

Morality Undefined

Scaliper Aziz   Jun 25, 2009   interacts: 5

There is a man standing in the aisle a little up ahead from my seat. He is standing next to

Tale of Two Rebels

Sarah Zahid   Jun 23, 2009   interacts: 14

It was from Firdous market till the bridge. “Stop it”. I cried.. But at that moment I felt that there

Who Has Seen the Wind

Wajahat Malik   Jun 4, 2009   interacts: 4

Dadu Khan has always been sad about his name and has thought many times to change it. He still remembers

Sunshine

Nikhat Rasool   Jun 2, 2009   interacts: 9

A symbolic story of a girl who wants to be free. Her wish was granted but at the

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