Articles with tag: man
Interview With Salman Ahmad and Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Vaibhav Jain Nov 13, 2009 interacts: 5A backstage interview just after Salman Ahmad performed alongside Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pt. Samir Chatterjee and Daniel Weiss in a fusion concert at Westlake High Shool in Austin
Peace The Final Frontier
Taji M Nov 2, 2009 interacts: 8The operation in Waziristan is a very temporary solution, and its only aim should be to halt immediate attacks, but ultimately the peace has to be negotiated, whether we like to talk to Talibans or not.
Self Rule For Gilgit Baltistan
zafar sopoori Oct 27, 2009 interacts: 3The enforcement of self rule regulations in Northern Areas and other current Pakistani measures are a visible sign that Kashmir and Kashmiri people are no more in Islamabad’s policies and priorities like the previous decades.
An Hour at Datta Darbar
Bushra Zulfiqar Oct 4, 2009 interacts: 34There were loud speaker warnings about the pick pockets and jewelery theft. The shrine which reflected the beauty and sacredness of God’s love suddenly became a classical reflection of all our social evils.
Uncomfortably Numb
MVJ Simon Sep 28, 2009 interacts: 3I see with my eyes wide open
Yet I don’t see your suffering
I hear your cry of agony
It’s just another sound to me
Pakistan Crisis - Seven Problem, Seven Solutions
Khalid Sohail Aug 7, 2009 interacts: 129Pakistan is experiencing a major existential crisis. But crises are mixed blessings which can lead to regression or progression. They can cause a breakdown or become a fertile ground for a breakthrough.
Bullet
mohammad gill Jul 20, 2009 interacts: 9When Shafqat returned from office he found there were guests in the house. They were women who were sitting in the big room. Shafqat’s wife, Aysha was busy entertaining them.
Indo-Pak Talks: Comedy and Controversy
Ibrahim Malick Jul 20, 2009 interacts: 26Both sides used their media as negotiating tools. A Pakistani journalist was fed a story of ‘deadlock’ to adjust Indian diplomatic temperature. It worked… Indians had toned down their rhetoric after this story emerged on the web.
Denial of Right of Self-Determination to Kashmirs
Nauman Asghar Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 162July 13th is commemorated as the day courageous Kashmiris laid their lives in a struggle against despotic and barbarous rule of Maharaja in 1931.
Neruda and Faiz: Great Contemporary Poets
Ikramul Haq Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 12One was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature and the other with Lenin Peace Prize. Both Neruda and Faiz, like many others, notably Nazim Hikmet and Mahmoud Darwish, were essentially anti-colonialists and anti-imperialists.
Around Us (Betrayal of Conscience)
kashkin dabruski Jul 8, 2009 interacts: 2Around Us depicts those events that are currently taking place in Pakistan and how it has weakened our moral fabric, the intangible conscience and all that makes us what we are not.
Greatest Challenge Before Obama
Ikramul Haq Jun 29, 2009 interacts: 64 July, 2009 is a special day for the people of United States of America. The dream that Martin Luther King visualized has attained reality.
Himanshu Rai: The Light of India
Rajesh Shankaran Jun 9, 2009 interacts: 3Before 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.
War of Words : Swat Military Campaign
Ibrahim M Khalil Jun 17, 2009 interacts: 10In times of war, governments create lexicon of new words to justify the war and to make it more palatable.
The Tragic fall of a Super Star
Mansoor Gadehi Jun 12, 2009 interacts: 16Inspired by one of Bollywood’s most famous Peshawar born personality, Yousef Khan, better known as Dilip Kumar, Ali too took a screen name of Vijay Kumar.
Seven Reasons to Kill
Khalid Sohail Jun 5, 2009 interacts: 45It is ironic that in the contemporary world, leaders of religious, spiritual and secular traditions claim that their ideologies and philosophies promote peace, but we see their followers continue to kill each other.
The Guantanamo Millstone
saeed qureshi May 24, 2009Guantanamo Detention Center and its inmates have turned out to be a millstone around the neck of the United States.
Expecting to Hate Delhi but Loving it Instead
Anannya Dasgupta May 19, 2009 interacts: 9Delhi 6, as a mainstream film needs to be appreciated for the broader context that it provides for communal tension. It also needs to be appreciated for why people were so virulent in its dismissal.
No Quarter For Half Wits Please
Shandana Minhas May 18, 2009 interacts: 7Humanitarian disasters are bad because they kill people. Extremism is a menace because it kills people. Again I ask, why is there so much fuss about how we die and not how we live?
Result 2009
Shoaib Daniyal May 16, 2009 interacts: 39Yes, it’s time to jive to Jai Ho. The big story of the day, apart from what I had for lunch, is that the Congress has swept the country, Singh is King and Sonia is our soniya.
