Opal-Gate
Raywat Deonandan May 10, 2006 interacts: 22'Opal-gate' has sparked discussions on both the inappropriateness of the demands some parents place on their Ivy-bound children, and on the process by which pop-lit
Becoming Buddha
Sushil Bhatnagar May 9, 2006 interacts: 78Buddha is the only human being – the only religious teacher – who demonstrated that the wise and virtuous human being is nobler, more powerful
Kill for a Pill
Fazeel Chauhan May 6, 2006 interacts: 11
And then call this patriotism like Hitler
Then call it “christianity”
And murder, “sanctioned by jesus
And god bless America”
A Moment in Time
Revathy Gopal May 6, 2006 interacts: 6You still haven’t mouthed that hideous C-word. You are now just a statistic, trailing a plastic drainage box attached by a tube to a spot
Inside the Resistance -- A Book Review
Mohammad Gill May 2, 2006 interacts: 5Zaki Chehab on the Fallujah insurgency: “The trouble started when a female teacher protested to a US marine when their school was made into a
First, Honor Thyself
Jawahara Saidullah May 1, 2006 interacts: 63Her virginity and her body is not hers alone. They are symbols of her family’s honor, whether it is her birth family or that of
Seeking the Cosmic Spirit
Murad A Baig Apr 29, 2006 interacts: 6An increased awareness of our inner spirituality may mark a new consciousness because evolved spirits will find no purpose for the wood, brick or stone
Urdu Star-spangled Banner
Shahla Wahid Apr 29, 2006 interacts: 9This poem is in response to Mr. Bush saying that the national anthem should be in English only. It would be like the recent immigrants
ChoondiaN da Bazaar
Ali A Apr 28, 2006 interacts: 18Every Pakistani bazaar is set up for women, save for those few butch streets with oil covered mechanics and greasy metal things for tractors. Every
Doctor, Can You Give Me Something for the Pain?
Shandana Minhas Apr 27, 2006 interacts: 41If I have an accident? Aap ladies hain. I can get away with it. Reassuring it is to add this to the list of situations
Dreaming/Nightmaring in a Perfectly 3+1 Dimensional World
Sohaib Alam Apr 27, 2006 interacts: 1I was born and raised in Tehsil 786, the only place in modern-day Pakistan that was never colonized by the ‘takers’ from Britain. I’m a
Heralding Music
Faisal Shahid Apr 27, 2006 interacts: 5
Resonating in me, spatially,
Memories creating
Tingles.
No Ground Beneath Their Feet
Farzana Versey Apr 26, 2006 interacts: 80They have nowhere to go. Only a mother to call their own. But even their mothers have too many men to cater too. ‘Fathers’ who
Why Aren’t Muslim Women Converting to Christianity?
Ahmer Muzammil Apr 25, 2006 interacts: 578Why are these western women with their freedom and mini skirts and open societies and whatever else that are the signs of a “Free woman”
Don’t I Have the Right to Know?
Veeresh Malik Apr 24, 2006 interacts: 23Kindly inform me about the definition of the term used by MEA: 'Muslim citizens of India', and its usage in this context, when historically non-Muslims
Invader
Tahir Ali Apr 24, 2006 interacts: 4
They wrapped my tongue around my waist,
And asked me to tell the truth
I offered them my blood to taste
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