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White

Tahera Sajid   Aug 13, 2007   interacts: 6

A lone tear escapes her eye. And burns a trail down my cheek.

Bovinity

Muhammad Farhan   Jul 22, 2007   interacts: 3

I politely asked the strange being in a language which it could easily understand to reduce the volume. It said:

Poetry

The Quest

Astral U   Aug 9, 2007   interacts: 6

“Amman can you tell me who my real mother was?” Nazish asked gazing at the wall in front of her.

My Life Story

fariha ansari   Aug 1, 2007   interacts: 10

When I close my eyes in solitude and think about the goings-on in my life during the past 17 years,

Images

sarah zahid   Aug 8, 2007   interacts: 3

It is almost 8 evening in Mississauga.I am walking outside. There is an urge to get out the house and

Al-Qaeda In My House

Mujeeb Rehman   Jul 27, 2007   interacts: 4

After two days of intense negotiations more like US-India nuclear talks that failed, our negotiations bore fruit. We decided that

Translations

The Seasons

Saad Mallik   Jul 25, 2007   interacts: 5

Versified version of an Urdu story by Farhatullah Beg

He and She

Gomathy Subramanian   Jul 19, 2007   interacts: 8

She ran after him and they looked like two small kids playing in the water.

He Dared to Call His Own

Sadia Khatri   Jul 18, 2007   interacts: 4

He screamed and he screamed, until he was certain his lungs were forced empty of fury intermingling with paining love.

Translations

One Wall

Mark Robinson   Jul 17, 2007   interacts: 3

Hidden in silence
Surrounded by one wall

Poetry

The Horse and The Zebra

Rafi Aamer   Jul 12, 2007   interacts: 53

“Do you know the most important difference between a horse and a zebra?” Shazi asked me after the first drag

Meeting Poet Ahmad Faraz

Ras Siddiqui   Jul 9, 2007   interacts: 29

What do you say when you meet what many consider the greatest living poetic craftsman of the Urdu

Poetry

Artificial Rains

Gaurav Bhardwaj   Jul 9, 2007   interacts: 2

According to metrology people the monsoons had halted at Allahabad for more than usual leaving Delhi parched and thirsty.

Poetry

Shades of Mendacity

Pradeep Narayanan   Jul 2, 2007   interacts: 4

“Emma, we have a 7.30 flight to catch. I hope all is packed and ready”, Jacques voice was visibly loud

Why Atif Aslam works

Daniyal Bilgrami   Jul 2, 2007   interacts: 16

'If the color blue could take a voice, it would be that of Atif Aslam'

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

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