When Faiz was Imprisoned
Khalid Sohail May 11, 2009 interacts: 21His sense of guilt as a father, husband and son even made him question the moral basis of his idealistic lifestyle. In one of his letters he wonders whether idealism is one form of selfishness.
Journey to Istanbul: A Travelogue and An Ode to Melancholy
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 15, 2009 interacts: 6Ah! Istanbul, jewel of the world, beloved city of Holy Roman Emperors and Muslim Caliphs—the very name conjured up exotic images in my mind.
Portraying Dera
Fahimullah Khanzada Apr 13, 2009 interacts: 2The town (Dera Ismail Khan) with a political team having most of its members holding important slots in the government benches is still deprived of basic facilities.
That emptiness, that nothingness, what lies beneath?
Thinking Storm Apr 3, 2009 interacts: 8as we sit in large glass window living rooms in gated communities and mimic what we see on TV
Standard Issue
Jyoti Iyer Mar 30, 2009 interacts: 3But then there are places in the city
I have never seen
Places I have heard of.
Places not too far either.
Mandela and His Women
Khalid Sohail Mar 26, 2009 interacts: 15Mandela’s life story highlights the dilemmas and dreams of a revolutionary and a profile of a successful guerrilla warrior.
Phantom Passengers
Azhar Ali Mar 7, 2009 interacts: 8Some time ago I witnessed with horror how wantonly a 12 year old bus 'page-boy' was hit by the bus conductor for having negligently given the signal to move the bus prematurely.
Mangalore vs Kolkata
Sankrant Sanu Mar 5, 2009 interacts: 7In Mangalore the issue was of the freedom for women to visit pubs without intimidation by religious zealots. In Kolkata the issue was the right of a newspaper editor to publish a reasoned academic critique of religious fundamentalism
Who Keeps the Deadly Duo in Business
Maryam Khan Mar 3, 2009 interacts: 5Salman Taseer now rules supreme in Punjab, reporting, every so often, to Zardari who now rules supreme from his hideout in the President’s House.
Delhi 6 (Dilli CHHE) - Aage Nahin PEECHHE
sufia ajaz Feb 21, 2009 interacts: 13The spirit of Purani Dilli is missing. Its spirit lies in the hearts of its people. Sadly, filmi actors cannot even come close to it.
Pubs, Liquor Shops and Women Empowerment
Rohan Dharesh Feb 18, 2009 interacts: 118CPLFW: Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women. Should we take it that these women believe going to pubs and having sex outside marriage as a matter of right?
With Drops of Jupiter in Her Hair
Zarrar Said Feb 13, 2009 interacts: 104Astrology misleads the public, constantly denounces scientific development and belittles human intelligence.
Khalid Hasan, Manto, and Kala Kola
Aziz Akhmad Feb 12, 2009 interacts: 4A lifelong journalist, he observed people minutely, and commented upon them playfully and bluntly. His satire was particularly reserved for people with puffed up egos.
Humanity at a Crossroads
Khalid Sohail Feb 2, 2009 interacts: 342Humanity is passing through an adolescent phase as is at a crossroads. All of us have to make certain choices. We can choose the path of collective suicide or the path of peace and harmony.
In Search Of Manwel Dimech
Prashant Bhatt Jan 24, 2009 interacts: 2The Medieval Knights and stories of the siege make nice tourism, but what about the original inhabitants of this island nation, which has the oldest free standing structure known to mankind?
Human Trafficking: The Great Commodity Exchange
Shantanu Dutta Jan 16, 2009 interacts: 3While no comprehensive study of forced and bonded labour can ever be completed, there are estimates that the trafficking “industry� touches 20 to 65 million Indians.
Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
Zubair Torwali Jan 7, 2009 interacts: 135Government writ is a faded vision; elected councilors and Nazims are killed, women no more allowed to visit bazaars; markets are deserted, police stations vacated.
Time’s Man of the Year 2008 – Barack Hussein Obama
Mohammad Gill Dec 18, 2008 interacts: 445Half the people in America had never heard of him two years ago – that even his campaign manager, at the outset, wasn’t sure Obama had what it takes to win the election.
An Old Man, an Ima and the 'green chili pickle' Woman
Vandana Mittal Dec 23, 2008 interacts: 22There is weariness to the soul and those images that seared my heart and mind for 70 long hours are now clamoring to be understood and their significance internalized and understood.
Man And The Sun
Malik A Jamal Dec 16, 2008 interacts: 3For these troubling times, a dialogue between the morning sun and a man on a mountain about what is the essence of a human being.
Hop Aboard the Interfaith Express
Feroz Qutabshahi Nov 19, 2008 interacts: 24Ironically, the main organizers of Interfaith conference at UN was His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, country with the worst record in history on religious tolerance.
