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Articles with tag: Festival

Ridiculing Religion or Religion of Ridicule

Mutaal Mooquin   Oct 28, 2008   interacts: 209

One leaves the theater with a strong sense that Bill Maher is rallying the atheists in a battle cry.

Thar Desert Festival puts Tourism Ministry to Shame

Kamal Siddiqi   Mar 4, 2007   interacts: 5

Let no one, however, be under the impression that Umerkot has nothing to offer.

Muharram 10: ’Ashura: Commemorating Imam Hussain- The Prince of Martyrs

Asif Naqshbandi   Jan 29, 2007   interacts: 199

A translation of a section from Jami’s Shawâhid al Nabuwwah

Thanksgiving as Tragedy

A Varangali   Nov 24, 2006   interacts: 4

Thanksgiving: a feast as a prelude to a massacre.

When Spring Arrives - Celebrating Navroz

Raheel Lakhani   Mar 21, 2006   interacts: 8

It is believed by some that it was the day of Navroz when Hazrat Adam was bestowed with the soul. It was the day of Navroz when Hazrat Abrahim destroyed the idols. It was the day of Navroz when Hazrat Noah’s Ark got rescued

Dance of the Seasons / American Amavasya

N Bajpai   Dec 7, 2004   interacts: 30

Diya dances light
From jack-o-lantern
On our American
Amavasya


The Second Wave

Shandana Minhas   Nov 22, 2004   interacts: 7

Profiles of four outstanding filmmakers at the upcoming 4th Karafilm Festival ...

Basant

Taimur Khan   Feb 13, 2004   interacts: 17

For a chance to play Hori again,
For sprightly Krishna to arrive,..

Basant 2002

Rozaiba    Feb 13, 2004   interacts: 46

As the policeman began to walk toward his pick-up, the writer blurted out, ’Basant Mubarak!’

Ramadan Special: The Felicitations of Fasting

Asif Naqshbandi   Nov 9, 2003   interacts: 28

The one who fasts has two joys in which to delight...

Prayer and Foliage/Compassion and Consistency

Aaria Ahmed   Oct 29, 2003   interacts: 24

Two views on Ramadaan: 'I pray for peace, and love and happiness' --Aaria Ahmed; 'I hope for compassion and consistency' --temporal

Diya JalaiN: Light the Lamp

Temporal    Oct 25, 2003   interacts: 15

Who’s afraid of (a) little more happiness, little less hatred?
In diversity is hope: in hope, light. let’s light that lamp and nurse its flickers ..

Broken-Hearts, Dream-Filled eyes

Hamid Mahmood   Jul 2, 2003   interacts: 42

You see them everywhere. You see them on the roadside begging, or in a waste dump collecting worthy trash, or bringing you hot cooked food on a roadside restaurant, or trying to sell you roses or a cheap bouquet at a traffic signal. They are everywhere.

Bari Imam’s Republic of Peeristan

Hala Malik   Jul 2, 2003   interacts: 46

Before, 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.

When the Lights Hurt the Eyes

Farzana Versey   Nov 14, 2001   interacts: 384

Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...

A Conversation with Om Puri in New York City

Saniya Ansari   Aug 25, 2001   interacts: 49

Other than acting I think I can only be best as a farmer

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