All Boys

While America is grappling with gay marriage, we sat celebrating the second Queer Pride Parade in Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.

The darker the girl the less beautiful?

The Truth About Beauty

The infinite enigma of beauty can turn out to be the falsest mirage, the mystery of love can turn into a cruel trap, religious and philosophical truths so beautiful when they are first encountered can become unbreakable chains around one’s neck and

Fauzia’s Rejection

Fauzia stood in front a full length mirror, staring at her naked body. Her skin was a smooth mocha colored canvas of beauty on which were painted the dark chocolate areolas and a black triangle of hidden mystery.

Asoka

I’m sitting and rubbing my back, smiling.
I want it to hurt.

Dead Flowers

Perhaps, we understand very well-
dreams of dead flowers
living

The Girl from Napoli

Al Ghazzali said that it is impossible to describe the pleasures of orgasm to an impotent man no matter how much one tries.

Of Tiaras and World Peace

We hear more of world peace on the stage and see more blood shed in the real world but we take it all with a pinch of salt and allow them their moments of glory.

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• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat