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Khalida Brohi : May 2013
Short Stories

The Full Moon

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Today dad drove me on his old bike in the old streets of Karachi.... In the dark of the night when traffic was slow and the moon almost full, dad increased the speed on the bike. I clutched tight and shouted a big woohoo! and he laughed a high-pitched young laugh. The moment converted into the streets of my hometown when my little...

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Its OUR turn now

Monday, May 20, 2013
The day at noonThe sun may be sharpThe walk may be longThe steps might be harderThe sand could slow us downThe wind could blind usThe heat would try to grab usThe hopes might fall a littleOur shoes may come untiedOur breath exhaustedOur energy beatenOur feets with blistersBut...We will still go onBecuause oh Woman, YOU DIDYou faced a lot when we were not watchingyou...

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God's Community

Tuesday, May 07, 2013
In the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan right before when you enter the modest city via the highway from Karachi, a dirt road leads to a small rural community called Khuda Ki Basti (God's Community), I spent my childhood days there when I was not running around in the mountains of Balochistan. This weekend I went back to give-back, to see those streets, touch...

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