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Articles with tag: May

May 12: One Year Passed, No Lessons Learned

Mehroz Sadruddin   May 11, 2008   interacts: 26

On May 12, the entire nation would be mourning the death of forty-four innocent civilians on what turned out to be one of the darkest days in the history of Karachi.

Sunset at Uluwatu

Rajesh Shankaran   Jan 27, 2008   interacts: 2

Anjali and I had spent the afternoon in Tanjong Benoa. A small touristy cove off the Southern End of Bali, it had been a typical beach bumming day banana boating, snorkeling...

Attractive Distractions

raghav chopra   Nov 7, 2007   interacts: 6

light in it's many vibrant hues
can blind and mystify, it is
but a distraction for the dark
that lies within.

Month of the Gun

Nadeem F Paracha   May 31, 2007   interacts: 184

I am 22 years old and quite a sight. I have a ’revolutionary beard,’ and my hair is long; I wear a Che cap and my malaangi bangles go kling klang whenever I move my hands and wrists.

Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12, 2007

Beena Sarwar   May 30, 2007   interacts: 95

A narrative of the events of “Black Saturday” and the “stop-the-blame-game” argument.

The Importance of a Dictator’s Failure

Rozaiba    May 28, 2007   interacts: 29

By actively and methodically side-lining the political parties that had a presence outside of just one province, national building was turned into national fragmentation.

The General vs. the Judge

Tariq Ali   May 25, 2007   interacts: 468

The attempt to browbeat a Judge has released a new fissure in Pakistani society. The violence in Karachi makes compromise difficult for both sides. There is an easy solution...

The Great Betrayal

Karamatullah K Ghori   May 22, 2007   interacts: 10

What has changed Karachi’s chemistry so radically as to array this great metropolis, this former crucible of freedom and liberty in Pakistan, on the side of an autocrat in the struggle against one-man’s tyranny?

An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court Justices

Abrar Akbar   May 20, 2007   interacts: 76

It is time to write a new chapter in the badly chequered history of unfortunate country of ours.

Thirty Six Murders in Search of a Resignation

Farhan Jamalvi   May 17, 2007   interacts: 40

The perpetrators of May 12th may lie, but dead bodies don’t.

Prisoner of Conscience or Conscious Prisoner?

Farzana Versey   May 29, 2006   interacts: 58

V.P.Singh is back with a new Jan Morcha. Look at the timing. ‘Mandal 2’ is staining the streets. Is he capitalising on the wave? He says in this interview, “We are sitting on a volcano. The very backward are looking up to me. In 15 years

The Rainy Season

Beej K Singh   Sep 22, 2005   interacts: 67

Goswami Tulsidas looked differently at the rainy season from most.

Cold Flesh

Godot    Jun 17, 2005   interacts: 54

Eesher Singh looked at Kalwant Kaur but unable to bear the heat of her piercing eyes, looked the other way.

How to kill your Wife (Unedited)

malik khar   May 26, 2003   interacts: 74

for killing women, a plethora of options are available

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