New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy
Beena Sarwar Nov 4, 2008 interacts: 28Tensions between the United States and Pakistan -- on the eve of the keenly-watched U.S. Presidential elections -- accompanying a visit by U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus
Ahmed Faraz (1931-2008) – The Romantic Rebel
Zaki Rahman Oct 12, 2008 interacts: 6To the end of his life, Faraz remained fully committed to the ideals of democracy and justice as witnessed by his close involvement in the lawyers movement of last year.
The Only Good Muslim is the Anti-Muslim
Junaid LevesqueAlam Sep 23, 2008 interacts: 12For some, Barack Obama's stature as a man of the left has fallen precipitously, like late autumn leaves shed by branches bowing to the will of winter.
It's A Deal After All!
Dost Mittar Sep 6, 2008 interacts: 34In the long run, however, it will be difficult to ignore Pakistan’s demand for a similar deal once it establishes a clean record of nuclear safety and non-proliferation.
Black Pencils
Fatima Mirza Aug 15, 2008 interacts: 13jehad in a woman?
daggers in a jar full of berry-nectar
pleasant as honey-sugar
ordinary, crowd senses as usual.
Celebrating 61 Years of Broken Dreams
AliHasan Cemendtaur Aug 24, 2008 interacts: 6"Missing in Pakistan", a 29-minute documentary capturing Pakistan's gross human rights violations tacitly supported by the US Government, followed by a talk by Safdar Sarki.
Global Warming: Green with Controversy
Mutaal Mooquin Aug 15, 2008 interacts: 8Its effects will happen 30 years down the road, and then you say, "Okay, do something about it."
Olympic Dreamers
Khalid Sohail Aug 11, 2008 interacts: 26A famous American novelist Henry Miller once wrote, “Humans work while gods play�. But there are some humans who like to become gods as they love to play all their lives.
Government Wins Manmohan Singh Loses
Dost Mittar Jul 22, 2008 interacts: 141The way is now clear to officially approach the Board of Governors of the IAEA to approve the agreement reached between the Government of India and the IAEA officials.
Bionic Woman
Saroop Gul Jul 8, 2008 interacts: 13The corporate woman is such a powerful and inspiring symbol when you are studying. It’s a realization you get later that a married working woman is a warrior.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful
Azra Rashid Apr 20, 2008 interacts: 1022According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in 2007, 1205 women were reported to have been killed in the name of honor. Each year the number is doubling.
Puppetry Through the Ages
Munazza Rashid Mar 2, 2008Over the years, puppetry has developed into a powerful medium of communication as it offers a real challenge to the imagination of viewers and creative ability of the presenters.
Judah Folkman
Syed Shah Feb 11, 2008 interacts: 5History may yet end up remembering Judah Folkman, who passed away earlier this year at Denver International Airport, as the man who cured cancer.
It's ME on Both Sides!
Asra Nadeem Jan 24, 2008 interacts: 51I was told that my dad had been by my mother's side when I was born but left only after he found out that his child was a girl.
Eight years of Four M's: Musharraf, MQM, Muslim League and Mullah
Pukhtoon Khan Jan 13, 2008 interacts: 23After eight years of these M’s Pakistan has transformed into a hell filled with price hike, ethnic tensions ... scarcity of basic necessities and above all reactionary suicide bombers.
Interviewing Ayman
Faisal Kapadia Jan 4, 2008 interacts: 13I came across the “hilarious news� that Al Qaeda would be now conducting an open interview. Yes my friends.. good old Ayman will be answering your questions.
Islam as a political weapon in Pakistan
Mubarka Ahmad Dec 31, 2007 interacts: 473Manipulative Politics through the Bhutto and Zia Regimes
Home, a state of mind?
Sidra Omer Dec 6, 2007 interacts: 2Home is not necessarily a four-walled structure that has traces of one’s childhood days and it certainly does not represent the country or city one lives.
Mukhtar Mai's December 11th Fundraiser in Sacramento
Ras Siddiqui Nov 13, 2007 interacts: 40This effort is not about dwelling on what already happened but what's possible; to change the future of some girls and women in Southern Punjab.
Why Me?
Awais Memon Nov 30, 2007 interacts: 1He created the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS, received the first Annual AIDS Leadership Award, and addressed the United Nations on World AIDS Day.
Six Minutes
kashkin dabruski Nov 27, 2007 interacts: 4The changing world,
Continuation of destruction
Through volcanoes and winds
Tribute to a Giant
Shiraz Mahmood Nov 13, 2007 interacts: 3Inzimam-ul-Haq, a glorius 17 year career, at the heart of Pakistan’s middle order. He has the most half-centuries, centuries and the second highest test runs by a Pakistani.
Sumera Jawad: The Excavated Linearity
Nadeem Alam Nov 10, 2007 interacts: 1Sumera, through her brush, tries to explore the true image of contemporary woman by exhuming the historical representation of the South Asian woman.
The Empire Strikes Again in Pakistan
Karamatullah K Ghori Nov 5, 2007 interacts: 158Throttling democracy and shackling human rights of 160 million Pakistanis, Musharraf still has the gall to liken his ignoble daylight robbery to Lincoln’s historic nobility.
