Why not hang Surabjit Singh?

Whether it is for illegally crossing borders, overstaying visas or terrorism, Indians and Pakistanis arrested in each other's countries have poor consular and legal access.

The Snow Will Melt

“So what happened to that Fokker which crashed in the mountains?� sipping coffee, she (Benazir Bhutto) took the words right out of my mouth. Did Billy and Dabbu speak through her?

Ashes in the River

...at that stage all the differences are really wiped out.

Abdul Latif Khalid (1944-2007)

My father’s sudden demise at only 63 years of age through a massive heart attack has been by far the most profound life experience I have had to endure.

The Disturbed

“Written words are dead letters… I am sick of writing; I want to speak. It feels good when your voice travels to someone’s attentive ears."

About Death

When uncertainty dances with your fears, then know this that tragedy has collected its toll

Catharsis

This house was her mother’s. This house was killing her slowly but surely. She could feel mother’s presence everywhere in every nook and corner of this house…

My mother, me and my daughter

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when a door bell or a telephone call changes everything.

We are family

Color Me In

My eyes wander around her room – it is clean – each artifact carefully in place as if she arranged her coffin before she decided to die.

Accepting Death

Ignoring death is like cremating reality

Guillotine

The metallic slice
The smooth cut
The last sigh.

The Dreaded Phone Call

My 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.

Let me say..

the hypocrisy of nature’s law
that will now make some millions draw
to selflessly ask for pity and grace
from the one who brought distress!

If I Died Tomorrow

Infinity to present then to infinity

Death Be Not Proud II

We can see our kind massacred in the thousands on the news, then go about our business as if nothing has happened. Its only when the Grim Reaper takes one of our own that we mourn.

Ravi Thumkar’s Widow

Ravi Thumkar’s widow arrived two days after he died. Until then, his body was kept in the Municipal Hospital morgue. He’d died of cirrhosis of the liver, a man pickled by alcohol.

When I Die

put atop bed of memories
fasten with ropes of desire
shoulder the cherished dreams
consign to flames of pyre

Light at the End of the Tunnel

What are NDEs? Are they the prelude to our life after death or the very last experience we have before oblivion? Is their an irrefutable scientific explanation?

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