Articles with tag: rant
Brick Lane is About Immigrants Making Difficult Choices
Ras Siddiqui Aug 3, 2008 interacts: 14Brick Lane exposes the core of a complex immigrant dilemma. Asians who move to the western world often live with this dilemma and just choose to ignore it.
Yet Another Immigrant Story
Madiha Qureshi Jul 2, 2008 interacts: 71I arrived in the US about eight months ago, to get married in Houston and move to Maryland, where I live now. My last visit had been less than a year ago, during which I met my husband.
Chillchinga, the US Soldier
kashkin dabruski Apr 22, 2008 interacts: 1The only desire now
To go home
To converse few words
In Spanish as he pays the price
For migration and adventure
Little Pakistan: Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue
Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 21, 2008 interacts: 209This article does not discuss racism or race relations. Instead, it hopes to capture how a community has gone through such adversity and is coming back to life, after almost losing it.
Pakistan's Moment of Democracy?
Zeynab Ali Jan 3, 2008 interacts: 10Even as many conceded that ‘Musharraf is not going anywhere’, a response of Pakistanis around the world who seemed beset with an intangible urge to 'do something'.
The First Indian-American Governor in America
Ejaz Haroon Oct 6, 2007 interacts: 15Odds are that shortly after October 20th Louisiana, US will have the nation’s first-ever governor-elect of Indian descent.
The Melting Pot
Ejaz Haroon Oct 3, 2007 interacts: 108We weren’t surprised when we went to the reception and the guests sitting next to us asked us if the groom was Muslim or not.
Pakistani Twist to “Aliens in America” TV Series
Ras Siddiqui Sep 27, 2007 interacts: 58Are the Pakistani and Muslim community here in America ready for raunchy American teenage humor?
The Indian American
sreelata menon Jun 5, 2007 interacts: 3A mixed up amalgam of diluted Indian traditions and strong western ideas, the Indian American appears to be a rootless, yet confident, brown entity aspiring to be something it is naturally not.
Blue Line
Maryam Piracha May 30, 2007 interacts: 34They have seen right through my nonchalance as I picked up the pregnancy test at the airport, kept my shaking hands at bay, and walked with assumed confidence through the hotel doors.
Stopping the Clock
Ibrahim M Khalil May 15, 2007 interacts: 10The young Julius Caesar talks about Alexander the Great who at his age had conquered half the world and what has he (Caesar) achieved. This made me wonder what I have to show for my thirty years of life?
The Invisible Men
ahmad hayat Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 42In fact GORA is soooooo cool that it really doesn’t bother him if we have achieved a seam-less integration or we are trying to preserve our identity. GORA lives on a social, mental and philosophical so elevated and hence so detached from ours that
Pakistan Quarters
Muhammad Tariq Mar 4, 2007 interacts: 24The name probably symbolized the fact that it gave shelter to the families of most of the government servants, keeping the administration of the newly formed nation running, Karachi being the capital then.
The Dreaded Phone Call
Ejaz Haroon Mar 1, 2007 interacts: 17My father had been sick the last few months. He had undergone a knee implant a couple of years ago since his knee joints were completely worn out by rheumatoid arthritis, and one of the implants was now infected.
A pragmatic rant about Immigration in America
fawad butt Dec 5, 2006 interacts: 4A pragmatic rant about Immigration in America
Meeting the Pakistani-Swiss
Wasiq N Khan Oct 27, 2006 interacts: 145By a Burger King, I saw a group of Eastern European men playing chess with giant wooden pieces. Next to them, was a clique of South Asian men in their forties and fifties smoking cigarrettes and talking animatedly in Punjabi.
Aussie Values: Save us the embarrassement!
Saeed Khan Oct 11, 2006 interacts: 40The call for Australian values is quite xenophobic at its core. It is just another dig at reviving Hansonism by making an issue out of ethnicity.
The Gardens
Tabinda Bashir Sep 28, 2006 interacts: 5I was mostly quiet as we made small talk. Salima was giving me time to reminisce and absorb that day’s memories for when I would need them most. In America.
The Other Side of the World
Syed Rizvi Sep 24, 2006 interacts: 5Wow English land I have heard so much about it, the land of free, where what ever you say will always be heard and you are never alone, place where YOU are important.
Minorities in the Western Societies
Nasim Hassan Aug 20, 2006 interacts: 13Certain basic steps that must be taken by the immigrants as well as the host countries to affect peaceful and harmonious integration.
Duality of our Lives: US Vs. Pakistan
Rizwana Khan Aug 10, 2006 interacts: 27Enticing visions of a studio apartment, Ikea shelves, weaved baskets, plastic trendy colored organizers and routine breaks to Starbucks Caf for a shot of espresso creates a perfect harmony in my daughter’s life.
Biradris No More?
S Chaudry Aug 10, 2006Arains,Jutts,Rajputs.The caste system in Punjab might just be coming to an end.
Morally Disadvantaged?
Z Rana Jul 25, 2006 interacts: 1Are emigrants really 'morally disadvantaged'? Are they actually the turncoats and hedonists they are made out to be? Do they have to play games to placate people back home? It depends who you ask.