Opportunity Knocks But Once
sheela jaywant Oct 15, 2007 interacts: 1The story goes into the mind/psyche of a surgeon. A competitive, aggressive, brilliant, trained professional mind.
Back To Idol Worship
Abdul Majeed Oct 13, 2007 interacts: 37Are musician (so-called marassis) the only people left on planet earth to be our idols? Aren't there people like Naom Chomski, Stephen Hawking even Dr. AQ Khan to be our idols?
Magic of metaphors : Op-Ed Journey of Thomas Friedman
Anand Patwardhan Oct 11, 2007 interacts: 53What is common between Detroit, Toyota, Jack Kevorkian, Mileage Standards and Assisted Suicide? Who would see such disparate elements as connected? Thomas Friedman!
Vanaja: A Movie That Moves Your Heart
Ras Siddiqui Oct 4, 2007 interacts: 11Either Writer-Director Rajnesh Domalpalli is one of the luckiest first filmmakers around or true contender for future international movie fame.
Dev Anand - Romancing Life at 83
Shantanu Dutta Sep 16, 2007 interacts: 12The launch of Dev Anand's autobiography Romancing with Life is being done by no less than PM Manmohan Singh.
No longer Hydera-GOOD, its Hydera-BAD
Deepak Sapra Sep 12, 2007 interacts: 9The fly-over under construction at Panjagutta, supposed to relieve the city of its traffic woes in the most crowded stretch of the city, gave way.
This Is For The Men Who'll Roll Their Eyes
Sidra Omer Jul 20, 2007 interacts: 154I’m waiting for the day when the word feminism will not be a synonym for extremism.
Women's Image and Imagery
Emma Alam Jul 19, 2007 interacts: 2Sumera Jawad has excavated with her brush, the buried history by unveiling the “image� of women.
Life on the Periphery in the Absence of Humanism
Syed Shah Aug 3, 2007 interacts: 5While the clergy and the liberal intellectuals bicker, the million dollar question remains where all the moderates have gone...
Khuda Ke Liye
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jul 30, 2007 interacts: 237"In the Name of God", it is about us - the people of Pakistan warts and all.
Seven Causes of Human Suffering
Khalid Sohail Jul 24, 2007 interacts: 142Rather than committing collective suicide and perishing as a species, I hope we grow to the next stage of human evolution and create a secular, humanistic and peaceful world.
Rushdie and the British Establishment
Moeed Pirzada Jul 16, 2007 interacts: 50It is certainly true that the attitudes and belief systems of pockets of Muslim youth represent a serious challenge to the ethos of a post-industrial, post-modern society; but it is also true that the terrorism that has taken place on British soil or that
The Hegemony of the “Cause”
Sangeeta Mahapatra Jul 12, 2007 interacts: 3There is something inherently flawed about the notion of placing a cause, however just and noble, before human life.
Bandit Queen
mukta srivastava Jun 24, 2007 interacts: 8Shall we ever understand why a woman, so violent, got so much support and protection in rural India and made it to Parliament? Shall we ever unravel the mystique of power of illiterate, landless masses in bringing about so profound a change?
Satanic Verses
kamil rextin Jun 23, 2007 interacts: 386No one has really made their own judgment on the person, his work and for the sake of argument his “character”. But we are quick to condone the knighthood. We are quick to support whatever our “community” is saying.
Window Shopping
Maria Amir Jun 18, 2007 interacts: 3Since the female/object in question is not really required to speak or profess her opinions during the proceedings it allows her free reign to watch at will.
Encounters With Depression
Khalid Sohail Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 48Depression, like love, is probably one of the most misunderstood words of English language. It has been a mystery for lay people and professionals as it means different things to different people.
Daughters of Hajar
Mohammad Gill Jun 5, 2007 interacts: 1054Hajar was Prophet Abraham’s wife and the mother of Ismael. Abraham took them to Mecca (at the site of the Masjad-al-Haram) and abandoned them there (at Allah’s command?). Identifying herself with Hajar, Asra chose to call her organization 'Dau
Search for the Missing in Action
B Waraich Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 66A diary of the 14 day trip to Pakistan to search for MIA in Pakistani jails- an appeal for help.
Deweaponise Your Thoughts
Shandana Minhas May 28, 2007 interacts: 18“..Because of the perpetual — and all-too-real — fear of being hurt, or of death, or of unbearable loss, or even of “mere” humiliation, each and every one of us, the conflict’s citizens, its prisoners, trim down our own
Talking Tall on Human Rights
Joe Athialy May 15, 2007 interacts: 13India talks tall on human rights in its attempt to seek re-election to the Human Rights Council.
Guddi
Tahera Sajid May 9, 2007 interacts: 17'Am I forever destined to wish better luck to others when nothing good ever comes my way?'
