Articles with tag: Family
Live In
Prashant Bhatt Nov 3, 2008“The world outside the campus is very cruel. There are people who pass sarcastic remarks or start giving patronizing advice regarding my job, career, potential marriage” she told as they sat together
A Transfer
Prashant Bhatt Sep 10, 2008His younger son Hasen is studying in Hyderabad, doing first year of engineering while he lives in Tripoli alone. The elder son is doing a job in Lucknow.
Worlds Apart
Tahera Sajid Jun 10, 2007 interacts: 49‘Home? Where was home, anyway? Don’t they say home is where the heart is?’
Dilemma Over Spiderman
sameena khan Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 6'So what if people have died, why can’t we go watch a movie?' She demanded to know. A thousand bombs exploded within me.
The Dreaded Phone Call
Ejaz Haroon Mar 1, 2007 interacts: 17My father had been sick the last few months. He had undergone a knee implant a couple of years ago since his knee joints were completely worn out by rheumatoid arthritis, and one of the implants was now infected.
Thoughts on Life Before Death
Hamzaad Nov 13, 2005 interacts: 15...the invading marauders, the exploitive landlords and the apathetic rulers were a threat to the family unit
The Bastard
nabendu debsharma Oct 28, 2005 interacts: 33When I was a small boy I could never understand why my mother disliked Bijoy-kaku (Uncle Bijoy) so much...
Immigrants: Na Idhar ke, Na uddhar ke
Batool Ali Oct 5, 2005 interacts: 81I moved to Canada four years ago - at the time, we - my spouse and I - were determined to 'make a life' in Toronto or live there permanently. However circumstances and family obligations impelled us to move back to Pakistan eventually.
Dev, Harry and I
Burpinder Singh Sep 26, 2005 interacts: 40It’s always a rather sensitive topic for guys my age. Carried away by misplaced patriotism and a rather low opinion of our own ability to deal with homesickness, we’d made our career choices and stayed back home, while flightloads of eager fri
The Weight of Water
Jawahara Saidullah Jul 20, 2005 interacts: 32“Women are like water,” her father used to say, “they are gentle and patient and they take the shape of whatever situation into which they are poured.”
The Inheritor
Ramesh Mishra May 25, 2005 interacts: 11I was uneasily approaching thirty. With a solid hangover of post-colonial liberal education matched with family traditions of acquired neurosis.
Blood and Virtue
Amrita Rajan May 20, 2005 interacts: 21He’d missed the death rattle, that last tortured breath squeezed from straining lungs as they gave in despairingly to the inevitable, lost as he’d been in his own thoughts
Some Weekends
Zehra Rizvi Mar 14, 2005 interacts: 14We all revert to our younger selves at homes. When my world was theirs and theirs was mine. I am still their world. Mine has changed but inside these walls, I try to stop time.
Am I Insane?
Emma Nisa Mar 4, 2005 interacts: 149Let me tell you about myself. I have a law degree, and got married straight out of University. My Prince Charming is no other then my Bhabi’s brother. Yes I made the mistake of getting married in a “Watta Satta”.
A Paean to my Family
farukh pracha Feb 22, 2005 interacts: 7Chachijan -- one of my earliest memories is one of those spool tapes on which my father invites her to sing with the words “Azra Apa, ub aap” – and she sang the Ghalib ghazal “Nukta cheen hai” for she had a melodious voice an
Pink Flowers
Revathy Gopal Jun 14, 2004 interacts: 21The fat one has come back and my Didi’s face grows pale as ash. Why does she come again and again when she must know that she is not welcome, when all she can do is destroy the peace of our household...
Memory and other Poems
Fatima Husain Mar 6, 2004 interacts: 26My mother says
if women did not forget,
they would have just that one child.
I am the result of her forgetfulness.
To Be Or Not To Be Home?
sameena khan Nov 26, 2003 interacts: 65Then there is the equation with the husband. All the ladies that I spoke to put their husbands on hold till the weekend. 'Otherwise, the entire schedule goes haywire', said one. 'Can’t get up and get going early morn next day', chimed another. 'Who
Schizophrenic
arunima sengupta Nov 19, 2003 interacts: 6In a few hours she would go home and get back to being Shruti Agarwal, loving daughter, niece, oldest grandchild of the Agarwal family again. Why was it so tiring, this double life?
