Libre Magazine

I’m Interested … But

February 29, 2008 | Published in Entertainment, Ramblings

For those of you who do not know about my job, I’m a technical recruiter. I call IT consultants in the US for the available jobs that I have and that might fit their experience. My job is basically to search resumes on the web and call potential candidates to see if they fit the [...]

What’s the Point?

Written by Abhishek Iyengar

February 28, 2008 | Published in Abhi Speaks, Columns

Rehearsals, make up, stage movements, direction, live sound synchronization and what not? But what’s the point? Is theatre really required? As we step into next generation with so much progress in the field of media, certain people still try to retrospect and get theatre back into our modern society. Why? Is theatre really a good [...]

When Oscar Went to Crap

Written by Amir Saleem

February 28, 2008 | Published in Reviews

And the winner is … oh crap. “No Country for Old Men” How could a movie, without a story, without even a hint of plot construction, regular run of the mill acting and sans directorial insight be a winner, except from may be bottoms up. Yet, here is your winner; not just for Best Picture but [...]

Worlds Apart

Written by Tahera Sajid

February 28, 2008 | Published in Short Stories, Tahera Express

Raniya peered out as the huge airliner glided smoothly through the clouds. Her mother, Jehan Ara, sat in the adjacent seat, deeply engrossed in her reading. She unbuckled her seatbelt and took a deep sigh, “Here I come Ahsan!” Eighteen, and full of dreams, Raniya sat thinking about her fiancé with a gentle smile playing on [...]

Vaporize

Written by Batool Habib

February 26, 2008 | Published in Poems

I swish the tea bag Round and round The milk gets murky But the caramel tint is gorgeous in the light.. I sit, esconsced in thought So very absent mindedly I see without seeing Yet my gaze can almost make you squirm.. Pondering the complexity of Simplicity, And the simplicity of Complexity, Eternal paradoxes, a never ending chain.. Life is a never ending mystery.. Life transcends place [...]

The Parallel

Written by Amir Saleem

February 23, 2008 | Published in Short Stories

It didn’t know how to fly. A dry yellow leaf wandered across the aged bridge; how it got there, it didn’t know. Every time a car would pass by; the leaf would whoosh after it with a hint of a flight but then will fall back on the cold concrete. He didn’t know how to swim. A tired [...]

A School Without a Name

Written by Amir Saleem

February 23, 2008 | Published in Articles

In the year 1980, we lived somewhere in Dhock Khabba off Murree Road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. That’s where I went to my first school but that was for a very short while. As far as I can remember, I studied there for hardly a couple of months and it was at that point of time [...]

Whose City is it Anyway?

Written by Abhishek Iyengar

February 22, 2008 | Published in Abhi Speaks, Columns

Globalization is the new wave across any country, from the days of Export and Import trade to the modern day’s outsourcing, countries are now wide open to accept people from different corners of the world. Is this Globalization a threat to native citizens of that particular place? Let’s analyze the country India, with more than 25 [...]

A Day Will Come

Written by Sanjay Kataria

February 22, 2008 | Published in Poems

A day will come When you’ll be the one Ahead of all And ehind no one . A day will come when you’ll rule When you’ll not be fooled. When your dreams will speak When you’ll never please Understand now Realize now Do not ask how? This is not the correct time Do not get into a different mine. A day will come When you’ll be the winner When you’ll [...]

An Emergency

Written by Tahera Sajid

February 22, 2008 | Published in Columns, Tahera Express

Hello? Zareen Auntie? THANK GOD I found you! You’ve just GOT to help me! Zara? What’s the matter, dear? It’s a NIGHTMARE…its…its…how could it be HAPPENING? I jus’ can’t… Sweetheart…calm down, now… Oh, Zareen Auntie…you’re the ONLY one who can help… Zara, is everybody alright? No…everything’s ruined! I don’t know what we’ll do…you’ve got to come! WHAT’S THE MATTER? Mum will never make [...]