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Socialist Yuppies 3: The Jihadi

Adam Khan   Mar 27, 2008   interacts: 61

o chore, yaar…… OYE! Look who is coming on the way… Khasi, meet my cousin from Braadford in Englaand, Faltu Fasadi. Fasadi bhai, this is

Makli

Sumera Jawad   Mar 2, 2008   interacts: 5

Makli is believed to be the burial place of more than 125,000 saints or Sufis. This place is also one of the largest necropolises of

The Wild Side Of The Mall

Tahir Gul Hasan   Nov 6, 2007   interacts: 18

They changed the name of The Mall Road of Lahore to Shahra-e-Quaid-e-Azam years ago. I was too young then to object and since old habits

Runway Woes

Mushhood Zaheer   Oct 3, 2007   interacts: 4

Its 2:30 pm on a warm and humid Sunday afternoon. The budget airline from Abu Dhabi has just decided to

Little tales from the Staan

Umer Murtaza   Sep 18, 2007   interacts: 8

Three stories by Umer M. - A visit to the healers, A chicken for an eye, and Indispensable.

Football Madness at Maracana, Rio de Janeiro

Deepak Sapra   Aug 31, 2007   interacts: 0

Nowhere does football arouse as much passion as in Brazil; and nothing personifies it more than the scene at the Maracana, one of world's largest

News just in

Nadeem F Paracha   Aug 25, 2007   interacts: 18

BREAKING NEWS! According to highly informed sources, President Musharraf is planing to declare a state of emergency in the country.

A Footnote in History

Faris Kasim   Aug 22, 2007   interacts: 11

Aug 14, 2412: Before the emergence of the CSC (Coalition of the Sub-Continent) in 2110, the region of South Asia was comprised of six different

Ellada: 3 Weeks in Northeastern Aegean Islands

Feroz Qutabshahi   Aug 20, 2007   interacts: 33

We alternate our summer vacations between Pakistan and Greece, visiting places of history and intrigue. '07 was a Greece year.

Bovinity

Muhammad Farhan   Aug 14, 2007   interacts: 3

I politely asked the strange being in a language which it could easily understand to reduce the volume. It said: Jee? Avaaz oonchi ker doon?

Where the Teesta Flows!

mekhala raghavan   Jul 10, 2007   interacts: 2

What can you say when you see Buddhist monks robed in maroon and saffron perform a ritualistic dance to the

30 Days in Afghanistan - Climbing Qassaba

Naeem Randhawa   Jun 26, 2007   interacts: 1

On the way up, we pass kids herding goats along narrow passes. I’m in unfamiliar territory, and enjoying the mind

30 Days in Afghanistan - Arrival

Naeem Randhawa   Jun 24, 2007   interacts: 7

I open my window blinds, and look up at the blue sky, it’s the same sky I’d stare at in

24 Hours in Dubai - Dunes and Dinars

Naeem Randhawa   Jun 18, 2007   interacts: 35

Half the women I see are dressed in full burqas, and the other half look like Britney Spear rejects - this place is so full

Notes from the Sunderbans

Veeresh Malik   Apr 13, 2007   interacts: 7

Same place, different times. And now we are told that they may vanish below the surface of the Bay of Bengal in the next few

A Weekend in Vienna

Asif Naqshbandi   Apr 11, 2007   interacts: 13

I was joined in this ancient bibliothek by a trio of Russian ladies, all splendidly over-dressed

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