Yesterday afternoon, as I drive Minal home, I approach the stop sign that we pass every day. Once we reach it, I do what I always do: I put...
Read moreYesterday afternoon, as I drive Minal home, I approach the stop sign that we pass every day. Once we reach it, I do what I always do: I put...
Read morealong coastlines she walks home slowly I was tagged by Anita I tag Emmy, Kayte, Lauren, Vivek, Christa The six word memoir rules are: write your own six word...
Read moreBack in January, shortly after I returned to Houston after spending six weeks in Karachi, I was invited to write a piece for the New York Times’ Sunday Magazine...
Read moreNeither side of Minal’s family is particularly religious. But today was a quirky day. After dropping Ammi to the airport, we pick up Sissy Farenthold and drive to Bapsi...
Read moreElection fever’s in the air. At 9:30 am this morning, as I head out to drop off Minal to pre-school, I see police cars blocking the street in front...
Read moreIt’s now been five days since Pakistan’s Parliamentary elections took place, and despite the rigging, it’s clear that the tide against Musharraf is rising. But there seems to be...
Read moreMany of us said the Pakistani elections wouldn’t happen. But they did today. My sister, Beena Sarwar, filed a story for IPS regarding the mass rigging that took place....
Read moreSome days the distance between Karachi and Houston seems very short. All week, there’s been dire forecasts tornadoes and hailstorms in Houston for today, Saturday. Many events were postponed,...
Read moreMore police brutality in Islamabad after lawyers decided to boycott courts until the 18 February elections. Check out teeth maestro and read the article in today’s Dawn.
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