Over forty people attended the program.

The program was held in a meeting room at the Glen Park Library in San Francisco.

Roshni Rustomji-Kerns

Maheen Adamson read 'Niyaz-o-Nazar'

Saqib Mausoof reading humorous Urdu essay 'Kukar Culture'

Aamina Ahmad reading 'Crossings'

Farooq Taraz

Friends of South Asia celebrated the independence of India and Pakistan by holding its 6th annual literary evening. The theme of the program was "The Language of Food." Here you see Disha Zaidi, the emcee of the event.

Announcing an Iran-Bosnia soccer match

Obituary notes outside Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque, Sarajevo

Chess players in Sarajevo

Corn, everywhere
You wonder why they are growing so much corn in Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia when they don't consume it as a food product. One possible answer is the use of corn in bio-fuel and in making plastic.

A poster in Vinkovci

Ehat Zuberi from Macedonia

Belgrade

Eating jumbo pizza in Zagreb

Lake Bled

Ljubjana fruit market.

Ljubjana river front, at dusk.

Looking out of Graz train station. Graz used to be very proud of its son who went to the US and finally became the governor of California.