A Day In The Bazaar though i admire the kind of ideas that your writing revolves around, i wish you wouldnt be so damn direct sometimes, such as:

``his birth was celebrated as if he was a first-born (Nusrat did not count, for she was a girl). ``

its better to be a bit more subtle

The Urdu Press in New York Its lovely that you translate in order to make the what the urdu journalists write more accessible. Moreover the quality and range of their writing is interesting, from the reference to Sylvia Plath`s poem to the male/female quality of Nirma`s dancing. I just want to say something to #3 kashifaziz, to chuck his holier-than-thou attitude out the window. Are there not Muslim brethren in the States?

shabbo shabbo

Shaping the Grayness FarzanaVersey & GhalibZaman,

Truthfully speaking, but quite shamefully so, I Dont read and write urdu too well! But i still keep trying to develop a habit of reading urdu.
Its quite interesting to hear that you think this piece is like a miniature painting, because at the moment that is exactly what I`m doing, painting in the miniature technique!

Sabeen

Children, Sleeping it seems that you love eliot... i do too.....but i try not to write like him, which is hard to do

Shabbo Shabbo

Serendipity in Sri Lanka what does it matter?!

Serendipity in Sri Lanka #1 by Ansari on Janauary 4, 2003 11:48pm PT

Thanks for sharing TS Eliot with me, hes been on the top of my list for a long time. This is my second time at Chowk...and your response made it worthwhile.

as for #2 by AzadMunna on Janauary 5, 2003 9:05am PT

I`m no Shanzeh,

I come from the other side of the looking glass....if you`ll be knowing me, you`ll recongnise me even with the burqa on.