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When You Love More Than One

Khalid Sohail, Mind Space

Since human sexuality is intimately connected with social morality, such relationships are judged on moral grounds rather than understood on psychological basis.

Jul 3, 2009   Views 586  Interacts 15

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Another Sovereignty Transfer Charade in Baghdad

Gajendra Singh

An average of about 15 tankers carrying 16.5 to 17 million barrels of crude oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day. That represents 40% of the world's seaborne oil shipments, and 20% of all world shipments.

Jul 3, 2009   Views 181   Interacts 2

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Am I a Skeptical Muslim?

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The story of Islam from the rift on the succession of the prophet, the end of the Muslim glory in Spain in 1492, to the end of Ottoman caliphate in 1924, is all about the struggle for power.

Jul 3, 2009   Views 3353   Interacts 107

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Greatest Challenge Before Obama

Ikramul Haq

4 July, 2009 is a special day for the people of United States of America. The dream that Martin Luther King visualized has attained reality.

Jul 2, 2009   Views 332   Interacts 4

Personal Narratives

Peace for People and People of Peace

Saeed Shiekh

This is all I ask after paying my taxes. A safe haven for my home. Smiles on my children faces. Halal, hard earned food, and electricity.

Jul 2, 2009   Views 509   Interacts 11

People

Himanshu Rai: The Light of India

Rajesh Shankaran

Before Danny Boyle, before Shyam Benegal, even before Merchant-Ivory and Bimal Roy, there was one Indian who was peddling Indian fare to the cinema audiences of Europe.

Jul 2, 2009   Views 325   Interacts 3

Life

The Kaleidoscope Of My Dreams

Hina SajidKhan

My present is what I have.
My thoughts are here to stay.
The rapture will come again.
You can’t take that away.
My kaleidoscope of dreams,
Will be born again.

Jul 2, 2009   Views 204   Interacts 1

Media

Movie Review: New York

sufia ajaz

A thoughtful comment on terrorism that took place in America on 9/11 and its aftermath.

Jun 30, 2009   Views 1526   Interacts 22

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Local Government System – Incompetence vs Competence

Ali Chishti

I fail to understand why people blame the system for their incompetence? MQM has proved that with any system they could work and contribute because of their commitment, competence and honesty.

Jun 29, 2009   Views 1764   Interacts 16

Environment and Us

Environment, Kyoto Protocol and the Carbon Market

Zafir Zia

Pakistan today considered to be among the top 20 countries in the world that are gravely endangered to the adverse affects of climate change.

Jun 29, 2009   Views 536   Interacts 7

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