Archive - Jul 17, 2009

The opposite sex

There is dualism in the portrayal of women in Hedayat’s psycho-fictions, on the one hand as an ideal, unattainable angel, on the other, as a harlot. This corresponds to the portrayal of men: the lonely, misplaced, misunderstood, well-meaning, honest, sincere and moral narrators and anti-heroes who fail in every aspect of their living; and the rabble, who succeed in every aspect of theirs. His critical realist fiction about the lives of ordinary townsfolk is different: both men and women are shown as they normally are, even though their vices often seem to outnumber their virtues.>>>

Cast a Spell

A thousand tender leaves
On branches drifting in the breeze
Their dance of intimate “surrender”
In a play of life’s splendor

A thousand whispers in a bird’s song
Whistling “your” symphony
Between each chirp there is “silence”
Their instinct is an insight
A mystical epiphany >>>

Fresh Protests After Friday Prayers.

Videos of protests that took place during and after Friday prayers in Tehran today. >>>

Iran's Abu Ghraib

Where is the outcry ? >>>

He pulled a Rafsi

The man for all seasons said that which after proper extrapolations will satisfy both Islamist camps>>>