The Ugly Empire
Haroon Moghul Sep 16, 2003 interacts: 5Over the last year, I’ve become colder, harder, more indifferent to other people, and though sometimes it’s nice to brush everyone and everything off, it is also worrying
Mother
Mohammed Amjed Sep 13, 2003 interacts: 34Mother’s eyes are glossy wet with affection and smoke ...
Turkish Delight
Banjaara Jul 15, 2003 interacts: 18The PA system came to life with the announcement that the plane was landing in Istanbul shortly and the passengers were reminded to fasten seat belts and remain seated on their seats
The Defence College Experience
Nazar Khan Jul 9, 2003 interacts: 112We also touched, perhaps superficially, on other national issues ranging from ‘economy’ to ‘national planning’ and had begun to have a false feeling of ‘knowing it all’.
The Blackboards
Jagmohan Chadha Jul 3, 2003 interacts: 14Here is a bit of advice from some body who knows. Never be the middle child in the family if you can help it. Especially if your older sibling is the perfect son/daughter.
Bari Imam’s Republic of Peeristan
Hala Malik Jul 2, 2003 interacts: 46Before, this disease was limited to the illiterate population of Pakistan, but now it’s becoming more of a fashion for literate and well-known people to be seeing some Pir or Sufi. It’s the latest new trend.
The Conversion Chiaroscuro
Farzana Versey Jun 30, 2003 interacts: 131Didi became a Hindu. Long before the RSS and the Pope got into a tiff about conversions. At that time it meant nothing to me.
Of Early Marriages
Madiha Waris Jun 27, 2003 interacts: 28My just-turned-twenty friend tries to maintain a balance between the robust baby in her right arm, and her large, stuffed hold all in the other. She tells me he’s being naughty today; he isn’t this bad tempered usually.
Colour discrimination
sameena khan Jun 16, 2003 interacts: 98And so it has come to pass that my dear husband never misses a day for having to suffer life with me, his bhootni
For Better or Worse
Sheharyar Malhi Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 78Compromise is the key to a successful marriage but what happens when neither party is willing to do that?
Trembling Camera Flare on a Column Within a Column
Zeeshan Mahmud May 28, 2003 interacts: 71women who end up in this exclusive club-like section
How to kill your Wife (Unedited)
malik khar May 26, 2003 interacts: 74for killing women, a plethora of options are available
The Wheels of Time
Jagmohan Chadha May 13, 2003 interacts: 143We join the pathway of time, with our joys and tragedies and then leave, while the time moves on uncaring.
Ali G and his Bling - Bling
Mohammad Gill May 9, 2003 interacts: 23The first time I came across Ali G was in.....
Air Cdre Rizwanullah Khan Shaheed Memorial Trust
Samina Rizwan May 4, 2003 interacts: 26how will we make sure that the contribution to this world happens anyway, in the name of the dearly departed
The Recompense
Zafar Anjum Apr 21, 2003 interacts: 25Ten years ago, when Samina had come to Shakeel’s house in her bridal finery, she dreamt of a happy family life amid a brood of children.
My Beautiful Rizwan
Samina Rizwan Apr 5, 2003 interacts: 79Such was the overpowering presence in my life, of Rizwan - my husband, my friend, my soulmate, my shaheed.
Travels through America - Deep Thoughts
Nazar Khan Mar 5, 2003 interacts: 44Finally, it was one sight that took my heart and left a lasting impression on me of the beauty and simple innocence of a human being...
Expectation
Haroon Moghul Mar 1, 2003 interacts: 23The desi family has all the identity of a post-colonial nationality
Dear Dana
Sobia Aslam Feb 24, 2003 interacts: 13The last time I saw you was at the Espresso Royale Caf.
An Interview with Govind Nihalani
Zafar Anjum Feb 16, 2003 interacts: 9For Hindi film buffs, Govind Nihalani needs no introduction.
