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Articles with tag: fate

The Fortuneteller

Ali Asjad   Apr 14, 2009   interacts: 2

“Will I get the woman I love?� questioned the young man with a faint smile on his lips, his expression softening a bit.

Last Will and Testament

Arsalan Farooqui   Sep 2, 2008   interacts: 2

I, Lord James Eva Williamson of the state of Rajasthan, hereby bequeath all my property to MR Thomas Alva Eddyson. Who had saved my life.

Me, not you

kashkin dabruski   Jan 21, 2008

Thousand times I have stared
At existence of you and mine
Of what we are and have become

The Sufi Tarot Card Reader

Rakshanda Khan   Jan 1, 2008   interacts: 12

‘Hello! Would you like a reading?’ he asked, shuffling the cards with a flourish, his round, bald head settling into his broad shoulders with a friendly shrug.

Kismet and Muqaddar

Qurratulain Akhtar   Jan 25, 2007   interacts: 18

If kismet (luck) and muqaddar (fate) are the names of same thing then why it is said that 'kismet is made by an individual' and 'muqaddar can’t be changed' .

Optimism in a Pessimistic World

Sapna Malik   May 31, 2006   interacts: 10

I am wary of anything that seems too perfect because there have to be as many imperfections concealed within it to reach the equilibrium of black and white that is a property of everything within this world

Dev, Harry and I

Burpinder Singh   Sep 26, 2005   interacts: 40

It’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

Ashiana-e-Ali

Rezwan Bajwa   Aug 21, 2005   interacts: 19

Mohsin bhai retired from the military service many years ago with the rank of Colonel. He must be approaching seventy now but what a spirited man I thought. Still going strong. The will to live, to accumulate wealth.

Burning Dreams

Foad S Shah   Aug 29, 2004   interacts: 3

This poem is based on the misery of young children starving in Somalia, a country already destroyed by years of civil war and anarchy.

The Rain

Hamid Mahmood   May 19, 2004   interacts: 10

In this small, isolated village, with illiterate farmers, Suraiya found life for the first time in her life. She understood that life was not all about snatching whatever little others have, but giving whatever you could share.

What is the Matrix?

Muhammad Farhan   Jan 12, 2004   interacts: 35

The common man walks down the road in his shalwaar kameez, dhoti bunyaan or … His pockets have been drained, dark circles around his eyes due to sleepless nights, his wife and children starving for the past three days and the roof of his house leaky

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

Lipstick Scars

Afrasiyab    Oct 19, 2003   interacts: 10

Of Love unto lovers, Of Guilt unto sinners, Of fate unto suckers

Let it Be ...

Sirosh Bokhari   Oct 11, 2003   interacts: 24

If I cannot alter,
The course of fate

Dastak

Imran Suleman   Jul 21, 2003   interacts: 15

Soft Ali Akbar Khan lent the cheap Indo-Pak restaurant an assumed sense of fake elegance.

Mutant Muslims

Abdullah Arian   May 9, 2003   interacts: 27

Another case of art imitating life?

The Recompense

Zafar Anjum   Apr 21, 2003   interacts: 25

Ten 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.

The Desert of Barren Hate

Syed Ali   Mar 16, 2003   interacts: 23

For the children of palestine...

Shammo’s Curse

Aamir Ibrahim   Dec 9, 2002   interacts: 15

falling out of love is easy if the foundations are weak

The Red Dress

Zafar Anjum   Mar 29, 2002   interacts: 70

With the mountainous weight of forty-three years

Baajoo Kee Gulley (The Side Lane)

Hamzad Afaqui   Feb 6, 2002   interacts: 57

is not only one of the more well-known phrases Manto uttered and wrote,it also described a trait in his personality

Spew

Shandana Minhas   Feb 12, 2001   interacts: 27

the city staggered to its feet like a dazed Cockroach

Banyan Tree

Jawahara Saidullah   Aug 24, 2000   interacts: 26

a lone boat on the sea of the universe

Passage

V Ramaswamy   Sep 3, 1999   interacts: 3

Now that he is dead, he has liberated himself, me and our relationship from the clutch of violence

Climate Controlled

Shan Anwar   Mar 1, 1998   interacts: 6

The stench of poverty, was real,unfiltered, emanating from the open sewers, over which, now, a dark, naked child smiles, squats.

Fifty Years of Pakistan Cricket: A Look Back

Abdul Hussain   Aug 14, 1997   interacts: 2

Take a long, relishing look back at Pakistan Cricket.

The Present Age

Kierkegaard    Aug 12, 1997   interacts: 1

A Revolutionary Age is an age of action; the present age is an age of advertisement, or an age of publicity: nothing happens, but there is instant publicity about it.

The Stop Sign

Kenyan    Aug 12, 1997   interacts: 2

If you have never seen this road sign, are you sure you are awake?

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