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Articles with tag: magic

Memories of Abid

Amna Chaudhry   Jan 11, 2009   interacts: 7

I remember seeing him on my first day at the copper mines and my fourteen year old mind decided that I was to become a magician.

The Science Performer

Rinku Dutta   Jul 17, 2006   interacts: 2

Hooking people, especially children, on to science, is Arvind Gupta’s game. And he has mastered it well. For 25+ years he has been practicing activity-based science teaching.

On the Banks of the Wishing Lake

soma sarkar   May 24, 2005   interacts: 5

A lake protected by birds. Where wishes come true.

Aurangzeb The Nude

Ameer Afraid   Mar 7, 2003   interacts: 10

Religions, Violence, Justice

An Interview with Govind Nihalani

Zafar Anjum   Feb 16, 2003   interacts: 9

For Hindi film buffs, Govind Nihalani needs no introduction.

Resurrection

Jawahara Saidullah   Jan 15, 2003   interacts: 9

That night he dreamt of her hands again. They threaded small, white buds of the queen of the night into long strands. And wove them around his heart.

Sohail Rana: Musings on music

Anis Shakur   Nov 26, 2002   interacts: 31

His adorers are surrounded by a lifetime of numerous memories of his immortal compositions.

The King’s Gambit: Chapter 5 (The Diplomat)

Omer Rafique   Oct 21, 2002   interacts: 65

Carl Davis had just lost one group of swing votes in his home state. He was going to make sure he did not lose the other group also.

The Virgin Bride

Nafisa Haji   Aug 4, 2001   interacts: 234

The idea of doing that with some sophisticated American bombshell...was paralyzing

The Magician and The Dreamer

Zeejah    Jul 6, 2001   interacts: 23

Trust me and all this can be yours

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Last Prophet of Qawalli?

Aporup Acharya   Mar 10, 2001   interacts: 61

A music lover describes, and traces the origins and reasons of his love for Nusrat fateh Ali Khan and the genre of qawwali

Karachi Dreams

Shandana Minhas   Jan 19, 2001   interacts: 124

a metropolis vast in size and tiny in the scope of its productivity

Last Orders

Kamal K Jabbar   May 31, 2000   interacts: 4

I sense your distant presence as a sign declares ‘standing room only’...

Snakebite

Bina Shah   Mar 30, 1999   interacts: 13

From the hole, a large hissing sound escapes, and she shrieks..

Looking Through Glass

Rehan Ansari   Mar 24, 1999   interacts: 9

... he serves on M.A Jinnah and, yes, pops the question ...

Dancing in the ruins

Zeejah    Dec 15, 1998   interacts: 9

...they say the aura of a person is imprinted on a place where they have lived.

Incantation

Sheldon Pacotti   Jun 29, 1998   interacts: 3

Where intelligence can be enhanced with expensive pharmaceuticals, a poor boy needs an alternative medicine

Leaving so soon?

Amber Bokhari   Jun 3, 1998   interacts: 6

You want to soar free and I will let you go.

The Bulletin Board of a Believer

A Believer   Jan 27, 1998   interacts: 3

I do not define myself as an Agnostic simply because I do not know enough to be sure of being an Agnostic.

Deserts Are My Abode

Wasiq Bokhari   Sep 8, 1997   interacts: 4

Visit an uncompromising and majestic place. You may become a frequenter.

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