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Let’s talk to Mallika Sherawat’s Breasts

Farzana Versey   Jan 4, 2005   interacts: 49

Does that reduce her in any way? Do you know of any woman who has got silicon implants to help in research or because she

Sex and Pakistan vs. Rape and The World Media

Saima Shah   Sep 23, 2005   interacts: 344

The safe image of ‘us poor but creative Indians making a living’ is not Pakistan’s. The safe image of ‘us hardworking Chinese—open a factory?’ is

Gandhi in The Handmaid’s Tale

Aisha Sarwari   Oct 4, 2005   interacts: 773

He is known to the world as a leader of the independence movement of India. He’s known as a frail man who led thousands to

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova

A Shiraz   Jul 8, 2004   interacts: 303

This is the story of a father who took a chance that his ten-year-old daughter from Siberia can be great.

Pakistan Travelogue I

Parag Vohra   Mar 29, 2005   interacts: 581

This is the first ever visit to the land of my forefathers that anyone in my extended family has taken

‘Our Liberals’ and Minority Psyche

farrukh kamrani   Jun 22, 2006   interacts: 760

Although they enjoy all the benefits of the society, they are the people who do not identify themselves with the majority of the people dwelling

Another One Bites The Dust

Shandana Minhas   Apr 30, 2002   interacts: 600

General Musharrafs ‘political correctness’ made it easy to ignore questions

Soapbox Sania

Farzana Versey   Apr 25, 2005   interacts: 434

Is Sania Mirza changing the impression people have of Muslims? She is doing far worse than all the veiled women put together with her hypocrisy;

Why Aren’t Muslim Women Converting to Christianity?

Ahmer Muzammil   Apr 25, 2006   interacts: 578

Why are these western women with their freedom and mini skirts and open societies and whatever else that are the signs of a “Free woman”

Prophecy and the Mullah: Hotel Mohenjodaro

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jul 2, 2004   interacts: 287

Saving Pakistan from the Mullahs

Sex Everywhere

AA    Apr 27, 1998   interacts: 130

A possible, disturbing memoir of a trip back home...

Lesbians vs. Gays vs. Hinduism vs. Modernity?

Farzana Versey   Jun 21, 2004   interacts: 212

The only reason I am glad about the Girlfriend ’outing’ is because it concerns women. Lesbians have always been the secondary sex among gays. Patriarchy,

Mohammed Ali Jinnah Haazir Ho

Farzana Versey   Sep 10, 2004   interacts: 472

India lost out on Jinnah and Pakistan has chosen to lose him. Anger against him in India is due to the impression that he put

Porn for Girls

Mahim Maher   Feb 26, 2001   interacts: 155

Low budget film on channel 40

On Hate

Godot    Apr 14, 2002   interacts: 458

Hatred filled my entire body, as if there was no blood in my veins, but a raging, boiling, river of hate

Youth Without Borders

Hira Nabi   Aug 12, 2003   interacts: 389

Being with people who I was meeting for the first time in my life and will probably never meet again

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