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Kashmir Fatigue

Ajay Raina   Jun 17, 2002   interacts: 705

I still have a home there and I am looking forward to my permanent return

Muslims in Infidelistan: A Ready Reckoner

Salim Chauhan   Mar 3, 2006   interacts: 466

When you show up at the airport with your six inch beard, your plastic portable lota, and a

Regarding the Stupid White Men

Mohammad Gill   Apr 16, 2002   interacts: 381

Subjugation and domination of others, is part of the human psyche

Plays

Bulleh Shah

Umair Raja   Sep 12, 2004   interacts: 67

A man, whose writings - barely understood, even by those who speak his language - contain, amongst them,

Translations

Porn for Girls

Mahim Maher   Feb 26, 2001   interacts: 155

Low budget film on channel 40

Amrita Pritam

Umair Raja   May 15, 2005   interacts: 369

Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from inside your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page

The Ultimate Betrayal

sajal javid   May 26, 2005   interacts: 381

She sobbed as he put his hands around her and whispered in a hushed voice, “Don’t cry honey, I am

Just Another Stupid Love Story

Urstruly    Apr 8, 2001   interacts: 224

Women show varying degrees of interest in my wrists

Top Ten South Asian Pieces of Music

A J Nabi   Aug 25, 2001   interacts: 214

What to take in the event of natural disaster

Poetry

Fauzia’s Rejection

A Bismil   May 18, 2005   interacts: 321

Fauzia stood in front a full length mirror, staring at her naked body. Her skin was a smooth mocha colored

Poetry

Close Encounter

Temporal    Aug 29, 2005   interacts: 382

Jamil had come to the US as a teenager and had graduated in atmospheric sciences from University of Colorado at

The Last Moments of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Mukhlis T   Jul 11, 2005   interacts: 44

Mr. Bhutto’s back was almost touching the floor while he was being brought out of the cell. The lower part

They Changed My God

Anwar Iqbal   Mar 7, 2001   interacts: 314

I do not know how God is related to me

Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed: The Naked Sufi Martyr

Asif Naqshbandi   Jul 13, 2005   interacts: 215

Every man who is aware of his secret
He becomes concealed even from the skies
The mullah says that Ahmad

The Virgin Bride

Nafisa Haji   Aug 4, 2001   interacts: 234

The idea of doing that with some sophisticated American bombshell...was paralyzing

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Last Prophet of Qawalli?

Aporup Acharya   Mar 10, 2001   interacts: 60

A music lover describes, and traces the origins and reasons of his love for Nusrat fateh Ali Khan and the

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