In Search of Peace and Flowers
Ras Siddiqui Feb 15, 2003 interacts: 43personal perspective on the January rally
Living Abroad
Zermin Azhar Feb 8, 2003 interacts: 105America, the dream of many; a country where all wishes are granted and any desire fulfilled
Almost Dead
arunima sengupta Feb 7, 2003 interacts: 8maybe 'art of living' classes are good things afterall
A Day In The Bazaar
Sobia Aslam Feb 3, 2003 interacts: 29The young boy bumping into her made her mad, madder than she had ever been, but he escaped on his bicycle, grinning, that little bastard.
Liberal Raiments?
aaisha khan Jan 19, 2003 interacts: 34What exactly is a 'liberal' mode of dressing? And does dress alone offer an insight into the psyche of a person?
Resurrection
Jawahara Saidullah Jan 15, 2003 interacts: 9That night he dreamt of her hands again. They threaded small, white buds of the queen of the night into long strands. And wove them around his heart.
Tying The Knot - Village Style
Nazar Khan Jan 8, 2003 interacts: 61maids who can conveniently meet their boyfriends
The Case For and Against The Satanic Verses
Subroto Roy Dec 28, 2002 interacts: 33Evaluating Diatribe and Dialectic as Art
Saveray Jo Kal Aankh Meri Khuli
Mohammad Gill Dec 14, 2002 interacts: 18When a jackal is hounded by death, he heads towards the city...
My Little Bit of Hindu
Ali A Nov 27, 2002 interacts: 287I made acquaintances with a consciously unknown, but subconsciously known part of myself, the little part of me that was Hindu, so to say.
Closet
N J Nov 18, 2002 interacts: 122obviously there are thousands of Khurram out there with their conflicting mind sitting in the darkness of the closet looking for the light
The Endangered Species
Bina Shah Nov 15, 2002 interacts: 146I’m just waiting for the day when South Asian women are added to the WWF’s endangered species list.
Larka, Larki Aur Smartee
Shehlah Zahiruddin Nov 10, 2002 interacts: 42I failed to comprehend why a perfectly sane English description was being replaced by a ghastly Urdu word – one that evoked images of barbers’ shops, naked men and an equally rude Urdu idiom.
Frankly Speaking
Minhaj Oct 29, 2002 interacts: 38Every one in Pakistan thinks I am this cool flirt dating blondes. And I want to maintain that image.
Perfect Women. Imperfect Men
Nafees Ghaznavi Oct 24, 2002 interacts: 68women should also be able to fulfill their responsibilities towards their homes
Hour of Separation
Aaria Ahmed Oct 20, 2002 interacts: 40The day a girl waits for her entire life had finally come and there she was all alone...
In Afghan Refugees’ Camp
Sheharyar Khan Oct 4, 2002 interacts: 20As I entered the camp, I was stunned by the contrast between the posh villas at my back and the mud houses on the bank of sewerage line in my front.
The Politics of Rape
Beena Sarwar Sep 28, 2002 interacts: 36Why the Meerwala Jatoi panchayat thought they would get away with it
The Kal Aaj Aur Kal of Secularism
Harish Nambiar Sep 23, 2002 interacts: 124There is a generation growing distant from religion, and yet engagingly indulgent of it. Not so much as a pathway to salvation as much as a familiar lane of the past.
Dubai - The Red Light City
Amin Saleh Sep 14, 2002 interacts: 24All that is on the other side of the fence is not green but RED. Enjoy life and have fun, these are the key to making the best of your trip to Dubai. But do not plan a long stay there.
The King’s Gambit: Chapter 4 (The Aviator)
Umair Raja and Omer Rafique Jul 31, 2002 interacts: 32The seventy-two year old Christian Palestinian was confidently sitting at the head of the most powerful group of Muslim men ever assembled
Kashmir Fatigue
Ajay Raina Jun 17, 2002 interacts: 705I still have a home there and I am looking forward to my permanent return
Confessions of a BJP Supporter
Parag Vohra May 13, 2002 interacts: 275Why was the philosophy of the Sangh Parivar attractive to so many urban middle class Hindus?
