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24 Hours in Dubai - Dunes and Dinars

Naeem Randhawa   Jun 18, 2007   interacts: 37

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: 8

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

Inzi Post-Bob: An Interview

Nadeem F Paracha   Mar 23, 2007   interacts: 165

... You are good Muslim. Here, have a Pepsi! ...

Monar Jomban (part 3 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 22, 2007   interacts: 3

I have started distinguishing the girls now – all in their late teens and two of them obviously sisters. The two sisters are also the

Monar Jomban (part 2 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 14, 2007   interacts: 6

We were out to buy Gaz (the traditional sweet of these parts, a delicate white chocolate made with sugar and eggs and some other mysterious

Monar Jomban (part 1 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 9, 2007   interacts: 8

“Esfahan what can I write about you which has not been written before.” I quote a forgotten writer who was apparently jailed and then killed,

Why Have This Train At All?

Veeresh Malik   Feb 19, 2007   interacts: 457

The complete Samjhauta Express scenario as it operates now, with a full night for the bad guys and their cohorts to create havoc between Delhi

Religious Tourism

Emma Alam   Feb 19, 2007   interacts: 12

Enthralling and enchanting locations of Pakistan beckon not only domestic but also foreign tourists to great extent.

If Pigs Could Fly

Ibrahim M Khalil   Jan 25, 2007   interacts: 14

When proceeding to the check in counter, I always increased or decreased my pace so that I get a chance to stand next to a

Visiting Khuzdar

Muhammad Farhan   Nov 26, 2006   interacts: 7

I was surprised to see the participants already there. From my past experiences I had learned that it was always the teacher who made the

Hala – City of Crafts

Ameer Hamza   Nov 9, 2006   interacts: 1

Once you’ve seen what poor, almost rag-tag, artisans can do with the paper, glass, cotton and wood you get convinced quite easily that art has

A Trip Down Moscow Lanes

shobig sifar   Nov 2, 2006   interacts: 23

The tour culminated in the red square and from there I, with a couple of other attendants, set off for a stroll around the square

Meeting the Pakistani-Swiss

Wasiq N Khan   Oct 27, 2006   interacts: 145

By a Burger King, I saw a group of Eastern European men playing chess with giant wooden pieces. Next to them, was a clique of

Rawalakot: Rediscovered

Nadeem Akram   Sep 22, 2006   interacts: 5

There was hardly a few dozen people there; a rarity at most tourist sites in Pakistan. Men, women, children, rich, poor, old and young all

A Nomad Among the Bedouins

Atif    Sep 21, 2006   interacts: 68

Safeena was the kohl-eyed daughter of Abu Muaz. The moment I laid eyes on her in the early hours of

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