Articles with tag: Humanity

An Hour at Datta Darbar

Bushra Zulfiqar Oct 4, 2009 interacts: 34

There were loud speaker warnings about the pick pockets and jewelery theft. The shrine which reflected the beauty and sacredness of God’s love suddenly became a classical reflection of all our social evils.

Uncomfortably Numb

MVJ Simon Sep 28, 2009 interacts: 3

I see with my eyes wide open
Yet I don’t see your suffering
I hear your cry of agony
It’s just another sound to me

Seven Reasons to Kill

Khalid Sohail Jun 5, 2009 interacts: 45

It is ironic that in the contemporary world, leaders of religious, spiritual and secular traditions claim that their ideologies and philosophies promote peace, but we see their followers continue to kill each other.

No Quarter For Half Wits Please

Shandana Minhas May 18, 2009 interacts: 7

Humanitarian disasters are bad because they kill people. Extremism is a menace because it kills people. Again I ask, why is there so much fuss about how we die and not how we live?

That emptiness, that nothingness, what lies beneath?

Thinking Storm Apr 3, 2009 interacts: 8

as we sit in large glass window living rooms in gated communities and mimic what we see on TV

Phantom Passengers

Azhar Ali Mar 7, 2009 interacts: 8

Some time ago I witnessed with horror how wantonly a 12 year old bus 'page-boy' was hit by the bus conductor for having negligently given the signal to move the bus prematurely.

Humanity at a Crossroads

Khalid Sohail Feb 2, 2009 interacts: 342

Humanity is passing through an adolescent phase as is at a crossroads. All of us have to make certain choices. We can choose the path of collective suicide or the path of peace and harmony.

Man And The Sun

Malik A Jamal Dec 16, 2008 interacts: 3

For these troubling times, a dialogue between the morning sun and a man on a mountain about what is the essence of a human being.

Six Minutes

kashkin dabruski Nov 27, 2007 interacts: 4

The changing world,
Continuation of destruction
Through volcanoes and winds

My People!

Ahmer Muzammil Feb 8, 2007 interacts: 94

I am outraged because I care and I care because it’s my country and I care because it’s my people.

Gimme Eat??

Tehseen Baweja May 6, 2005 interacts: 13

Sometimes I think its just me over-reacting. Maybe I am taking on these things more seriously than they ought to be taken. But I cannot stop myself from thinking that even after thousands of years of eating, we are still damn hungry!

Bus Baby

Bina Shah Aug 12, 2003 interacts: 37

A poem for Noor Fatima

The Visitor - Part II

Quinton Zondervan May 24, 2003 interacts: 19

The Visitor returns to reveal more of his purpose

The Visitor

Quinton Zondervan Mar 28, 2003 interacts: 7

If aliens came to Earth, why would they come, and how?

Antarctica

Quinton Zondervan Jan 2, 2003 interacts: 7

Once again the world was engulfed in war. For what reasons no one knew, least of which the soldiers, for the reasons had been so contrived and ill supported that they were also soon forgotten.