A Courier With Urgent News

Out there, up there somewhere is tomorrow and tomorrow will make today okay

The Peace Makers

the government’s cowardly assault was already being broadcast worldwide

Poetry

Tiny Trickles

Like the rain I want to shed tears of remorse and pain

Poetry

Outside the Military Hospital

The sun is equally unkind to them all
And God is equally forgiving. And that’s the way it’s always been
Despite fifty

Faded Innocence

The first poem at the Leafy Glade Inn takes a melancholy look at the future of a joyful present.

Poetry

Love

Love, he says, I’ve trapped it in a bottle.

Poetry

The Guava Woman’s Crèche

Remembering sweet-tartness, salivating,
People taste them with their eyes.
A matronly woman stoops and buys.

Poetry

Urdu Star-spangled Banner

This poem is in response to Mr. Bush saying that the national anthem should be in English only. It would

Satire

The Body Collectors

The hall was littered with corpses on the floor in most disorderly way. Suddenly a corpse rises says, 'baRi THhaNd

Poetry

Illusion Begets Magic

What they felt at that space and time

Short Story

Stone Walls and Metal Gates

Some nights she dreamt of flying through the darkness, over lands and seas until she stood in the balcony of

Poetry

Firefly

in my ear, your voice is friendly, bantering, teasing
I close my eyes and make a wish,
not on any star but

Rodeo Drive to Raja Bazaar: A review

The novel traces the life of 10-year-old Natasha between the years 1994 and 2004. After spending the first decade of

A Pakistani Woman’s Voice

'I have decided to dedicate my writing to women,' says Tahira Naqvi very determinedly. Ms Naqvi is an acclaimed fiction

An Interesting Encounter

Judging by the voice, I could tell that it was a bright young girl, one of the people who have

Poetry

Truth vs. Lie

Dear lie, I only have to read between the lines,
To find the words, you have missed out,
Amongst the wrong, the