Libre Magazine

July 21, 2008 | Published in Features, Short Stories

Outside the Window

Exactly 6:30pm. The clock in the tower chimed. I felt the coldness of the night as the sun descended. I said good-bye to him at the gate, outside my house. He was in a rush; he’d remembered he has a train to catch – missing it, he feared would be an unbearable pain for the [...]

Written by Gareth Rice

July 15, 2008 | Published in Features, Locations, Travelogues

Where the Streets Have Strange Names

My first ever introduction to Finland , never mind Helsinki , dates back to the early 1980s in the back of my grandfather’s car on the way to Kiltonga Nature Reserve just outside Belfast . The purpose of our visit was to feed the resident ducks or ‘Drakey Lakeys’ as I called them. These rubbernecking [...]

Written by Lajwanti Khemlani

June 24, 2008 | Published in Articles, Features

Preparing for Indian Monsoons

I know I am not supposed to fear the Indian monsoons, but give me a break if I want to feel a bit of trepidation regarding the fury of the weather back in India, then I am allowed to. After all I do not live in bondage. I live in a free country, came from [...]

Libre Columns

Written by Hazan Ozgul

24. July 2008

Long Lost

Sometimes it is impossible to know whether we have someone or not, or if we have that someone, what is the degree of relationship between you and him/her. Here, “have” does not mean owning the person like a random possession in our lives. It renders that “him/her” means to us a lot, like if ever [...]

Written by Muhammad Danial

23. July 2008

Cops, Laces and The Accelerator

Once, in a cold summer night of 2005, we were on our way back to Abbotabad from Naran valley in northern Pakistan, after a tiresome but wonderful journey. Even in summers, it was as cold as winter. We were driving the jeep as fast as we possibly could because we couldn’t bear the chilly winds [...]

Written by Rafia Malik

21. July 2008

Busy

Well nowadays who isn’t, right? Honestly, I don’t think anyone can afford to sit around with their feet up whilst twiddling their thumbs thinking of what to take on next. “Oh my God, I’m sorry I forgot to get back to you because I was sooooo busy “. I mean how often do we not [...]

Written by Amna Saleem

21. July 2008

Outside the Window

Written by Batool Habib

20. July 2008

An Interesting Sunday

“Man, its really hot. How long do we have to wait for her?” “Just a little while more, her cousin is coming to give us the tickets at the main gate” “Oh no way man, that’s two whole blocks away… grrrr …ok, lets walk” They started at gate 3, and walked steadily towards the main entrance. The [...]

Written by Marwa Nasser

20. July 2008

You Can Run, But You Can Never Hide

She was in the kitchen when she heard him open the front door. He closed it with a bang that shook her whole being. She moved away from the stove and craned her neck tracing his footsteps with her ears. Her heart sank in her body when his footsteps approached. He stopped for a second; [...]

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