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Tree of Life

During those days the paint of the left wall was blistered. If you scratched it a bit, you could smell saline walls with odor of monsoon rain. The front veranda had a yellow paint and walls were filled with lizards.

Prosthesis

Theirs was a usual relationship. At least they both thought that they were usual. They had a small dream, the dream all lover’s dream when they are in love.

The Spirit of Indus Valley

All the major conflicts in Punjab revolve around the three words -- Zan Zar Zameen, people kill, have century old feuds because of these reasons.

Hope

It was almost 30 days after the death. The house was silent. There was no sound. On one of the side tables, there were few broken crayons, a pair of earrings and a leather journal.

Tale of Two Rebels

It was from Firdous market till the bridge. “Stop it�. I cried.. But at that moment I felt that there was a demon inside her.� It’s fun and stop whining�. She snubbed me with a grin on her face.

Not My God

The only thing which I remember till this day, were the piercings in her ears. In the next three years I would sit in her lap and would try to count them -- 5, 6, 7, 8

Sufi Muhammed...No More a Joke

It was a small headline on the back page of Roznama Jahng. My father had passed it as a joke. “Sufi Muhammed claims that if the government does not instate sharia law in Pakistan, he will attack Islamabad.�

Images

It is almost 8 evening in Mississauga.I am walking outside. There is an urge to get out the house and walk on the pavements.

Sarah Zahid

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• First article: Aug 8, 2007
• Latest article: Oct 23, 2009
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