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Amina Elahi

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Pakistan and NATO: On Again, Off Again

Pakistan and NATO have been on the tip of many a person’s tongue recently, and with good reason. Between the NATO summit in Chicago and supply lines in Pakistan, there’s a lot to discuss.

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Teapots

Shopping Guide: Four Teapots for Tea Time

This post is in: Food & Recipes, Shopping

As any good South Asian knows, a day without chai is a sad day indeed.

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Gold Studs

Shopping Guide: Gold-Studded Accessories

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Size may not matter, but strength certainly does. In my opinion, there’s no better way to add some edge to your look than by incorporating some studs–gold ones, in particular.

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Narcopolis, by Jeet Thayil. 304 pages. The Penguin Press. April 12, 2012. ISBN: 9781594203305. List price: $25.95

April Book of the Month: “Narcopolis” by Jeet Thayil

This post is in: Arts & Culture, Books, Reviews

“Narcopolis”, the debut novel from jack-of-all-arts and former drug addict Jeet Thayil, is traumatizing. This trek through the underbelly of Mumbai leaves the reader groping through darkness for logic, for refuge from a deluge of drugs, sex, death and despair.

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Elephant Decor

Shopping Guide: Elephant Decor Elements

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In a recovering economy, it’s luxuries like traveling that always seem to get cut first. But if you can’t go to India, you can certainly still bring India to you with fresh home decor pieces.

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Cooking With My Pakistani Mother…And Losing

This post is in: Food & Recipes, Relationships

“Amina, yanh ao!”

What is wrong with this woman? She wants me to go over there?

Jaldi se!”

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Our Favorite Looks from Atelier AZZA at PFDC

This post is in: Fashion & Beauty

Since launching at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week last fall, East-meets-West couture line Atelier AZZA has rocketed to the top of many a fashionista’s must-have list.

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The location of the earthquakes this week. (Credit: vibe.com)

Shahrukh Khan Detained in New York Airport, South Asian Tsunami Averted | Apr. 9 – 13, 2012

Life moves fast. News moves faster. A large loan to Bangladesh should help kickstart its economy, the United States sentence a Kashmiri-born man to prison and Pakistan may use coal to address energy issues.

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Lightweight Scarves

Shopping Guide: Spring Scarves

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Unless you’re one of the lucky ones who lives in a place where winter gently eased into spring, you probably still need some warm elements in your wardrobe.

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Greg Mortenson reads to Pakistani schoolgirls. Photo courtesy of ThreeCupsofTea.com.

Osama bin Laden Details Revealed, Walmart to Train South Asian Women | Apr. 2 – Apr. 6, 2012

Life moves fast. News moves faster. Greg Mortenson retains control after paying damages, the $10 million suspected Mumbai ringleader wants the bounty money, and Pakistan and India’s leaders will meet in New Delhi.

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