Touch

This is tantalizing !

One could easily substitute a mother and her child here - and it could still be either !!

``what is it...?``

It`s LOVE, sweetness.

-!K!-

Zehra O Zehra:

``Our hands interwined,
mind, body and soul.``

This expression is pure ecstasy or subliminal trance or unmitigated infatution.

Even after we stumble upon the doctrinaire truth or swear-by-the-mother`s-grave truth about ``us, me and you`` life goes on unperturbed. Perhaps, that is its beauty, much to our chagrin.

Nice to see you back,

regards,

very sweet to see this up here..

re: kamran

it is love..isnt it amazing that we can love on so many levels and love so many people in so many different ways. how ya been?

re:all

thanks for the comments..first poem of mine that the chowkwalas are seeing..

re: chowk staff...

once again, the rest of my chowk work doesnt show up under other work by f. zehra rizvi..

rizvi

Subcontinental #109 I appreciate the constructive manner in which you accepted my earlier criticism of your article and subsequent post. This is the basis of a true dialogue.

You make an important point when you indicate that a forum like the chowk can be an effective means for dialogue between Pakistani and Indian citizens, and particularly important given the closed borders and general air of hostility betwen India and Pakistan.

As you say, the internet (and in case of this group, the chowk) is indeed a powerful force for bringing ideas and people together in ways that was not possible before. Whether we use it to score some kind of points or as a means to build up understanding, is totally up to us as individuals.

Thanks again for a mature and thoughtful response.

re: rehan

very touched..

shall i send more?

you were my first for that kind of impulsive behavior.

rizvi

``my sweat cools you down``

Yukh!

dear zehra,

LOL
i did my best to read it aloud with a come hither smile :))

theres nothing like a woman who isn`t afraid to use her greatest weapon...that would be the power to love.

please do let me know when you come to karachi next, i think we have a lot to share with each other (meant to be read with a raised eyebrow and a smirk)

shandana

Re: Zehra

Welcome back! Zehra, what brought this about...sounds like the first blush of an affair?

I think the two of us should compare notes, because I am in a similar situation at the present time and if everything goes as planned, she will go back to her x and I will end up wondering, ``what was I thinking about?``

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Re: zehra

``it is love..isnt it amazing that we can love on so many levels and love so many people in so many different ways. how ya been?``

It is amazing. I also think that different people have differing capacities TO love. Some are clearly more capable of it than are others. This only becomes visible in time and sometimes in hindsight.

You seem quite capable yourself. :)

I`ve been and am good. Thx for asking.

-!Kamran!-

p.s. Have to tell you something...when I read and responded initially to your poem, it was 3 AM on Sunday morning. I was at a friend`s house and on another plane when I came across it. It put the biggest smile on my face.

Re: Subcontinental #128

In part, my reply to Kant Patel covers issues you have raised as well. I will repeat that it was not illegal, immoral or unethical for the Pakistani government to claim that its troops were not involved in Kargil.

Similarly, while on a moral level I would deplore any violence against civilians anywhere, I don`t think that you can make the case that RAW or the ISI exploding bombs in each other`s capitals while denying all responsibility is ipso facto against the respective national interests. It all depends upon the circumstances.

What is the international law, i.e., treaties accepted by both Pakistan and India, on terrorism? Would acts such as these be covered? Or, would they be OK if we declare war on each other first?

Regards.

re: daring. sweat can be sexy.

re: feroz. i have a feeling comparing notes is not a good idea. i have awful luck when it comes to men. either im with no one ( and happier for it) or i have them crawling out of my ears.

re: slink. the next time i come will be for my Masters research, i think. if i dont change my mind on that one. the idea has stayed in my head for about a month now so i think its safe to assume that i will continue to give it a safe haven there.

re: rehan. touche.

rizvi

Re: Zehra # 13

You miss understood me, Z! I meant to compare notes so we could both laugh together at just how silly these games can get!!!!!

As to my femme d`jour, she is a reminder why I stopped playing these games a long time ago and why I am thinking of returning to Pakistan this fall.

I can`t stand her any more!!!

AAHAIn, SHIKWAY, AUR NAMAK KA DANA

Mohtarmi Janaab GlennFerozovichKhanov:

Baad aadaab, arz hay kay aap ka is waqt Pakistan jana bohat naa-munasib hoga. Aap Fateh Fauj aur bahadur Afwaaj kay baray maiN jo likh rahaiN haiN oos say donouN campoN maiN aap kay dushmanouN ki taadaad barh rahi hay. Humaray ISI kay mole nay ek bulletin ki kapy humaiN bhayjee hay. Aap ki khidmat maiN hazir hay.

A.P.B.

Ref # PK786/990810/Chowk/Badmash/Feroz

To: All staff and officers at the border check posts.

Please look out for a 5-8, darkskinned, bespectacled, Pakistani male, possible carrying a Canadian or American Passport, short hair with shades of gray, with a permanent smirk, hanging out of left lips. When apprehended, please ensure no bones are broken. If force is used leave no marks on hands or face. Or you may be transferred to Thar. The said indiividual speaks broken Gujrati, Urdu and Punjabi. His English accent is a mix of Grammarian pseudo English half baked with Canadian and Mid western English. Further details are posted on the Entry Control List, rev 08/10. When apprehended seize his luggage. Do not touch any papers or computer disks. Dispatch them with haste to the same room we readied for Najam Sethi.



On a lighter note: you broke us up with the daily dose of femme fatale.



khairiyat ka du`a go,

temporal

`What is it about us, that makes us, us?`

That is the single-most awful line I have read in a long long time. The poetic intensity of sensibility withers and all I complain about is irony- or its lack. I think I am more confused- and amused, I must add- about your neologisms. Laughing!