Articles with tag: TRAGEDY

Greek Tragedy

Emma Alam Sep 3, 2008 interacts: 3

There is no one left to punish me. I’m the last Mannon; I’ve got to punish myself. Living alone here with the dead is a worse act of justice than death or poison.

The Bhopal Tragedy Continues

Lajwanti Khemlani Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 29

On June 10th a global hunger strike was called to bring justice to Bhopal victims and put the corporation Dow Chemical, to shame, since the Indian government does not seem to be doing its job.

A Little After Three

Lajwanti Khemlani May 9, 2008 interacts: 7

I lay face down, pretending to have fallen asleep. Soon I heard random words like boy, Muslim, Sindhi, dowry, next week, dinner, and blood pressure.

Pardon, didn’t mean to kill you...

Beena Sarwar Jul 31, 2005 interacts: 67

Three frozen moments of grief, captured by wire photographs at different parts of the world in one day last week stand out... Anguished families in Brazil, Kashmir, and Iraq, captured by Reuters and AFP cameras and printed in newspapers on July 25 are tie

The Drive

Jawahara Saidullah Nov 15, 2003 interacts: 21

She unclipped his seatbelt and hers, moving closer to him, forcing him into an embrace. He resisted for one long moment before collapsing into her arms. Together they cried, each holding the other, in the darkness of their car, not knowing where they were

Death Be Not Proud

Ali Hashmi Oct 23, 2003 interacts: 16

It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.

Forty Winks

Abdullah Arian Feb 5, 2003 interacts: 8

Where do you draw the line between fantasy and reality?

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.

Whose Iqbal — Ours or Theirs?

Zafar Anjum Mar 11, 2002 interacts: 182

As if I am the traveler as well as the destination itself

The Evolution of Urdu Literature in the 20th Century

Farid Khwaja Jul 29, 2001 interacts: 63

Literature is the narration of time

Degrees of Horror

Jawahara Saidullah Mar 6, 2001 interacts: 14

Someone in Kutch is just a few degrees removed from me

The Rhino

Ajay Kumar Oct 27, 1998 interacts: 1

This is the era of ’nuclear giants’ and ethical pygmies