An International Online Journal of Idea and Observation
Autumn 1999
Ethnic
Cleansing of the Kafirs in Pakistan
Visitors to the Kalash Valley have
to pay a toll to enter.
The toll ticket given to the visitor
is jokingly called
"the zoo ticket."
by
Abbas Zaidi
(Pakistan)
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The President in His Labyrinth
On the day before Venezuela's new
Constitutional Assembly was
elected, Chávez removed
Bolívar's sword from a bank vault and marched
with it to the house near Plaza
Bolívar, not far from the Congress.
by Anthony Milne
(Trinidad & Tobago)*
"I've always wondered something," she said coldly.
"What do you do here?"
"I guard the bridge," said Abdul Rahman politely.By Ellen Larson
(Egypt)*
Of Small, Skimpy Things
Letter from IndiaThis new Calcutta boasts theme parties,
tequila nights in the Salt Lake marshes,
Checkpoint Charlie meets Rambo on New Year's Eve.by Anjana Basu
(India)*
You can find verses inscribed with flowery patterns expressing
the most intimate feelings, religious or philosophical truisms, erotic outburst--all of these on the inside and outside of rickshaws, taxis, buses, restaurants, cigarette kiosks and in commercial advertisements.by Razi Abedi
(Pakistan)*
Two Reviews
Indians are aliens in Lahiri's stories, people stranded
in a country and a culture that is not their own but
which demands conformity from them.Awake When All the World is Asleep
Ghatage's stories are set in Bombay, stories of the ordinary days of Indian life that take place in
a thousand and one cities across the subcontinent.By Anjana Basu
(India)*
Jesus Christ Lord of Hosts
Meets Southern CaliforniaJesus scans the menu, mouth watering. He settles on a large
rare hamburger with onions and green peppersBy Holly Day
(USA)*
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