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Monar Jomban (part 4 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 28, 2007   interacts: 2

They used to say ‘Allah will save us’ and a quarter of a century later I agree ‘only Allah can

Translations

Widows of Banares

Harish Nambiar   Oct 30, 2003   interacts: 33

The tradition of widows gathering, sometimes willingly, other times unwillingly, is based o the Hindu belief that those who die

Reshma: Voice of Mother Earth

V Ramaswamy   Jul 16, 1999   interacts: 9

The voice of Reshma is the voice of Mother Earth

Poetry

My Hajj Sojourn

Sohail Moghal   Jul 17, 2003   interacts: 9

It all started with some weird, undefined, ambiguous changes in my daily routine. I slept uneasy… dreamed of unidentified, surrealistic

'Dew from Truth’s Garden'

Asif Naqshbandi   Apr 18, 2006   interacts: 10

The following translation is of excerpts from a poem by the great scholar-Sufi saint from India, Imam Ahmad Riza Khan,

Fishing

Temporal    Jan 19, 2004   interacts: 20

Thoughts strike alike the living and the frozen. Innocent or enigmatic: they provide the wind in sails, passion in emotions.

The Trapdoor Opens: Naga Diaries 3

Harish Nambiar   Mar 17, 2006   interacts: 3

Mao's father was a GaoN bura. The villagers were often rounded up, forced to sit in an open space. His

Lest It Spread into the World

Saima Shah   Oct 25, 1997   interacts: 3

I and you will go together down the hill …

Short Stories

Spinning the Public Beating and the Mob Justice

Sindhyar Talpur   Apr 8, 2008   interacts: 1

You really need to be a bad administrator or power usurper that people are so full of hatred for you

R Kumari: A slice of Josh Malihabadi's life

Godot    Nov 23, 2005   interacts: 28

For God’s sake. you are going to a mandir in Benaras pretending you are a Hindu?

Translations

Still Looking!

Tahera Sajid   May 3, 2008   interacts: 24

“No, no, no!” I had stormed out yesterday leaving my Mum baffled and Shabbi Auntie angry, when she brought in

EMACE

Zehra Rizvi   Feb 19, 2005   interacts: 6

It has been two days since I arrived in Sri Lanka as a volunteer for the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts.

Amnesia

Khadija Hassan   Aug 19, 2003   interacts: 18

Preparing for flight he stretched his arms before him, ending them with two strong fists suitably accompanied by a tightening

Poetry

The Shattered World

Anand Mahajan   Dec 14, 2005   interacts: 2

The minister was in a state of complete helplessness: of a man in the habit of driving drunk

Translations

An Ode To Wine

Asif Naqshbandi   Nov 30, 2005   interacts: 14

The grapevines in Makka are grown
When fully ripened, to Madina are flown!

Close Encounters of the Musician Kind

Sudha Sadanand   Sep 9, 1999   interacts: 6

I can’t believe you told Eddie Vedder, he couldn’t sing

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