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Sunshine, Smiles and Flowers

Raiya Hashmi   Jun 26, 2007   interacts: 4

A small rectangular album fell in my lap as I pulled out the dusty box resting in the innermost corner of my cupboard. This brown

Jealous

Suyog Mainali   Dec 6, 2002   interacts: 15

Call me a jealous guy? I admit it.

A Full Belly Speaks Persian

Zeejah    Mar 20, 2000   interacts: 8

I resented the hill-folk the luxury of modern technology

Yom Kippur 5764/Flight

Kyla Pasha   Feb 21, 2004   interacts: 14

I am surrounded.
I have no wings and no claws
to fly and dig my way
out of you.


Our Mother

storyteller    Apr 13, 2004   interacts: 19

And together we stand as one before our mother. Our mother, who at times didn’t give enough and at other times gave too much, until

He Dared to Call His Own

Sadia Khatri   Jul 19, 2007   interacts: 4

He screamed and he screamed, until he was certain his lungs were forced empty of fury intermingling with paining love. And still, nobody listened.

Timeless

Waqar Saleem   Jun 10, 2008   interacts: 6

Ever so gently, he took her old fingers in his hand and uncurled them lightly. His face was now trembling, as if he were fighting

Yaksha-Prashna

SSS    Sep 3, 2000   interacts: 13

But I know Charlie Brown explains everything

A Failed Romance

Hafsa Shorish   Jan 21, 2007   interacts: 24

He was a swarthy, handsome lad with a respectable height, husky voice and a boyish, round face. His name was Mustafa and he was proud

The Gust of Suspicion is Not So Kind

mazhar butt   Oct 4, 2007   interacts: 2

Forcing its entry like a wanton thief
It steals from Heart the jewels of belief

Expectation

Haroon Moghul   Mar 1, 2003   interacts: 23

The desi family has all the identity of a post-colonial nationality

The Gray Cotton Shawl

Hamidah Hemani   Nov 21, 2002   interacts: 22

Kashmira is the bastard child of Pakeezah and Indir.

Takht-e-Bahi

Saima Khan   May 10, 2003   interacts: 15

Takht-e-Bahi is famed for the quality of the kebabs available here.

The Buddha is Smiling

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Jul 26, 2005   interacts: 22

An orphan’s curse would drag to hell

The Girl from Napoli

Asif Naqshbandi   Apr 7, 2004   interacts: 48

Al Ghazzali said that it is impossible to describe the pleasures of orgasm to an impotent man no matter how much one tries.

Kibera Inside and Outside

kashkin dabruski   Jan 8, 2008   interacts: 0

Bullets inside my head
And hunger outside me
I am a little child
My mother gone

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