Hole walli Haveli

“Aray baba, why do you ask such questions. Come and sit here. After your baray mamoo and your parents, hai

Yavanika

Yavanika – “yauvan ki rani” literally the queen of youth

The Funeral of Aunti Ummid

A man, a whore, an Imam

Bollywood and Gender Equality

Bollywood has been abused at the hands of the male dominant Indian Cinema elite that not only includes

Catharsis

This house was her mother’s. This house was killing her slowly but surely. She could feel mother’s presence everywhere in

The Quest

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

Monsoon arrives

I suppose had I been anyone other than the beloved daughter of Babliseth, my husband would have left me long

Doves

While writing to his old friend Fazal Din, Lobh Singh remembered that even in those days he (Fazal Din) used

The Haunting, I believed

The evening was fun. I followed her all evening until she sat on the yellow sofa, hard, shiny and plastic

The Test

Life, that uncompromising bitch! Hits you just when you want to sit and read

Al - Basir : The All Seeing

And the last day she came to learn about God, the monster would just not let her go no matter

Running Fast & Going Nowhere

i would like to leave this city / this old town dont smell too pretty/ i can feel the warning

We are family

Secret Passages

…..she was unmindful that the sharp red lipstick that matched her toenails, had spread all around her lips

Fishhooks

Some men are like fishhooks. They slide so easily into the softest flesh they find

Images

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