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Michel Houellebecq: France's New Literary "Enfant Terrible" and Islamophobe

Asif Naqshbandi   Aug 2, 2007   interacts: 26

Reviews of "Atomised", "Platform" and "The Possibility of an Island".

Khuda Ke Liye

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jul 30, 2007   interacts: 237

"In the Name of God", it is about us - the people of Pakistan warts and all.

The Corporation That Changed The World

V S Gopalakrishnan   Jul 27, 2007   interacts: 53

A book exposing the illegalities, tyrannies, immorality, rapacity, frauds and every kind of misfeasance practised by the East India Company.

Film “Amu” Revisits the 1984 Sikh Massacre in Delhi

Ras Siddiqui   Jul 27, 2007   interacts: 7

Kaju’s past leads to the year 1984, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.

Tribute to a Master

Asif Alig   Jul 24, 2007   interacts: 13

A book dedicating the contributions of the great Indian littérateur Premchand

“A Mighty Heart” is a Mighty Sad Movie

Ras Siddiqui   Jun 28, 2007   interacts: 72

It is the story of Mariane Pearl, one vulnerable, pregnant and devoted wife who is caught up in the search

Phantom of the Opera

Aisha Sarwari   Jan 3, 2007   interacts: 65

A quintessentially tear-jerking performance, reminded us that when a Phantom is killed, we cry at the inevitable sadness of obsession.

Another 'Bludy' Desi?

Asif Naqshbandi   May 13, 2006   interacts: 6

A group of teenagers viciously beat up another boy. Except this time the boys doing the beating are desis from Hounslow in South London and

The Fertility Debate

Aisha Sarwari   May 12, 2006   interacts: 35

The role of women in determining their fertility is also a factor of politics and power established by the clerical

The Return of the Anti-hero

Saima Shah   Mar 31, 2006   interacts: 15

In keeping with India’s modern day disapproval of pacifism, Rang De Basanti's role models for a modern day freedom struggle are the fiery fighters

Book: Gone to New York

Amrita Rajan   Dec 30, 2005   interacts: 0

Essays on the city

Music: Kofta Cola!

Nadeem F Paracha   Nov 10, 2005   interacts: 0

According to renowned professor of pop sociology, Ali Azmat, man is a social animal in a social circus and whose ultimate fate is to evolve

Book: The Time Traveler`s Wife

Bina Shah   Nov 10, 2005   interacts: 2

Love without boundaries

Movie: Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara

mukta srivastava   Oct 31, 2005   interacts: 1

An off beat venture

Book: The Smoking Issue

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 31, 2005   interacts: 6

A blistering attack against those who want to ban smoking in all public places.

Movie: Sins

Asif Naqshbandi   Sep 27, 2005   interacts: 6

A Catholic priest has an affair with a young woman and blackmails her into continuing it to further his own Church career.

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