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Poetry

Common Things

Samina Wahid   Aug 6, 2002   interacts: 73

When I first thought of visiting Heera Mandi

Colour discrimination

sameena khan   Jun 16, 2003   interacts: 98

And so it has come to pass that my dear husband never misses a day for having to suffer life

The Quilt

Godot    Jul 24, 2003   interacts: 21

Translated from Urdu, Ismat Chughtai’s ‘Lihaf’

Awaaz Dey KahaaN Hay

Banjaara    May 5, 2006   interacts: 160

Despite his laidback demeanor and conservative background Naushad was an innovator, risk taker and a perfectionist. He introduced Qawwali and

Poetry

Cold Flesh

Godot    Jun 17, 2005   interacts: 54

Eesher Singh looked at Kalwant Kaur but unable to bear the heat of her piercing eyes, looked the other way.

Music in Pakistan

Hamid Mahmood   Feb 22, 2003   interacts: 50

I can tell you hundreds of naats and hamds, which have been composed in raags

Lata Mangeshkar & Noor Jahan Chalte Chalte

Ras Siddiqui   Oct 21, 1998   interacts: 6

The nightingale of India and the other great voice of the sub-continent.

Poetry

Untouchability and Sex

Shantanu Dutta   Jan 11, 2007   interacts: 79

No one practices untouchability when it comes to sex.

Gone is Caravan...

Beej K Singh   Oct 19, 2006   interacts: 107

Gone is caravan - seek my eyes in vain
All I see is dust - dust full cloudy train

Caesar, Mata Hari, and Mirza

Godot    Mar 22, 2002   interacts: 45

Translated from Urdu, a story by Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi (1962)

Translations

3 Haikus

Zinnia    Jan 4, 2002   interacts: 91

peel away my skin

My Summer of ’69

ahmad hayat   Jun 20, 2006   interacts: 82

It all happened three years ago, not quite a long period, but to me it seems like it happened, perhaps,

Poetry

Innocence, Loss and Nagan Chowrangi

moe Irahkob   Oct 19, 2006   interacts: 70

Barron swerved the car through the Nagan Chowrangi, took the turn toward 'Karachi Broast' and parked in front of the

We, The Fake

anNy    Nov 11, 2001   interacts: 78

where you feel ugly and poor if you have no flesh on display

Poetry

Love Affair

Amrita Rajan   Feb 27, 2006   interacts: 89

She looked at him skeptically. “You fell in love with the ‘real’ me? My inner beauty bedazzled you?” He was

Memoirs

The Aftergod

Nadeem F Paracha   Jun 10, 2005   interacts: 49

Lucifer, kneeling in front of God: And it will be done, my Lord. Detonates a massive anti-matter bomb: And away

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