Mast Qalandar It was one of those cloudless, crisp and beautiful winter days that one sees after a spell of rain in Islamabad. The pall of dust that usually hangs over the city and the hills during the early winter months had lifted. The rain had washed the dust and everything looked bright, fresh and […]

Owais Mughal An Indian national who was languishing in Pakistani jails for the past 34 years has been released on March 3, 2008. He was granted amnesty by the President of Pakistan. Amid a festive and emotional ceremony, he crossed the border into India today (March 4, 2008) and got reunited with his family. In […]

Zara K There are two ways to lose oneself: by a walled segregation in the particular or by a dilution in the “universal”. Aimé Cesaire I used to love airports. I loathe them now. It was soothing to watch multifarious faces become faceless and free in airports, to watch different shades of people get absorbed […]