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Please back off, Benazir!

H P   Aug 28, 2007   interacts: 253

No matter who finally comes to power in Pakistan, he/she will have to deal with an impatient US administration.

Without Brothers

Lok Raj   Sep 21, 2006   interacts: 12

Translation of a Punjabi short story written by Navtej Singh in 1972

Chimera

Ayesha Umar   Feb 21, 2008   interacts: 11

They sipped the coffee quietly then she asked, “So what brings you here?” “You know very well.” He replied looking straight into her eyes. She

Kolkata on Fire

Torsa Ghosal   Nov 21, 2007   interacts: 70

On 21st November the protest was more violent than any imagined in recent times in Kolkata and almost all our

Election 2008: Looking Ahead

Ishrat Saleem   Feb 19, 2008   interacts: 1

The election result has come as a touch of healing to the anxious, wounded and exhausted and tense nation.

Blood and Virtue

Amrita Rajan   May 20, 2005   interacts: 21

He’d missed the death rattle, that last tortured breath squeezed from straining lungs as they gave in despairingly to the inevitable, lost as he’d been

Fight Against The Emergeny Continues

Faris Kasim   Feb 7, 2008   interacts: 51

If we are stressed, if we are constantly worried, then I believe it is a sign of great optimism. The

A Friend of Feudalism

William Dalrymple   Sep 4, 2007   interacts: 147

The very reasons that make the west love Benazir Bhutto are the same that leave many Pakistanis with second thoughts.

River

storyteller    Sep 24, 2004   interacts: 10

Those who tread hastily cannot even see me but there are some who are drawn to my murmuring as I lucidly slide over smooth stones

Schizophrenic

arunima sengupta   Nov 19, 2003   interacts: 6

In a few hours she would go home and get back to being Shruti Agarwal, loving daughter, niece, oldest grandchild of the Agarwal family again.

Worlds Apart

Tahera Sajid   Jun 10, 2007   interacts: 49

‘Home? Where was home, anyway? Don’t they say home is where the heart is?’

Why not hang Surabjit Singh?

Beena Sarwar   Mar 22, 2008   interacts: 52

Whether it is for illegally crossing borders, overstaying visas or terrorism, Indians and Pakistanis arrested in each other's countries have poor consular and legal access.

The Angel

Muhammad Farhan   Sep 25, 2003   interacts: 2

Old men in their best perfumed attire stuttered their last words of wisdom in his ear, making sure that no one else heard what they

Clarity

Raj Mor   Nov 9, 2007   interacts: 7

“Arunivas! Arunivas! Make sure you get me a gold set! Last Diwali you forgot completely that I am allergic to non-gold. How can you forget

The Sweet Child of Mine

Nadia Siddique   May 29, 2000   interacts: 14

I don’t blame life for being cruel. . .

The National Reconciliation Ordinance Blanket Cover

Mehroz Sadruddin   Oct 20, 2007   interacts: 5

Irrespective of what Benazir Bhutto is saying these days, in reality she has had nothing much to gain from this patch up with General Musharraf

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