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Purani Gali

Muhammad Tariq   Sep 10, 2007   interacts: 5

A glimpse of life in the mid-sixties Islamabad. How madrasas have changed in Pakistan in the last forty years.

Sex Education For the Next Generation

Khalid Sohail   Sep 7, 2007   interacts: 369

Sex education based on science, medicine and human psychology rather than cultural and religious superstitions help make rational and responsible choices in life.

Who Celebrates the Resident Indian?

Rohit Chopra   Sep 4, 2007   interacts: 26

Indian (especially, the American NRI) is now held up as an ideal model of Indian identity for the era of globalization.

The Paradox Cult

Shabbar Shah   Sep 4, 2007   interacts: 5

The hypocrisy with which the cult leaders lure and seduce; poor and illiterate parents and their children alike, under the

Pauper Kings

raghav chopra   Sep 2, 2007   interacts: 2

walking down narrow congested streets
alive, choking with their abundance
shadows of new born lovers,
adorn the age-old walls.

Living Through a Revolution

Muhammad Tariq   Aug 31, 2007   interacts: 54

An account of my personal experiences in Iran as it went through a transition from a monarchy to an Islamic Republic

Platinum

Sadia Rauf   Aug 30, 2007   interacts: 3

Belittled is the monster
Glorified is the weakling.

naustalgia

syed luqman   Aug 27, 2007   interacts: 6

obsession speaks
speaks to the walls
where a memory crawls

Cellular Cancer

Javaria Farooqui   Aug 26, 2007   interacts: 8

Cell phones have erased distances and brought people closer. But each step in the cellular direction is bringing us closer to physical and mental problems.

This Is For The Men Who'll Roll Their Eyes

Sidra Omer   Aug 22, 2007   interacts: 154

I’m waiting for the day when the word feminism will not be a synonym for extremism.

Qurat-ul-ain Haider Has Passed Away

Chowk Staff   Aug 22, 2007   interacts: 41

An obituary of a distinguished writer of Urdu literature.

Anmole Doesn't Share

Saad Mallik   Aug 22, 2007   interacts: 3

Running down the sidewalk my friend Anmole,
While playing with her dog, fell down in a hole

Eternal Destiny

mohsin ahmed   Aug 15, 2007   interacts: 0

you were an inspiration, a desire, a belief,
we have expectations and wishes, but sometimes disappointment is what we meet,

Book Dropper

Ibrahim M Khalil   Aug 11, 2007   interacts: 9

Nicholas Nassim Taleb says there are two ways to look at your bookshelf. The books you have read and consider yourself well read or...

A Pakistani-American in India

Ras Siddiqui   Aug 9, 2007   interacts: 696

A Pakistani-American walks down a road in India named after his great grandfather.

Cause For Celebration

kamil rextin   Aug 9, 2007   interacts: 20

Malaysia is also a former British colony. It’s still developing but it’s taken the first step towards that goal, and its well on its way.

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