American Ambivalence on National Language
Mohammad Gill Jun 24, 2006 interacts: 12The American nation consists of immigrants from diverse countries. For fear of imposing any specific language and the associated culture on the diversity of the American population, the question of a national language is left in limbo
Jolly Bhai
syed muzammil Jun 13, 2006 interacts: 70We were a group of six international students in our first summer in U.S.A, hoping to collect the colossal sum we needed for next semester’s tuition, and best way to accomplish the task, we were told, was to drive cabs in the city of Chicago.
Children of Guest Workers
Rezwan Bajwa Nov 19, 2005 interacts: 14There exists a strong resentment amongst the immigrant youth against the German system; I see a highly polarised society
Nostalgia, Inc.
Zia Ahmed Nov 10, 2005 interacts: 6Jaipur: where thakurs can get you bumped off for a variety of reasons.
Earthquake and New Tears for a Paradise Lost
Ras Siddiqui Oct 31, 2005 interacts: 11Any immigrant’s distance dilemma is rejuvenated by sudden reminders and the weight of memories of a home that no longer exists. And sometimes like being in an earthquake, one is jolted into thinking back and to shed new tears for one’s peopl
South Asians in the USA
Nasim Hassan Oct 26, 2005 interacts: 14It is obvious that South Asians will leave a mark on the America. But what would be their contribution to the patchwork of American cultural landscape?
Immigrants: Na Idhar ke, Na uddhar ke
Batool Ali Oct 5, 2005 interacts: 81I moved to Canada four years ago - at the time, we - my spouse and I - were determined to 'make a life' in Toronto or live there permanently. However circumstances and family obligations impelled us to move back to Pakistan eventually.
Changing Muslim Hearts
Anne Shamim Jul 31, 2005 interacts: 57'It sucks to be Muslim.' Those were the words uttered by my 15-year-old son as we sat glued to the TV, watching coverage of the unspeakable crime that had been committed against humanity a few days before on 9/11.
Immigrant
Ali Hashmi Jun 12, 2005 interacts: 30Immigrating (or returning) is an intensely personal decision that is based on a myriad of factors, most of them unique to each individual. Most of us, though, wonder, from time to time, how things might have been had we taken another fork in the road of l
Rolling Stones
Humeira Ajaz Mar 16, 2005 interacts: 30She had the loudest cry I ever heard. And she was perfect. My husband and I were ecstatic, and we wanted to hug and kiss the whole world. Unfortunately, there was not even a single person we could call on to share the joy of this miracle. It was only our
Karma Camry
Jay Prakash Jan 14, 2005 interacts: 42Even a car can be trapped by the web of culture that we weave....
Dance of the Seasons / American Amavasya
N Bajpai Dec 7, 2004 interacts: 28Diya dances light
From jack-o-lantern
On our American
Amavasya
Musings of an Immigrant on Culture and Identity
Jai A Pathak Oct 5, 2004 interacts: 35At home, the Indian side dominates, while outside the home, in college, at the workplace or in social situations, the American side dominates. This seemingly dual identity arises precisely because the community actively resists, and indeed comes up with i
Twilight of a Passionate Love Affair
Umair Raja Aug 9, 2004 interacts: 124O Canada!...Our home and native land!...True patriot love in all thy sons command……
One Roof, Two Worlds
Karamatullah K Ghori May 1, 2004 interacts: 2New immigrants, they say, carry a lot of old baggage. Well, not in the literal sense but metaphorically.
Letter to an American Muslim
Ali A Minai Jan 26, 2004 interacts: 224Now you are as American as the Poles who came to work like slaves in the steel mills of Pittsburgh, the Irish who escaped persecution in their homeland to inhabit ghettoes in Boston and Philadelphia … Now it is your turn to do what it takes to arriv
Pakistani Detainee Enjoyed Deep US Roots
David Rohde Aug 18, 2003 interacts: 23To American investigators, the father and son represent a dangerous new type of Qaeda sympathizer affluent Pakistanis with long histories of shuttling in and out of the United States
Culture Jam
Farzana Moon Aug 14, 2003 interacts: 12'Do women in your country wear veils?' an oft-repeated question like this I could even smell in the air before it could land on me.
Growing up Muslim
Saima Shah Aug 7, 2003 interacts: 153In a few months, the father was sure that his girls will become sexual beings, westernized and depraved
Travels through America - Deep Thoughts
Nazar Khan Mar 5, 2003 interacts: 44Finally, it was one sight that took my heart and left a lasting impression on me of the beauty and simple innocence of a human being...
Ramblings On the Fence
Jawahara Saidullah Feb 19, 2003 interacts: 44Searching for your realities in a melting pot.
The King’s Gambit: Chapter 5 (The Diplomat)
Omer Rafique Oct 21, 2002 interacts: 65Carl Davis had just lost one group of swing votes in his home state. He was going to make sure he did not lose the other group also.
This Fall
Rehan Ansari Oct 2, 2002 interacts: 69Is this how it felt to live in Rome? At the start of the decline, I am sure things were very good.
Search for Identity -1, Saeed Anjum’s Short Stories
Saadat Saeed Jul 25, 2002 interacts: 17The day you kill me.
in my pocket you will find
a ticket to Loveland.
Oi, Kinniyaan Memaan Keetiyan Ne.
Omar Phoenix Jun 1, 2000 interacts: 19It’s a clean slate,
The Paki’s had his fun,