The Red Dress
Zafar Anjum Mar 29, 2002 interacts: 70With the mountainous weight of forty-three years
The Evolution of The Burqa
Mohammad Qadeer Mar 23, 2002 interacts: 206It literally draws a curtain around a woman
Caesar, Mata Hari, and Mirza
Godot Mar 22, 2002 interacts: 45Translated from Urdu, a story by Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi (1962)
Dog Foop Days (and Other Such Stuff)
A Bismil Feb 2, 2002 interacts: 24If the wind blew hard enough, her hair blew all over the place
Patthar Ka Sheher (City of Stone)
Rehan Ansari Jan 23, 2002 interacts: 86The closer you get to the coast the richer you get
Night of Burning Terror
S Ramji Jan 7, 2002 interacts: 22It was a clear, cold night early in February 1948...
Beta Chala Gaya
Temporal Dec 30, 2001 interacts: 16The journey for self-discovery takes us through interesting landscapes.
The Forgotten Children of God
Zalan Alam Dec 5, 2001 interacts: 198Beneath the four main castes is a fifth group, the Scheduled Caste
Diwali...Then
P Venkatraman Nov 22, 2001 interacts: 35A humourous and nostagiac look at Diwali preparations in middle class Bombay 30 years back.
When the Lights Hurt the Eyes
Farzana Versey Nov 14, 2001 interacts: 384Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...
A Father’s Letter To Daughter: A short story
Harish Nambiar Nov 5, 2001 interacts: 14whichever clan rules the earth, I shall always be the outsider
A Conversation with Om Puri in New York City
Saniya Ansari Aug 25, 2001 interacts: 49Other than acting I think I can only be best as a farmer
My Sahib
Godot Aug 14, 2001 interacts: 117An English translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Mera Sahib’
A Predilection for Grand Burglary
Gomathy Venkateswar Aug 14, 2001 interacts: 10Daughters also inherit from their mothers an affinity for burglaries!
The Virgin Bride
Nafisa Haji Aug 4, 2001 interacts: 234The idea of doing that with some sophisticated American bombshell...was paralyzing
Heart of Silence in the Place of Chaos
Jawahara Saidullah Aug 2, 2001 interacts: 12Two months later she found out he got married to a suitable girl
The Evolution of Urdu Literature in the 20th Century
Farid Khwaja Jul 29, 2001 interacts: 63Literature is the narration of time
Devi Dies ...
Gomathy Venkateswar Jul 15, 2001 interacts: 13It was April 1939, hot and sultry in the district forest town of Tirupattur.
World of a Pariah
Kinza Yasar Jul 8, 2001 interacts: 20You may think it is a trivial occupation, but nay ...
Maut Ka Kuwaan (Well of Death)
Rozaiba May 26, 2001 interacts: 135A pimp, two eunuchs, a maulvi, and a new 100 rupee note
The Shah of Chicago II
A J Nabi May 25, 2001 interacts: 18the place was thick with smugglers and heroin factories
Degrees of Horror
Jawahara Saidullah Mar 6, 2001 interacts: 14Someone in Kutch is just a few degrees removed from me
This Visit To Pakistan
Hassan Gardezi Feb 21, 2001 interacts: 412one notices some interesting adaptations in the life styles of upper classes
An Eyewitness’ Account of Death, Horror And Misery
Veeresh Malik Feb 2, 2001 interacts: 42The enormity of the quake had still not hit us
Karachi Dreams
Shandana Minhas Jan 19, 2001 interacts: 124a metropolis vast in size and tiny in the scope of its productivity
A Conversation With Abdullah Hussein (Part One)
Rehan Ansari Dec 26, 2000 interacts: 58Udaas Naslein is a novel I have heard about as I would a rumour.
Headache and Heartburn
Almira Adara Nov 20, 2000 interacts: 385I did not want to witness the hell breaking loose as the young Pakistanis started dancing
Ismat Chughtai’s Autobiography -- A Transalation
Muniba Kamal Nov 8, 2000 interacts: 47Let her, said my father
The Relationship That Heals
Ali Hashmi Nov 1, 2000 interacts: 28no one comes to see me because they are happy or content with their life.
Aap Amrika Main Hotay Hain?? (Do You Live In America)
Ali Hashmi Oct 21, 2000 interacts: 219This oddly discrepant way of looking at life and career appears to be quite the norm in Pakistan
Oh For Those Fries!
Ayesha J Ikram Sep 24, 2000 interacts: 122I bled my self to death and no one ever knew why
Women in India: Are We Better Off?
