Way of Life :: People
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In the Face of Adversity
Prashant Bhatt Aug 14, 2008Three courageous persons who are in compromised positions –physically, financially and socially, but have not lost their spirit.
Bobby & Jerry : Rise of a Coloured ‘son’ Retold
Anand Patwardhan Oct 31, 2007Bobby has proved that he is more Christian than the Christians, more conservative than the conservatives, and as or more embedded in the Bush-Cheney establishment than the others.
Blue Line
Maryam Piracha May 30, 2007They have seen right through my nonchalance as I picked up the pregnancy test at the airport, kept my shaking hands at bay, and walked with assumed confidence through the hotel doors.
The Balloon Seller
Shashi Gupta May 15, 2006Chutki fondles its sand-ridden scabby skin. Rani responds with an effusive wagging of it’s balding tail. Dog and girl sit together for sometime. With a brisk movement Rani aims at one of the balloons
Are We The Most Racist Of Them All?
Rakesh Mani Feb 12, 2006We’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
Away and Far Away...
Shabbir Harianawala Jun 8, 2005What is life I ask the One
If life is love I have got one
If thou didn’t come and hold me well
What life is worth, I’d rather have none
A Fobby Love Story
syed muzammil Apr 12, 2005My love vocabulary increased tenfold here, with words like relationship (it was always love, what the hell is a relationship?), breakups (no breakups in pakistan, either you marry the girl or her parents marry her to someone else), ex ...
Bharati Mukherjee : The American Dreamer
Zeynab Ali Jan 11, 2005‘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.’
A Wedding Night in Boston...
Atif Oct 24, 2004As I watched the blonde and brunette Pakistani girls gyrating and bobbing to bhangra, I wanted to kneel before God once again.
Birth Of A Nation
Minhaj Jan 25, 2004Just like Eskimos are a snow based, as Venice is water based society, Desis are a Shaadee based culture. Without these functions we can not function. It is our basic right. You are asking the Pharoah to break the pyramid.
Living Abroad
Zermin Azhar Feb 8, 2003America, the dream of many; a country where all wishes are granted and any desire fulfilled
Dog Foop Days (and Other Such Stuff)
A Bismil Feb 2, 2002If the wind blew hard enough, her hair blew all over the place
Reaction
Zehra Rizvi Dec 22, 2001Terrorists Breeding In Your Gentrified Neighbourhood of Ft. Greene, Brooklyn.
New Yaark New Yaark
City Girl Nov 19, 20002 a.m.: Rekha, cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other is on the dance floor
The Burden of Virginity
A Bismil Oct 15, 2000If you ever have sex with a guy, I’ll know immediately
Oi, Kinniyaan Memaan Keetiyan Ne.
Omar Phoenix Jun 1, 2000It’s a clean slate,
The Paki’s had his fun,
Let’s talk about Bollywood
Futema Jafri Mar 1, 2000While many people would rather drown in a nearby lake than admit that they watch Bollywood movies...
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