Articles with tag: reminiscing

Lighting Up My Fire

Ahmed Sadozai Jul 13, 2008 interacts: 2

I switch on the radio, and a good song from the eighties is playing. I start reminiscing about the olden days, the fake Ray Ban Wayfarers and the Sony Walkmans...

A Summer’s Nightfall

Humeira Kazmi May 24, 2005 interacts: 10

Her eyes reflected compassion. Somehow, I felt I could tell her anything. I talked about home and my family. I talked about Nadia. I was stunned at how much my heart had held back all these years.

The Genie

Mariam Ahmad Nov 24, 2004 interacts: 15

I say a silent good bye to him and look up at the ceiling again. I imagine the stars and slowly they start to appear one by one. They are back. And now maybe the magic will return too. I smile to myself and start connecting the dots.

The Allahabad I Knew

Jawahara Saidullah Oct 27, 2004 interacts: 61

A customer was looking for Jacques Derrida’s works. He and the owner lamented Derrida’s death before launching into a passionate discussion on deconstruction. I smiled to myself. This was the Allahabad I remember, where words and books and wri

Memory and other Poems

Fatima Husain Mar 6, 2004 interacts: 26

My mother says
if women did not forget,
they would have just that one child.

I am the result of her forgetfulness.

Thinking of Home

Adnan Sattar Jan 5, 2004 interacts: 18

Friends and siblings are too busy to write. And my mother, I know is too old to make it to the post-office.