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Comment on Long, boring hours of Lahore afternoons by JDay

JDay — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:25:04 +0000

Do you have a posting on kites? The kite fights are emblamatic of crazy beautiful Lahore, for me.

Comment on The insatiable thirst for online connection by JDay

JDay — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:16:08 +0000

When are you going to write again?

Comment on The insatiable thirst for online connection by SouthAsian

SouthAsian — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:59:12 +0000

Nice change of theme. At least we know you have not abandoned the blog. When are you going to write again?

Comment on Single, Muslim, and female: a gendered forecast of the American Muslim community by singlemuslimah7

singlemuslimah7 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:28 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this article! It is exactly spot-on!!

Comment on Single, Muslim, and female: a gendered forecast of the American Muslim community by Nicole katongo

Nicole katongo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:21:48 +0000

thanks for your kindness its very sweet of you

Comment on The insatiable thirst for online connection by Mr Moo

Mr Moo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:39:37 +0000

Time and distance, and shyness and busy-ness all put a brake on how we would like to be. Thats not an excuse, just an explanation. In truth, it’s not just sharpening our hunger for social interaction, it’s a barrier. It is virtual, literally not real.

In the UK, there used to be a show aimed at children called ‘Why Don’t You’. The tagline was ‘..Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead’. The same could be applied today to our phones and computer screens.

Comment on Divorcee by Talat

Talat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:14:32 +0000

Wow ! Going through a divorce myself these days , as Vinod said “It ripped every tissue in my heart”
Every word written is so true and applies to most of us who go through this horribly painful process . For us desis it’s still a man’s world ,yes even here in USA .
No one who has not gone through can feel the pain we feel …daily .

Your poem speaks for all us women going through it for sure . You should get this published , ive never read one like this before , it is too good to just leave it on a blog , this should be read by the whole world .
Have you written other poems ?
Thank you for posting this gem

Comment on Long, boring hours of Lahore afternoons by Rabea

Rabea — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:34:54 +0000

Wow, this sums up summers in Pakistan for me…The long sticky hot days we spent sitting in the verandah, waiting for something, just didnt know what, so impatient like all American children…Our nani, always anxious for us, didnt know what to do with us, how to keep us entertained. The highlight of the day always was the Qawalis that came on at 10 pm. We tuned in and watched, like we were watching scooby-doo, but it was our only highlight of the day. As well as mangos in the evening.