A Profile In Courage
Rakesh Mani Apr 22, 2007 interacts: 6A recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in Pakistan and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious human rights honour, she declined an offered post as the first female judge on the Pakistan Supreme Court, stating she thought she could effe
An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 31I met Asad Amanat Ali Khan a few years ago; I didn't think I'd never meet him again.
A Weekend in Vienna
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 11, 2007 interacts: 13I was joined in this ancient bibliothek by a trio of Russian ladies, all splendidly over-dressed
Honored
Chowk Staff Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 24Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail
Globalization and Human Relationship
Nasim Hassan Mar 26, 2007 interacts: 32Globalization has stressed all relationships. It is imperative to understand this phenomenon and to take steps to adjust to the changing environment.
Pandora Box of Television in Pakistan
Shahnawaz Farooqui Feb 21, 2007 interacts: 246How can dozens of TV channels run profitably in a country, where the total volume of the advertising industry is not more that six to seven billion rupees?
Indian Shuakat Aziz and Pakistani Manmohan Singh
Shahnawaz Farooqui Feb 16, 2007 interacts: 77In one of his recent articles, India’s famous journalist, Mr. M. J. Akbar has unveiled an open secret, that Dr. Manmohan Singh is in fact India’s ‘Shuakat Aziz’; i.e., a Washington’s man; i.e., a man sponsored by the World Ba
My People!
Ahmer Muzammil Feb 8, 2007 interacts: 94I am outraged because I care and I care because it’s my country and I care because it’s my people.
A Failed Romance
Hafsa Shorish Jan 21, 2007 interacts: 24He was a swarthy, handsome lad with a respectable height, husky voice and a boyish, round face. His name was Mustafa and he was proud of it.
Electric Illusion
Fozan Zahoor Jan 11, 2007 interacts: 5Everyday we are taking another step to form what is so called “emotional attachment” with the machine which humans created. Instead of forming bonds between humans, we are forming this relationship with a machine to create our own perfect worl
From Tribalism to Humanism
Khalid Sohail Jan 9, 2007 interacts: 163Even in the 21st century many human beings still have a tribal mentality---all that has changed is the definition of the tribe and the nature of tribal war.
No Romancing the Mohallah
Abira Ashfaq Dec 20, 2006 interacts: 10Recently, I declined an offer to watch a mujrah by someone who claims to value the arts and culture -- not because I am prudish, but because there was something disturbing about watching a video taped mujrah in the comfort of American suburbia.
A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness
Khalid Sohail Dec 8, 2006 interacts: 51We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized because of their emotional problems.
Understanding Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Zalan Alam Nov 29, 2006 interacts: 150Trying to understand Z. A. Bhutto is hard, and to understand that period of Pakistan’s history is harder still.
Mirza Tahir Hussain – the ongoing tragedy
Musa Sami Oct 31, 2006 interacts: 18Prince Charles’ visit to Pakistan has brought into sharp focus the case of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a 36 year old dual British and Pakistani national who has been on and off death row for the last 18 years.
Schumi No More!
farheen zehra Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 4You might hate him or love him, but no matter what you feel about him, you do know him. The one person who comes in your mind when you hear the word Formula 1?
The Veil Issue, Once Again
Aparna Pande Oct 16, 2006 interacts: 24Veils were worn by women in Europe during the Victorian era and earlier decades. Society did not institute a banning of veils, rather over a period of time society changed and the veil vanished. Similar is the case of the hijab and the burkha. Education,
Children of a Lesser God
Ishrat Saleem Sep 27, 2006 interacts: 9Last week, a number of eunuchs holding placards gathered in front of the parliament building to protest against the excesses of their leader, Bobby Guru. They also made it a point to support the debate on the Hudood laws in parliament, thereby maki
Save this Cultural Heritage
Feroz Qutabshahi Sep 24, 2006 interacts: 40I hope that the good people of Lahore show some concern in preserving and helping rejuvenate this cultural heritage and stand together with their brothers and sisters of Hira Mandi to have the neighborhood restored to its old glory.
A Nomad Among the Bedouins
Atif Sep 21, 2006 interacts: 68Safeena was the kohl-eyed daughter of Abu Muaz. The moment I laid eyes on her in the early hours of one morning, I felt as if rain had begun to pour down on the dry and parched land of my heart.
Soaps Sans Sanity!
Emma Alam Sep 1, 2006 interacts: 7In every tale, a woman protagonist is dominating and manipulating others consistently and her counterpart man is bound to obey her in each matter. Male characters sit idly at home all the daylong, busy in resolving domestic disputes.
Vignettes from the Cellular Jail
Shantanu Dutta Aug 25, 2006 interacts: 57The cellular jail is a hugely understated monument to the sacrifices in fighting British imperialism for what is now India , Pakistan and Bangladesh
The Disappearances of a Woman
Anand Mahajan Aug 16, 2006 interacts: 6The sacred fire of Havankunda near the altar, the recital of Mantras by the Pundit, and a segue of film songs played through loud speaker in marriage ceremonies, always brought an ecstatic enthusiasm to Nimmi...