Radhika Chandar Sep 8, 2000 interacts: 156What should the wife do if her husband beats her and troubles her?
Piecing Together Old Bahawalpur
Wasiq N Khan Aug 18, 2000 interacts: 14A call to preserve Bahawalpur’s architecture is long overdue
Miss India, Huma, and my photo
Rehana Aslam Jul 4, 2000 interacts: 26my friends have even volunteered to pay for another photo
Family Laws in Bangladesh
Esam Sohail Jun 15, 2000family law codes are inconsistent with the Constituion on three counts
Oi, Kinniyaan Memaan Keetiyan Ne.
Omar Phoenix Jun 1, 2000 interacts: 19It’s a clean slate,
The Paki’s had his fun,
Tower of Babel
Shehlah Zahiruddin May 31, 2000 interacts: 12My language was peppered with baithtta hoon and khata hoon along with the elongation of almost all Urdu words with aan such as ainak-aan...
The Sweet Child of Mine
Nadia Siddique May 29, 2000 interacts: 14I don’t blame life for being cruel. . .
Touch
A Shiraz May 25, 2000 interacts: 29In the West, by the way, that is where our son will eventually go to study...they brutally electrocute an animal to death...
The Louder Echo
Nauman Khalid May 14, 2000 interacts: 2children are more comfortable, knowledgeable, and literate than their parents
Lahore Diaries V: Twilight in Lahore
Rehan Ansari Mar 27, 2000 interacts: 28What they have done is build the roads of Gulberg, the financial district and the center of shopping
A Full Belly Speaks Persian
Zeejah Mar 20, 2000 interacts: 8I resented the hill-folk the luxury of modern technology
The Bombing
Temporal Mar 5, 2000 interacts: 171A temporary replica of Ka’aba was recreated for the occasion.
Unquestionable Changes?
Sobia Aslam Jan 25, 2000 interacts: 42Where did the sehra go?...once a part of the ~QThings to wear on the Big Day~R manual for men...
Her Other Self
Jawahara Saidullah Nov 1, 1999 interacts: 12Why did she wake up in nightmarish sweats chased by dark fears?
San Diego Warming’
Rizwana Z Khan Sep 4, 1999 interacts: 4... fifty plus people of all sizes and ages convened for a slumber party
Passage
V Ramaswamy Sep 3, 1999 interacts: 3Now that he is dead, he has liberated himself, me and our relationship from the clutch of violence
Threads - Part 2
Star Marlboro Aug 28, 1999 interacts: 11the city she would greedily crave for after she left
An Inward Journey to Pakistan - Part 2
Kamran Akhtar Aug 26, 1999 interacts: 41An introspective travlelogue of a journey to Pakistan after 16 years of absence.
The Bird of Crimson and Gold
Jawahara Saidullah Aug 17, 1999 interacts: 19And it said to her, “it is coming. Be patient.”
Alternate Goals
Content Jul 22, 1999 interacts: 35Our expectations of you for the first day of your life....
Marriage from a Man’s Point of View
Arif Abrar Jun 27, 1999 interacts: 34I have three words for other men about to take the plunge, when in doubt, smile and nod
An Inward Journey to Pakistan - Part 1
Kamran Akhtar May 27, 1999 interacts: 42An introspective travlelogue of a journey to Pakistan after 16 years of absence.
Looking Through Glass
Rehan Ansari Mar 24, 1999 interacts: 9... he serves on M.A Jinnah and, yes, pops the question ...
Accident
Shandana Minhas Mar 15, 1999 interacts: 61Who is going to pay the human cost of suffering?
Shaam Ki Biathaak
Content Mar 9, 1999 interacts: 10A place almost completely secluded from the rest of the world.
Ashamed of India
Amar D Dhindsa Mar 8, 1999 interacts: 38We still kiss white ... even on our own terms
Buta, Pattey and Allah Chowrangi
Saima Shah Mar 6, 1999 interacts: 22In a lonely December night four men died in the city of Karachi ...
Discovering Ali Hasan
Rehan Rizvi Feb 18, 1999 interacts: 82Once upon a time, falling in love was not that complicated.
Full Moon on the Ganges
Rebecca R Kose Feb 17, 1999 interacts: 21Night time on a cremation ground, among the bones and the spirits.
