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Chillchinga, the US Soldier

kashkin dabruski   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 1

The only desire now
To go home
To converse few words
In Spanish as he pays the price
For migration and adventure

My Most Memorable Journey

saman abbasi   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 45

Surraiya Bi had finally reached India her place of birth after eleven years of yearning and praying.

I, Samurai

Sahir Shah   Apr 23, 2008   interacts: 6

my finger twitch
my neck hair rise
my throbbing pulse
my blistered foot
I'm full of life

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On

Tahir Gul Hasan   Apr 17, 2008   interacts: 51

I am late for the Glasgow-bound flight, and although I do say ‘the usual’ at the check-in counter, my favourite seat near an over-wing emergency

Lost That Loving Feeling

Tamkeen Shah   Mar 16, 2008   interacts: 2

Is love bound to end? Is very relationship doomed to
die a natural death at the hands of time?

Warday

Ali Rizvi   Feb 21, 2008   interacts: 12

A continuation of the Graphic novel WARDAY, but from the perspective of ex-patriot Pakistani population stranded after a 36 hour nuclear holocaust.

Sunset at Uluwatu

Rajesh Shankaran   Jan 30, 2008   interacts: 2

Anjali and I had spent the afternoon in Tanjong Benoa. A small touristy cove off the Southern End of Bali, it had been a typical

Indian Supreme Court says- ‘Live in is marriage’

sharad chandra   Jan 20, 2008   interacts: 19

A momentous turn that will create upheavals in Indian society from bottom to top.

Child Interrupted

ehsan syed   Jan 15, 2008   interacts: 3

The boy who blew himself in Dera Ismail Khan last Muharram was hardly 17 years old. Still a child, legally speaking, dying a violent death,

Psychology of Men's Honour and Women's Sexuality

Khalid Sohail   Jan 8, 2008   interacts: 121

When Eastern women become financially and emotionally independent their husbands start losing control and become abusive and violent

Kibera Inside and Outside

kashkin dabruski   Jan 8, 2008   interacts: 0

Bullets inside my head
And hunger outside me
I am a little child
My mother gone

The Landlady

Tahera Sajid   Jan 3, 2008   interacts: 12

Why do we exercise our right to hate so much more often than the right to love, anyway?

My Teenage Years in Lahore

Asim Shore   Nov 23, 2007   interacts: 18

As I sit here on my desk at work, sipping my persimmon white tea in a delicate persian tea cup, I close my eyes and

It Is Raining

Rida Abbasi   Nov 14, 2007   interacts: 7

It is silent outside, except for the steady rain; everyone is huddled inside their rooms like us. I have my face pressed against the window.

Saawariya Targets Eternal Love

Ras Siddiqui   Nov 9, 2007   interacts: 14

Sony Picture’s “Saawariya”, a new Bollywood-Hollywood movie is set to release in the United States and worldwide on November 9th.

The Other Woman

Tahera Sajid   Nov 2, 2007   interacts: 19

She was a friend who just happened to be a woman...or, was she?

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