Star, Crescent, Cross
Deepak Sapra Jul 3, 2006 interacts: 24
Expectedly, the formalities take a long long time. Once done, as I look down from my aircraft window, I feel
Ayaan Ali Hirsi and the Big Bad Wolf
Bina Shah Jul 1, 2006 interacts: 463Women must stand up for themselves, they must speak out against injustice, no matter what form or shape it takes. Islam cannot be used to
‘Our Liberals’ and Minority Psyche
farrukh kamrani Jun 22, 2006 interacts: 760Although they enjoy all the benefits of the society, they are the people who do not identify themselves with the majority of the people dwelling
War of the Sexes
Gita Roy Jun 18, 2006 interacts: 40Why are there so many neurotic women today? Have millions of women always been this way, or is it a problem of our times only?
Theatre in Karachi
Zainab Mahmood Jun 16, 2006 interacts: 12
Picture this. A reclaimed warehouse turned into an art gallery cum venue for artists and writers to meet and perform,
Thin as a Pin
Shujaat Wasty Jun 14, 2006 interacts: 9Most bachelors will regurgitate the socially-acceptable rhetoric of finding the “traditional good girl”. What they fail to mention is that below the tip of the
Jolly Bhai
syed muzammil Jun 13, 2006 interacts: 70We were a group of six international students in our first summer in U.S.A, hoping to collect the colossal sum we needed for next semester’s
Happy Days are Here Again
Shandana Minhas Jun 6, 2006 interacts: 48Who hasn’t experienced rejection? I know I have. There was that guy in class six who didn’t understand the signals I was sending him (I
Ode to 55/B Shah Abdul Latif Road
Batool Ali Jun 6, 2006 interacts: 14The past week, incidentally I went by the old house a number of times and sadly, all those partition-era houses in my old locality are
Optimism in a Pessimistic World
Sapna Malik May 31, 2006 interacts: 10I am wary of anything that seems too perfect because there have to be as many imperfections concealed within it to reach the equilibrium of
A Last Poem for London
Murtaza Shibli May 27, 2006 interacts: 2
Unspoken terrors beset us on every side
The shadows of dead souls pass through us
And our hearts are cracked, if not broken
A Poem
Sadia Rauf May 19, 2006 interacts: 15
Immoral am I
Immoral I am
Debauched and decadent
Only for you.
Leave No Grain for Tomorrow
Farzana Versey May 16, 2006 interacts: 44
No cross-border love story, no internet romance between an Indian and a Pakistani, can come anywhere close to what Imroz
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead..
Nisha Kartik May 13, 2006 interacts: 10I remember my excitement knew no bounds when I would fantasize of a room for myself, things of my own, night shows, boyfriends, mental peace
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