Dust and Color
Anne Shamim Jan 25, 1999 interacts: 19From the world of glass and gray to a world of dust and color.
The Never-Ending Story
Kaneez Rehman Jan 23, 1999 interacts: 117A womans take on being a ’druggie’ in Pakistan
Just Another Woman
Anne Shamim Dec 11, 1998 interacts: 67They used you as a guinea pig, an experimental drug.
Madame Noor Jehan and Urdu’s Best Song Ever
Ras Siddiqui Dec 9, 1998 interacts: 12A tribute to the Malikah-e-Tarannum.
The Bride Burning
Begum F Shahnaz Nov 23, 1998 interacts: 5Mankind will not stand by and witness our burning: Mankind will not immolate truth.
Conversation with Mukul Kesavan
Rehan Ansari Nov 10, 1998 interacts: 13What was your Akbar S. Ahmed thinking casting Christopher Lee as Jinnah
Lata Mangeshkar & Noor Jahan Chalte Chalte
Ras Siddiqui Oct 21, 1998 interacts: 6The nightingale of India and the other great voice of the sub-continent.
Evil Spirits Travel in Straight Lines
Sheldon Pacotti Oct 19, 1998 interacts: 3Two French scientists go to Senegal to fight a resistant strain of malaria.
Vanishing Point
Sheldon Pacotti Sep 8, 1998 interacts: 2... if by chance our lives, unmolested, had been allowed to continue
Khodoki
Sheldon Pacotti Aug 11, 1998 interacts: 1Down and out in Leninsk, Kazakhistan: an old technician at Russia’s largest spaceport
On Being an Ex-Expatriate
Bina Shah Aug 2, 1998 interacts: 41What’s it like to come back to Pakistan? An ex-expatriate speaks.
Incantation
Sheldon Pacotti Jun 29, 1998 interacts: 3Where intelligence can be enhanced with expensive pharmaceuticals, a poor boy needs an alternative medicine
The Judge
Saima Shah Jun 22, 1998 interacts: 27It was an ordinary summer in a very hot country. Life was full of possibilities and poetry.
Recollections of my Grandfather
Asim Hayat May 21, 1998 interacts: 1They deserve their complete rest, after a simple, kind, and honourable life
A Fallen Man
Nathan Rabe Apr 1, 1998 interacts: 9An unexpected encounter on a cold winter’s morning in Minneapolis.
Azadi
Sheldon Pacotti Mar 24, 1998 interacts: 5A woman in Tehran intervenes when her husband becomes a smuggler of alcohol
Status of Parents in Al-Quran
Kashif A Shehzada Mar 19, 1998 interacts: 7What sort of a relationship should we maintain with our parents? In what matters are we not allowed to obey them? Answers from a Qur’anic perspective.
The Bitter Taste of Milk: A Novel
Quinton Zondervan Mar 18, 1998 interacts: 3Chowk showcases the work of a young writer with the weekly serialization of his first novel
Aitchison: Scenes From Within
Asim Hayat Mar 3, 1998 interacts: 25...the old architecture, the grand cricket pitch in the main grounds, the smell of the rose bushes, the water heater radiators which never functioned well...
Selective Islam in Pakistan
Imran Khan Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 50I feel there are certain western countries with far more Islamic traits than us, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens.
Love Means Never Having to Say You Are An Infidel!
Moe Chaudry Nov 26, 1997 interacts: 21Can you be a Muslim and marry a Jew? A closer look at inter-religious marriages.
The ABCD of Melting Pots
Moe Chaudry Nov 12, 1997 interacts: 7We swallowed the melting pot myth of America hook, line, and sinker … we ate spaghetti, chicken fried rice, and hot dogs and believed that these culinary delights originated in places like Boston, Wichita, and Phoenix.
Time to Move On: A Farewell Letter
Zubair Sep 18, 1997 interacts: 6Personally, I always felt that we were just fighting a losing battle. Finally, we declared truce and decided to move back to our roots.
Reminisce
Kenyan Aug 8, 1997 interacts: 1Our first entry in The Leafy Glade Inn’s Victorian Study, is one in which the author softly remembers people in a place far, far away in the past.
