Talha el Ghafoor
Peter Damji Nov 5, 1998 interacts: 14The redutio ad absurdum of an average man’s life in the best of all possible worlds.
The New Jews
Bina Shah Mar 8, 2003 interacts: 173In this world, where Muslims are the new Jews, where Pakistanis are terrorists, visa cheaters and total bastards, What am I?
Spew
Shandana Minhas Feb 12, 2001 interacts: 27the city staggered to its feet like a dazed Cockroach
Half a Confession II
Temporal Mar 5, 2005 interacts: 6Body sponges, change of sheets, the general bull shit and I cannot help but smile -- what everyone prays for and dreams about -- I
India Day Parade on Madison Avenue
Amitava Kumar Aug 4, 1998 interacts: 9it is special here every day.
The King’s Gambit: Chapter 5 (The Diplomat)
Omer Rafique Oct 21, 2002 interacts: 65Carl Davis had just lost one group of swing votes in his home state. He was going to make sure he did not lose the
The Allahabad I Knew
Jawahara Saidullah Oct 27, 2004 interacts: 58A customer was looking for Jacques Derrida’s works. He and the owner lamented Derrida’s death before launching into a passionate discussion on deconstruction. I smiled
Opaque Particles of Sunlit Sand
asfandyar khan Oct 20, 2005 interacts: 8
omnipresent, the eyes shift naturally
and we envisage a future with crimson skies
she whispers words of irrevocable honesty
and we follow each other into the sea
A Teacup in My Hand
Tahera Sajid Mar 9, 2007 interacts: 70Sonya sat at the kitchen table, early Monday morning, with a cup of hot tea. She had some time to herself before setting off to
Midnight's Knights?
Farzana Versey Dec 29, 2002 interacts: 152Both Rushdie and Naipaul belong to the streets. They are clinging to roots they have no claims over.
Some Birds Don’t Fly
Hamidah Hemani Nov 11, 2001 interacts: 20I can hear the jingle of her ankle bracelet in rhythm to the heavy tabla beats
Reminisce
Kenyan Aug 8, 1997 interacts: 1Our first entry in The Leafy Glade Inn’s Victorian Study, is one in which the author softly remembers people in a place far, far away
Dark Places
Soysauce Mar 31, 2005 interacts: 15Helena’s story rekindled some age-old longing that had been put away in a back corner of my heart. A love I had shut out in
And then God Spoke!
Zeejah Jan 22, 2003 interacts: 25I would like to share with you something that happened to me some time ago.
Jaya: Chronicle of an Anonymous Death
Jawahara Saidullah Feb 9, 1999 interacts: 9There is no one here, Jaya, only you, I tell myself.
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