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The New Beginning

Mohammad Gill   Nov 1, 2004   interacts: 37

My story is the story of many thousands of other people on both sides of the line. I regard myself lucky in one way that

The Allahabad I Knew

Jawahara Saidullah   Oct 27, 2004   interacts: 58

A customer was looking for Jacques Derrida’s works. He and the owner lamented Derrida’s death before launching into a passionate discussion on deconstruction. I smiled

What Dreams Are Made Up Of

shyema khan   Oct 23, 2004   interacts: 11

I will disappear from your sight, but I’ll always be sneaking glances at you whenever I can. I will never call you but your

The Nightingale’s Feather!

Ali ShaH   Oct 22, 2004   interacts: 6

He ran as if his life was meant for running. His mind was blank, not a single thought; his face was cold, not a single

Synchronicity (Novella part 2 of 2)

Umair Naeem   Oct 19, 2004   interacts: 9

..in my restless dreams...I shall await you... forever..

History of the World

Kyla Pasha   Oct 14, 2004   interacts: 17

See, I always wanted to save my boys
from ending, from breathing, from stifling themselves.
But they don’t last – that’s what I’ve found –

Synchronicity (Novella part 1 of 2)

Umair Naeem   Oct 7, 2004   interacts: 17

'I wont tell you to remember me, but I cant bear for you to forget me..'

Jamnagar Memoirs

Parag Vohra   Sep 23, 2004   interacts: 30

It may seem strange that a celebratory function was held a day after a plane had gone down with officers

Two Poems

Aamir Ansari   Sep 16, 2004   interacts: 23

I walk around the house, restoring solitude
From room to room, only to find your smile
Wrapped around my hand, opening doors.

Of Eros and Erosion

Jamal Rana   Sep 8, 2004   interacts: 14

Jelaluddine Rumi, the 13th century Muslim poet and mystic wrote, “Love is reckless, risks everything and asks for nothing, having died to self interest”.

City Connection

Adnan Lotia   Aug 27, 2004   interacts: 26

It was at the FTC intersection on Sharah-e-Faisal when Bilal looked out of the window and saw her sitting in her shiny new gray Civic.

Reminiscing with an Old Heart

Afrasiyab    Aug 4, 2004   interacts: 8

Half a chance is what you always have. Always remember that! People, who get something or somewhere, have to play at half chances. A sure

Zwingli’s Zurich

Banjaara    Jul 15, 2004   interacts: 36

Looking eastward between the cobbled lanes across the Limmat river up into the mountains, I found my self gazing at a pair of minaret like

The Lost One

Shonali Sarin   Jun 28, 2004   interacts: 10

And watching his broad back getting smaller and smaller, Priya becomes aware, that some mighty power, somewhere long back, in a fit of cruelty, has

Yavanika

Rahul Malviya   Jun 4, 2004   interacts: 24

Yavanika – “yauvan ki rani” literally the queen of youth

The Olive Trees

storyteller    May 21, 2004   interacts: 17

On our way to Khan Yunus we had seen thousands and thousands of trees that had been cut down. Olive

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