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Poetry

The Land of The Pure

Raiya Hashmi   Nov 20, 2009   interacts: 0

No corner,no street,no abode Stands safe from these merciless fiends

Narrative

Forgive n Forget

Amber Bokhari   Nov 11, 2009   interacts: 28

It is hard to move on in any relationship if we continue to hold on to old grudges. It is

Poetry

If The Dead Could Talk

Mazhar Butt   Oct 5, 2009   interacts: 3

Can you hear the crackling of his bones?
Can you hear the sound of his bleak skull?
Can you hear

Short Story

Serenade to the Sleepless

Sonya Rehman   Oct 19, 2009   interacts: 12

Hoisting her basket back on her head, Ayesha turned around, and looked over at the other side of the road,

Narrative

Driving Through Poetry

Razia Husain   Oct 19, 2009   interacts: 7

The floor was carpeted with fresh fallen leaves of all colors, rustling as I walked over them. Ah! There it

Short Story

Access Denied

Asra Nadeem   Oct 15, 2009   interacts: 14

I was fascinated with graveyards as a kid and my grandmother always said that Muslim women should not go to

Short Story

The White Rose

Aisha Sarwari   Oct 12, 2009   interacts: 158

The wedding night came and went. My routine didn’t change. I couldn’t let the boys down. Would I stop loving

Short Story

The End Of An Affair

Taji M   Oct 8, 2009   interacts: 46

It seemed like the most beautiful day of Nazia’s life. The man who had stolen her heart had finally asked

Poetry

Afghan Widows

Mazhar Butt   Oct 5, 2009   interacts: 15

Amazed not be at the sex they sell
for their survival,
for more or less, where isn't it sold,
can

Satire

Cheap is Cool

Ejaz Haroon   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 7

Yeah, us South Asians are a cheap bunch. There was a report on NPR this morning about how we’re rated

Short Story

Tree of Life

Sarah Zahid   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 5

During those days the paint of the left wall was blistered. If you scratched it a bit, you could smell

Short Story

Cartoon

Baland Iqbal   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 2

“Papa, please help me. Look how worried I am. What has happened to me? What kind of a disease is

Poetry

Uncomfortably Numb

MVJ Simon   Sep 28, 2009   interacts: 3

I see with my eyes wide open
Yet I don’t see your suffering
I hear your cry of agony
It’s

Narrative

Two Tears in a Bucket

Padash    Sep 13, 2009   interacts: 304

Call it a need for closure or an innate obstinacy, but this column my dear friends, is going

Poetry

Rain

raghav chopra   Sep 5, 2009   interacts: 0

I Walked on water
Shards of broken glass rained from the sky
I walked through puddles of blood

Poetry

The Innocent Image in a Mirror

MirAlam Said   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 1

Where the looks turned to,
The happiness hid its face from;
And the blood and the soul,
With each tear

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