Jasmines in Colorado (part 2 of 3)
Umair Raja Aug 2, 2006 interacts: 52A week has passed since her last concert. On my insistence, she finally agrees to show me where she lives. We decide against the bus and take a slow twenty minute walk to her place.
Havelis of Pakistan
Ameer Hamza Jul 22, 2006 interacts: 19Pakistan inherited not only the structures of Gandhara, Mughul, Sikh or British period, it also inherited a vast collection of Havelis, mostly built by rich Hindus of Sind. Unfortunately, only some of them are left today, and even those face extinction.
A Jinxing Portrayal
Anand Mahajan Jun 4, 2006 interacts: 4The violence-laden atmosphere of the day in the town had continued into a night with the air almost reeking of the suffering of human souls.
Prisoner of Conscience or Conscious Prisoner?
Farzana Versey May 29, 2006 interacts: 58V.P.Singh is back with a new Jan Morcha. Look at the timing. ‘Mandal 2’ is staining the streets. Is he capitalising on the wave? He says in this interview, “We are sitting on a volcano. The very backward are looking up to me. In 15 years
Alka and Ulka
Vikram Karve May 27, 2006 interacts: 4Composed and appearing a bit contrite, fresh ticket with her correct name on the table in front of her, the beautiful lady said, “I’m sorry for creating a scene, but I get very upset when I’m called Alka instead of Ulka.”
South Asian Socialism
Musa Sami May 12, 2006 interacts: 256Who in the world is lending Uncle Sam all that money?... When Pakistanis, or Indians for that matter, come and sell their souls to the West, they all too often forget the reality from which they have come
Celebrity Courts and Kangaroo Justice
Farzana Versey Apr 18, 2006 interacts: 116I protest against this abuse of a cause by people like Aamir Khan, for it is gimmicky and counter-productive. News channels are behaving like nautch girls and social butterflies as the nawabs of vigilance. Page 3 justice is the latest fad
Siachen’s Non-paper and the Non-people
M I Khan Apr 10, 2006 interacts: 31Calls for restoring road links between Baltistan and Ladakh, two perfectly peaceful places, have so far fallen on deaf ears in Delhi and Islamabad
Ba, Beti aur Bahu
Farzana Versey Apr 5, 2006 interacts: 95Uma Bharti is putting on the loner act for only one reason – to save the BJP’s top rung. The real loner here is Sonia. Her godfathers are ghosts. Are both of them “mind-controlled victims”?
Are We The Most Racist Of Them All?
Rakesh Mani Feb 12, 2006 interacts: 164We’re so racist that we have the heaviest biases within our tiniest microcosms. Even within our own race and our own country, we’re so fond of discriminating based on community or colour of skin
Encountering My Own Berlin Wall
Rezwan Bajwa Jan 31, 2006 interacts: 3‘Now what is a foreigner doing in Berlin tonight!’ exclaimed an old man in the Berlin street. Racism was something I had prepared myself for. This old man was harmless when compared to the militant neo-Nazi outfits in Moscow
Urban India -- The NRI Viewpoint
Rakesh Mani Jan 3, 2006 interacts: 23Perhaps this wave of westernization and erosion of culture and values is limited to a few, a solitary blond hair follicle in a jet black mane?
Is there a God???
shamendra ekka Dec 24, 2005 interacts: 2ever wondered how did the concept of God came from???
Chasing bloodhounds ... Lest we Forget
Farzana Versey Sep 21, 2005 interacts: 94Who was Simon Wiesenthal and why was he gunning after the Nazis? In his words, 'I have spent my entire life remembering and reminding the world of the consequences of indifference and silence.'
33 Years and Counting
B Waraich Aug 26, 2005 interacts: 85The issue of 54 prisoners from the 1971 war continues to fester- when will the truth come out?
Ashiana-e-Ali
Rezwan Bajwa Aug 21, 2005 interacts: 19Mohsin bhai retired from the military service many years ago with the rank of Colonel. He must be approaching seventy now but what a spirited man I thought. Still going strong. The will to live, to accumulate wealth.
The Worst Curse in the World
Bhaskar Dasgupta Aug 21, 2005 interacts: 42If we have to defeat these terrorists, then we have to understand their objective and then we are on our way to combat their pernicious influence over their sympathisers and turn the already committed terrorists.
Towards a shackled society, perhaps
Omar R Quraishi Jul 20, 2005 interacts: 121The vague and ambiguous provision of “ensuring Islamic values at public places” is bound to open a Pandora’s box because it would be safe to assume that the person whom the NWFP government will appoint as ombudsman will share the MMAR
Implications of Iraqi Instability
S F Hasnat May 31, 2005 interacts: 27In the presence of 138,000 American troops, the first seventeen days of May witnessed 21 car bombings in Baghdad, while there were a total of 25 in all of the year of 2004.
