The Baby... Madeha,

You spoiled my day. Please see a psychiatrist.

Tarun

Sughraa Mohammed,

Excellent story. Brings out the dark realities and innermost emotions beautifully woven with words. Keep it up.

Tarun

An Interesting Encounter Nice Story Hyder. Touches deep human emotions.

Bulleh Shah Umair,

Thanks a lot for this wonderful article. Baba Bulle Shah is a prominent figure in Sufi culture and I was dying to know something about him. Sufis should not be seen in the light of Hinduism or Islam or for that matter in any other man-made religion. Sufis always talked about humanity, one God whom we call Sadashiv, Allah, Rabb, God, Khuda, and oneness of universe. They wanted people to understand the falsehood of our practices and taught us about God within all of us and equality of all human beings.

I listen to NFAKs original sufi qawwalis (non techno variety) regualrly and somehow, did not like Abida Parveen`s version that much. If somebody can provide me links where I can did more info about BaBa Bulle Shah and BaBa Ghulam Farid, I will be grateful.

A Liftman, A Job Well Done Excellent Story Sheela ! Hope to see more of your contributions on chowk.

Ten Myths about Ragging Shivam,

Excellent article. This tradition is a black spot on our society`s so called modern and educated face and worse part is that courts have to step in to stop something so obviously disgusting. Equally surprising is people`s (read well educated) support for raggingand their casual attitude towards this malice. This Such incidents leave a lasting impression on a young mind and as we are seeing now, encourages them to become ``better raggers`` ( worse animals) than their seniors. These are acts of sexually repressed cowards who take advantage of freshers.

Surprisingly, worse ragging cases happen in Engineering and Medical colleges where supposedly ``better`` students go.

Pink Flowers Rahul,

I read Lihaf quite a few years back but it flashed before my eyes somewhere in middle of story.

Revathy, Really Nice piece of writing but end seems somewhat abrupt. I think story was still building itself.

Tarun