Articles with tag: rita
Muslim Ghettoisation
Iftikhar Ahmad Jul 3, 2008 interacts: 515The perception among Muslims is that they are unwelcome in Britain is undermining efforts to help them integrate into wider society.
Late Afternoon at Masjid Wazir Khan
Salma Omar Mar 21, 2008 interacts: 13“Aapni ki Bengali”? I asked him as we finally reached the lattice worked balcony that encircled the minaret from where the muezzins have been calling the faithful to prayers for centuries.
Search for Origins of Mahayana Buddhism
mahmood Mahmood Nov 17, 2007 interacts: 297The land of Pakistan is blessed with one of the most important treasures of the world, the glorious civilization of Buddhism flourishing in the North Western areas of Pakistan.
Thanksgiving as Tragedy
A Varangali Nov 24, 2006 interacts: 4Thanksgiving: a feast as a prelude to a massacre.
Hala – City of Crafts
Ameer Hamza Nov 9, 2006 interacts: 1Once you’ve seen what poor, almost rag-tag, artisans can do with the paper, glass, cotton and wood you get convinced quite easily that art has no limits.
A Tribute To Heritage Of Poonch
Zafar Choudhary Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 4It may sound little ludicrous that had there not been this building in the decade of 1930s, the geopolitical shape of this region would have been entirely different. It was this building which enticed a royal ruler who agreed to send the son of the owner
Dreaming of an Indian Renaissance
Rakesh Mani Aug 7, 2006 interacts: 4In an era of unprecedented upheaval and transformation in India, one young man is making waves with his vision for the future called Dreaming Of An Indian Awakening (DIA) through which he aims to usher in an appreciation of India’s rich cultural her
Unfaithfully Yours
Khalid Sohail Feb 20, 2006 interacts: 158Are we going to be ostriches or we are ready to face the reality, the truth of extra-marital affairs?
Seemingly, God is Angry at America
Mohammad Gill Sep 25, 2005 interacts: 125In the past, people used to give human sacrifices to appease their angry gods. God of America has already taken His toll in New Orleans and other Gulf cities so, thank God, nobody probably has to offer any more sacrifices to appease His anger.
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.
Saudi Government to Demolish Prophet Muhammed’s home
Farzan Mahmood Aug 20, 2005 interacts: 126It has been reported that a majority of 1,000 year or older buildings in Mecca have been demolished for commercial development.
2005 UK General Elections
Ozer Khalid May 7, 2005 interacts: 87The knives that did in Thatcher are being polished again.
Pakistan Travelogue I
Parag Vohra Mar 29, 2005 interacts: 581This is the first ever visit to the land of my forefathers that anyone in my extended family has taken after the 1947 migration.
Bulleh Shah
Umair Raja Sep 12, 2004 interacts: 67A man, whose writings - barely understood, even by those who speak his language - contain, amongst them, such enlightening and powerful Sufianic philosophies that even Smith, Voltaire, Rosseau, Kant et. al. would have been proud to claim them, as their ow
History, Culture and the Mullahs
Yasser Latif Hamdani Feb 7, 2004 interacts: 220Once again Lahore is getting ready to enter into its most festive, cultural and colorful month... It seems however that Basant has suddenly over night become controversial for those in the city who are the self styled guardians of this country’s mor
Charbagh
Bina Shah Dec 17, 2003 interacts: 5Entering Gulgee’s gallery is like stepping into a wonderful surrealistic painting in which odd shapes, images, and objects stare at you as you pass by, giving you the feeling that you’ve turned into Alice and are stepping into Wonderland.
Destruction of World’s Eastern Heritage in Iraq
Gajendra Singh Nov 25, 2003 interacts: 51There was an international cry and outrage in April and May, when following the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime, US armed forces as the occupying power, had allowed the heritage Museum in Baghdad and other museums in Iraq to be damaged and looted al