The First or the Last Letter
Amber Bokhari May 29, 2005 interacts: 24I have considered what will I do with you and what will I do without you? I guess it is time that I find an answer to one of these questions and leave the other alone.
Sultan Mints
Nadeem F Paracha May 12, 2005 interacts: 33Yes, sir, she sure felt like living in a pornographic film. A film made by sex fanatics.
Gimme Eat??
Tehseen Baweja May 6, 2005 interacts: 13Sometimes I think its just me over-reacting. Maybe I am taking on these things more seriously than they ought to be taken. But I cannot stop myself from thinking that even after thousands of years of eating, we are still damn hungry!
Third Letter to Uncle Sam
Khalid Hasan May 4, 2005 interacts: 22But why don’t you send us trousers as well? Don’t you ever take off your trousers? If you do, you probably ship them to India. There has to be a strategy to it because you send us jackets but no trousers which you send to India. When there is
Two Poems: Attention Please and Say What?
Fakhra Hassan Apr 29, 2005 interacts: 25'Take off your veil, woman!
you are drawing too much attention
Can you veil yourself without the veil?
Reveal without being revealed?'
Second Letter to Uncle Sam
Khalid Hasan Apr 26, 2005 interacts: 96It is possible that women’s legs out here may be better than legs in your country but, uncle, no one flashes them around. Just think about it. The only legs we see are those of our wives: the rest of the legs we consider a forbidden sight. We are ra
First Letter To Uncle Sam
Khalid Hasan Apr 16, 2005 interacts: 38I had long wanted to translate these letters into English ... What we have here is vintage Manto.
Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services
Tallat Abid Mar 25, 2005 interacts: 9Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care infrastructure.
Sui Incident: A PR Disaster
Riffat Jahan Mar 16, 2005 interacts: 37Officers operating in this institutional milieu can go to any length - sometimes on the orders of their chiefs, sometimes responding to their own lust.
Premala ka Pyar
Madeha Chaudry Jan 12, 2005 interacts: 13She waited with patient resoluteness for the rising sun as he slept with his fingers entwined deeply in her hair…
Bharati Mukherjee : The American Dreamer
Zeynab Ali Jan 11, 2005 interacts: 94‘The experience of cutting myself off from a biological homeland and settling in an adopted homeland that is not always welcoming to its dark-complexioned citizens has tested me as a person but it has made me the writer I am today.’
Jirga injustice
Beena Sarwar Nov 15, 2004 interacts: 17From an informal body meant to settle small claims, the ‘jirga’ in Pakistan has been allowed to emerge as a powerful extra-judicial force protecting the interests of the powerful.
Women, Conflict and Conflict Prevention
Naveen Qayyum Nov 15, 2004 interacts: 5Women have a much bigger stake in the conflict prevention and peace process along with the other peace partners since they have remained and still are the victims to the most horrendous cruelties of war including rape, sexual slavery, prostitution, displa
Child Camel Jockeys
Reza Malik Oct 25, 2004 interacts: 26Inhumane practice of using little children as camel jockeys in the UAE and the resulting mental and physical torture they go through.
No Compromise on Murder
Beena Sarwar Oct 17, 2004 interacts: 36The heirs of the victim can forgive the murderer in the name of God without receiving any compensation or diyat (blood money), or compromise after receiving diyat.
Manmohan Singh Ko Ghussa Aata Hai Kya?
Farzana Versey Aug 27, 2004 interacts: 57Vajpayee’s ’letter’ to the PM:They are calling you the rudest prime minister ever. This is your moment of glory. Enjoy it. Do something like what I did in Goa. If you can find someone like Narendra Modi in your party, life will be
The Three Queens
Revathy Gopal Aug 10, 2004 interacts: 10My mother was her mother’s slave. And her mother was queen. Who was my father? I do not know. It was not important... As worshippers of the old religion, of our mother goddess, we understand that women are the subtle rivers that carry the world forw
Guide
Kyla Pasha Jul 7, 2004 interacts: 32Where are you going?
It’s too gray for blood here
and you are far,
far too quiet.
The Lost One
Shonali Sarin Jun 28, 2004 interacts: 10And watching his broad back getting smaller and smaller, Priya becomes aware, that some mighty power, somewhere long back, in a fit of cruelty, has seared one name deep on her heart............. Angad.
The Rain
Hamid Mahmood May 19, 2004 interacts: 10In this small, isolated village, with illiterate farmers, Suraiya found life for the first time in her life. She understood that life was not all about snatching whatever little others have, but giving whatever you could share.
Breaking the Silence
Beena Sarwar May 14, 2004 interacts: 13Such torture is routine in the prisons and police stations across Pakistan, but our authorities too continue to doggedly ignore reports about such abuse... The question is, will it take graphic photographs to make our authorities address the issue?
