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Short Story

Ganapathy and The Drillmaster

Bindu V Shridar   Nov 9, 2000   interacts: 12

Ganapathy loved food. In any form, shape or size

Satire

Stealing Air Bags in the Air

Ameer Hamza   May 25, 2006   interacts: 11

I wanted those interesting air bags, after all I had paid my fare to PIA and I deserved something more

Narrative

Gulp Fiction

Nadeem F Paracha   Sep 29, 2004   interacts: 30

Magazines I’d like to see: Paranoid 911, Talwaar Times, Cannibalism Today, HardOn

Short Story

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

Frost Bite

Samina Wahid   Feb 25, 2003   interacts: 32

Short Story

Sheedah Badma’ash

Mohammad Gill   Jul 20, 2003   interacts: 8

Abdul Rasheed Butt and I were class fellows at high school in the senior years. Our School was an Islamia

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

Short Story

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

Short Story

The Quest

Astral U   Aug 9, 2007   interacts: 9

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

Poetry

The Lost One

Rabia Minhas   Sep 8, 1999   interacts: 6

She fell from the Himalayas... Only to land, lost in the Americas.

Aurangzeb The Nude

Ameer Afraid   Mar 7, 2003   interacts: 10

Religions, Violence, Justice

Short Story

Calling Chanda

Anum Ali   Nov 2, 2007   interacts: 3

In her early twenties Haryalee, like Chanda, was a eunuch or more commonly known as the hirja or the third

Satire

Different Strokes

Ram Ramnarayan   May 5, 2006   interacts: 6

According to Kanimozhi, we Tamils are embarrassed by our folk arts and decided to crush them under the weight of

Short Story

The Reflection In My Window

Salma Omar   Jul 2, 2008   interacts: 6

As he twisted her wrist, the little girl writhed in pain, tears welling in her eyes as she struggled to

Short Story

Punching Bag

Sunny Jamiel   Dec 15, 2004   interacts: 47

“Yah, I don’t think I’ll want to die before meeting you either,” he laughed and added, “are you sure you

Atiqa Odho

Anis Shakur   Jul 11, 2004   interacts: 24

Thinking young is great feeling healthy is even better. In spite of her hectic schedule, Atiqa manages to

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