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Shandana Minhas January 24, 2003

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#23 Posted by tahmed32 on January 25, 2003 4:14:44 pm
slink #15 Things could be worse: instead of being a fat Pakistani you could be a thin Pakistani. And you know that means lack of food - not healthy diet and gym - for most people in Pakistan.
PS: I am just trying to be funny - nice article.
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#22 Posted by Minhaj on January 25, 2003 4:14:44 pm
``It seems everyone must have an accessory in the game of need nowadays.``

Wow.
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#21 Posted by Saminasha on January 25, 2003 1:19:12 pm
paras 2-5 esp. effective.
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#20 Posted by slodhi on January 25, 2003 9:41:10 am
Peace,
Is it just me or did somebody else noticed the freezing of everything around you while reading the article. And the moisture in your eyes, was it due to the dust in the air or something else. Well written. Hope to see more of your action...
Peace
PS Get well soon...
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#19 Posted by hamidm2 on January 25, 2003 9:01:24 am
absolutely delightful ! ........ so effortless ........
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#18 Posted by semipreciousme on January 25, 2003 7:52:08 am
...shandana, great stuff as usual...powerfully told...btw, djinn and tonic?...luuuurve it...:)
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#17 Posted by Ally on January 25, 2003 7:52:08 am
nice article, enjoyed reading it

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#16 Posted by Ansari on January 25, 2003 7:52:08 am
Hope you get well soon!
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#15 Posted by slink on January 25, 2003 5:52:31 am
thanks for reading people :)

just so you know...its chickenpox. as hubby puts it ``beam me up spotty!``

shandana
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#14 Posted by nazarhayatkhan on January 25, 2003 2:57:47 am

That was good. Thoughts pouring out in words. Honest. Straightforward. Intense. sensitive. No make up. No interruptions. Raw & clear.

In good mood, with happy emotions, you would write so wonderfully and effective. Things with rainbows, music, fragrance, joy.
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#13 Posted by ferozk on January 25, 2003 2:57:47 am
Liked it!

Liked the distracted nature of the article...musing between the important and the trival...

Ciao
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#12 Posted by FarzanaVersey on January 25, 2003 12:05:35 am
Shandana:
Déjà vu! If you were truly immune, you would not have written this. What many people in this world do not realise is that after one has exposed oneself and beaten a retreat, it isn’t an ivory tower one is sitting in. But a fragile bubble that might burst and push you back into the flotsam. Being “silly, selfish, self indulgent and misinformed” is often a security shield for ornery mortals. Our ‘djinn and tonic’…

Farzana
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#11 Posted by veeresh on January 24, 2003 10:47:26 pm
Questions, choices, consequences . . .

1) Why Zambia?

2) Why snap at anybody who deserves it?

3) Why not Headless Chicken?

4) And finally, why is white wine better than red, usually?

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#9 Posted by Ansari on January 24, 2003 7:52:21 pm
Really liked it! Thank you.

``. They have other things to be happy about though. Children, grandchildren, advancements in fat free and sugar free food technology.``

Yup, Dada`s rejoicing in his latest discovery; a shop near Water Pump that sells sugar-free Gulab Jamun!

Warm regards,

Aamir

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#8 Posted by SaimaShah on January 24, 2003 6:33:05 pm
Loved it!

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