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Articles with tag: symbols

Veil for vendetta

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 22, 2006   interacts: 82

If countries and society can (and should!) heap scorn at swastika-wearing neo-Nazis, so should they at people trying to make religious statements with hijabs and crosses, especially at schools.

Yesterday and Tomorrow in India Today

Dost Mittar   Jun 7, 2003   interacts: 166

Here was, then, the India of yesterday: poor, hungry, mired in poverty, highly dependent upon the vagaries of weather and yet full of life with colour, dance and music.

Takht-e-Bahi

Saima Khan   May 10, 2003   interacts: 15

Takht-e-Bahi is famed for the quality of the kebabs available here.

Feb 15 Rally

Naeem Mohaiemen   Feb 18, 2003   interacts: 29

A personal perspective on the Feb15 Rally

Sir Syed Day in Northern Calfornia

Ras Siddiqui   Oct 30, 2002   interacts: 5

Event Coverage

When the Lights Hurt the Eyes

Farzana Versey   Nov 14, 2001   interacts: 384

Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...

The Meaning of Pakistan

Aisha Sarwari   Mar 10, 2001   interacts: 874

Metaphysical Politics of Pakistan

A Pakistani Teenager in Canada

M H S   Sep 1, 1998   interacts: 22

A 14 year old Pakistani teenager gets some things off his chest

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