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Chowk Tale

Shandana Minhas January 24, 2003

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#39 Posted by angelface_k on September 25, 2003 4:50:37 pm
that was ``WOW``. U have been blessed with the power of words. keep it up grrl!

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#38 Posted by koi1 on February 23, 2003 2:07:51 pm
dear shandana,

an addition to your article.....

how fortunate I am to not be f) suffering a friend`s wrath after calling and laughing at him during the low point of the cricket match!!!!

u were lucky that u and bean have chicken pox and i cant come over!!!!

Obaid
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#37 Posted by jawahara on February 13, 2003 3:27:13 pm
Shandana, I like this article of course but more than that I really am looking forward to reading more from you. I *love* the name of your new column. Very cool!
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#36 Posted by desiscore on February 8, 2003 6:56:30 am
Yours is the first article I have read on chowk. I just joined a few hours ago. A friend told me this site is for the discerning. So far I can see that your article has been quite under-rated.

Thank you for making me want to read more. I hope I like it all as much.
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#35 Posted by oOOwhoaOOo on February 6, 2003 7:12:43 am
wonderful.. this one entertains and disturbs at the same time ...
Please keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing with us
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#34 Posted by Lajwanti on January 29, 2003 7:15:33 am
Behain

Ia mwant t shart too. is ok?

Salaam!
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#33 Posted by Saminasha on January 28, 2003 5:49:52 am
Slink,

Refrigerator box....hhmmm..I`ll have to remember to keep ours in the future. :) But I have to say, your box story is adorable...
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#32 Posted by slink on January 27, 2003 10:52:31 pm
temp, email on the way :)

zafar, sure you can put my name on a t-shirt (just don`t write `been there done that` after...)

minhaj...arfin? is dat you?

samina, when i was a kid i lived in a refrigerator box for a while...my parents were kind enough to let me...only my dog was allowed inside...it has an access ramp and periscope hole and all. when i got married and got a new fridge i inisited on keeping the box in the store just in case i ever needed in again. my husband found it very amusing, `protected spoilt brat` he called me. i found it more of a retreat. like cats, every child needs a space that is his/her own where they can feel safe from harm, and unwelcome visitors like reality.

sound...i`m very nice to my husband (sometimes) :)

cheese you are. i hope the tummy of your bottom did not find that comment too difficult to pass.
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#31 Posted by i-am-the-cheese on January 27, 2003 6:18:05 am
shandana
youre brilliant... and i mean this from the tummy of my bottom
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#30 Posted by zeejah on January 27, 2003 6:18:05 am
Very, very well written...absorbing read...thank u...:)
Zee
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#29 Posted by ZafarA on January 26, 2003 6:51:03 pm
``It doesn’t matter that I’m silly, selfish, self indulgent and misinformed. So is George Bush, and he rules the most powerful nation on earth.``

Shandana, may I put this on a T shirt please? If you allow, would you like your name under the quote?
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#28 Posted by Minhaj on January 26, 2003 12:00:44 pm
Samina,
The way she writes, you never get the feeling that she is setting you up, for the punch, but after every few lines she will knock you out. The refrigerator line I think is very sarcastic and I think she is always commenting on her schooling in Karachi, which is a gigantic immunization clinic. She is very uncomfortable with reality and very angry at how comfortable every one else is. Has colonized the English language with concerns that are local, and feelings that just wont go away. This kid is an original.
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#27 Posted by soundmeister on January 26, 2003 10:06:11 am
Slink,
Nice work, as usual. Slight bitter after-taste though.

Your hub sounds like a decent guy. Sense of humour and he doesn`t beat you -count yourself lucky! Don`t snap at him :))

Cheers
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#26 Posted by Maryam on January 25, 2003 9:32:47 pm
very entertaining, enjoyed reading that.
especially the ending..
``It doesn’t matter that I’m silly, selfish, self indulgent and misinformed. So is George Bush, and he rules the most powerful nation on earth.``
if only all truths were that apparent and easy to identify...
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#25 Posted by Saminasha on January 25, 2003 7:42:33 pm
Minhaj,
I like ``perhaps I`ll raise him in a refrigerator box after all.``
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#24 Posted by ana_dobarah on January 25, 2003 4:14:45 pm
and this is one of those rare occasions where hamidm is full of praise, and very succinctly, I must say...
shandana...get well soon! :-)
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Interact Index

    #39 angelface_k
    #38 koi1
    #37 jawahara
    #36 desiscore
    #35 oOOwhoaOOo
    #34 Lajwanti
    #33 Saminasha
    #32 slink
    #31 i-am-the-cheese
    #30 zeejah
    #29 ZafarA
    #28 Minhaj
    #27 soundmeister
    #26 Maryam
    #25 Saminasha
    #24 ana_dobarah
    #23 tahmed32
    #22 Minhaj
    #21 Saminasha
    #20 slodhi
    #19 hamidm2
    #18 semipreciousme
    #17 Ally
    #16 Ansari
    #15 slink
    #14 nazarhayatkhan
    #13 ferozk
    #12 FarzanaVersey
    #11 veeresh
    #10 Tania
    #9 Ansari
    #8 SaimaShah
    #7 Ras
    #6 Amjed
    #5 hari
    #4 temporal
    #3 ana_dobarah
    #2 Saminasha
    #1 stuka

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