Inhuman Right Organizations in Nepal
Rajeeb Satyal Apr 12, 2004 interacts: 17It is as painful for any Nepali to see a security person die, as it is to see any Maoist die. But unfortunately the Human Right Organizations do not seem to view human right situation from this angle. They choose to take side.
Civilisation That Isn’t
Beena Sarwar Apr 4, 2004 interacts: 23What leads people to not just kill another human being, but to inflict pain and torture before killing, and then mutilate the bodies afterwards?
One Night in Romania
Zain Malik Mar 23, 2004 interacts: 38True story of a Pakistani’s ordeal while backpacking in the hinterlands of Europe
My Secret
Rashmi Ekka Mar 4, 2004 interacts: 94In front of me, people would say, “Oh Pramila flunked 5 papers this term, she’s really dumb.” Another voice would explain, “ She’s an Adivasi.” And that word said it all. I would feel like speaking up for Pramila. I ne
Hold Karain! Movie Bun Rahee Hai!
Rozaiba Feb 27, 2004 interacts: 27Flashes go off from around the room as friends and relatives try to greedily capture the moment through their lens while those looking on blink their eyes from the glare. Soft music is being played in the background ...
In a Glass of Red Wine
Zia Ghory Feb 17, 2004 interacts: 16I bend down and pick up the largest, the brightest shard of glass from the glittering gems by my feet. I can see the shadow of red gleaming along its edges. Definitely a sign. In each piece of glass I am someone else. Every reflection of me is a reflectio
The Thirteenth Hour
Faiza Hussain Feb 2, 2004 interacts: 19She could never survive without me; she could not withstand my trials and tribulations, she must leave before I make my final exit.
Turkey’s Ottoman: Era-Octopus Like Linkages
Gajendra Singh Jan 15, 2004 interacts: 12In the Caucasian region not only the geological plates grind against each other making it earthquake prone, but strategically too it has been the clash point of tectonic plates of kingdoms and empires throughout history. The imperial powers and states int
Karo Kari
Ayesha H Ahmad Dec 11, 2003 interacts: 154They dragged her away and what her fate was, Fatima had not the heart to listen to. Miserably, she went and sat down by a tree, near the place. The sounds were very vague over there and she closed her eyes.
Human Rights, Justice and Affluence
Riffat Jahan Dec 8, 2003 interacts: 34Islam fully compatible with democracy: It doesn’t take much brainpower to realize that a society can never flourish where rules and laws are being implemented selectively.
Of Curiosity, Optimism and Hope
Zarine Habeeb Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 120Whenever Indo-Pakistani matches would be played, it was incredibly curious that I, the cricket-hater was assumed to support the Pakistani team by several of my friends in Government Law College, Ernakulam, India.
Pervez Hoodbhoy-Paul Kurtz correspondence
Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 63In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Edward Said was slandered by Ibn Warraq, a man with pretensions to being a secular humanist and the author of several books.
Women and Divine Decrees
Rafay Alam Jul 28, 2003 interacts: 115No other law in Pakistan, other than the law relating to blasphemy, has led to such heated debate and controversy than the law relating to the evidence of women
The Visitor - Part II
Quinton Zondervan May 24, 2003 interacts: 19The Visitor returns to reveal more of his purpose
The Visitor
Quinton Zondervan Mar 28, 2003 interacts: 7If aliens came to Earth, why would they come, and how?
Antarctica
Quinton Zondervan Jan 2, 2003 interacts: 7Once again the world was engulfed in war. For what reasons no one knew, least of which the soldiers, for the reasons had been so contrived and ill supported that they were also soon forgotten.
The End of The World
Quinton Zondervan Nov 5, 2002 interacts: 11It will then begin scanning in the minds of those who wish to participate
San Salvador
Quinton Zondervan Aug 18, 2002 interacts: 15The lander stood like a giant gleaming egg against the orange sky.
Search for Identity -1, Saeed Anjum’s Short Stories
Saadat Saeed Jul 25, 2002 interacts: 17The day you kill me.
in my pocket you will find
a ticket to Loveland.
Regarding the Stupid White Men
Mohammad Gill Apr 16, 2002 interacts: 381Subjugation and domination of others, is part of the human psyche
Reshma: Voice of Mother Earth
V Ramaswamy Jul 16, 1999 interacts: 9The voice of Reshma is the voice of Mother Earth
Climate Controlled
Shan Anwar Mar 1, 1998 interacts: 6The stench of poverty, was real,unfiltered, emanating from the open sewers, over which, now, a dark, naked child smiles, squats.
The Beggar Boy
Mohammed Ibrahim Jan 31, 1998 interacts: 2He was an innocent-looking child with a bare back, his hair in knots, his body powdered with dust and dirt and his shorts torn in shreds.
