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Aisha Sarwari

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Articles by Aisha Sarwari

The White Rose

Aisha Sarwari Oct 12, 2009 interacts: 158 Views: 4931

The wedding night came and went. My routine didn’t change. I couldn’t let the boys down. Would I stop loving cars, stop drinking; stop making clever business? No. I will never change.

When a Knock at the Door is Not Enough

Aisha Sarwari May 9, 2008 interacts: 138 Views: 12361

She surprised me by her answer, same old she said, battering. Her honesty made me nod. I said, oh, and walked away. The purpose was served. The momentum was broken.

Pakistani Judges - Read This Lawyer’s Oath

Aisha Sarwari Nov 18, 2007 interacts: 95 Views: 11695

One fails to understand how the growing need to associate with Mr. Jinnah leaves Musharraf little association with the ideals that the man stood for.

Just a Woman

Aisha Sarwari May 29, 2007 interacts: 127 Views: 14517

I was used to the whistling, the smirks, the humming of latest Bollywood songs or even a religious proclamation of how great God is, this sort of thing, however had me stop and take notice.

Phantom of the Opera

Aisha Sarwari Jan 3, 2007 interacts: 65 Views: 10674

A quintessentially tear-jerking performance, reminded us that when a Phantom is killed, we cry at the inevitable sadness of obsession.

Pervez Musharraf Vs. George Orwell

Aisha Sarwari Oct 12, 2006 interacts: 148 Views: 18084

It wasn’t that simple though, I noticed that Pervez Musharraf steers clear from George Orwell’s most cautioned malaise – Lack of Clarity.

The Fertility Debate

Aisha Sarwari May 12, 2006 interacts: 35 Views: 8392

The role of women in determining their fertility is also a factor of politics and power established by the clerical class rather than what Islam actually specifies. Many Muslim countries assert that women do not have a right to deny pregnancy

Songs of Dissonance

Aisha Sarwari Nov 25, 2005 interacts: 117 Views: 19223

Out of all the tragedies this earthquake has brought, the loss of an educated and inspiring Junaid Jamshed is very dehumanizing.

Gandhi in The Handmaid’s Tale

Aisha Sarwari Oct 4, 2005 interacts: 775 Views: 81706

He is known to the world as a leader of the independence movement of India. He’s known as a frail man who led thousands to fight the British using the original method of non-violence. He’s a great story, but out of all his unpalatable myths I

On Countries of Dwelling

Aisha Sarwari Sep 10, 2003 interacts: 44 Views: 9409

America arrived, as they would say in Urdu. This country is the best thing that ever happened to me without a doubt. It’s here I learned that even if everything is aesthetically perfect, ..

One Hook

Aisha Sarwari Apr 27, 2003 interacts: 18 Views: 4138

I wish I had a hook

Living Through War

Aisha Sarwari Mar 31, 2003 interacts: 19 Views: 5087

if we were less advanced a civilization these days of war would have been easier

Forgive me, Danny

Aisha Sarwari Mar 2, 2003 interacts: 114 Views: 14235

Daniel Pearl remembered

What is Islam?

Aisha Sarwari Oct 6, 2002 interacts: 358 Views: 42297

What's a pig got to do with it?

What it means to be me in Corporate America?

Aisha Sarwari Jul 19, 2002 interacts: 258 Views: 31083

either with or without us

The Panel of Vendettas at UC Berkley

Aisha Sarwari Mar 4, 2002 interacts: 194 Views: 26481

A true hero would make a radical notion and never back track

The Significant Unit of War

Aisha Sarwari Jan 4, 2002 interacts: 373 Views: 51224

Sadly the only leader on both sides who mouthed the added option of an independent Kashmir was Pakistan’s ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.

Caught In Between

Aisha Sarwari Sep 15, 2001 interacts: 603 Views: 70575

Pakistan is on the defensive almost constantly

Desi: The False Ideology

Aisha Sarwari Jun 1, 2001 interacts: 1209 Views: 176061

To understand what I felt as a Pakistani nationalist can be imagined by thinking of a parent raising a child who wants to have the surname of his/her neighbor

Illusion Begets Magic

Aisha Sarwari Mar 26, 2001 interacts: 76 Views: 11326

What they felt at that space and time

The Meaning of Pakistan

Aisha Sarwari Mar 10, 2001 interacts: 874 Views: 145802

Metaphysical Politics of Pakistan


Aisha  Sarwari

Aisha Sarwari

  • Articles on Chowk: 21
  • First article: Mar 10, 2001
  • Latest article: Oct 12, 2009
  • Times read on Chowk: 769301

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