January 15, 2002 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Books & Authors. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here In quest of solutions KASHMIR’S independence, the result of choice for many Kashmiris, must be acknowledged to be impossible. The reverberation in both India and Pakistan would be too great. The very concept... EXCERPTS: To give a sense of belonging THE OPP was established by Akhtar Hameed Khan, the renowned Pakistani social scientist, in 1980. The objective of the project was to understand the problems of Orangi Township and their causes.... EXCERPTS: The momentous hour AMINULLAH Chaudhry, CSP, director general Civil Aviation Authority (DGCAA), and secretary, Aviation Division, Government of Pakistan received a telephone call a little after 6 pm on October... ARTICLES: Victorian novel: the social context THE literary scene during the Victorian period, that stretches from 1832 till the end of the nineteenth century, was dominated by the novels of Charles Dickens, Thackeray, Bronte sisters, George Eliot,... ARTICLES: Celebrating womanhood THE new year brings with it new hopes. This is specially true for the oppressed who are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. But they know from... AUTHOR: Writer for children IN the early twenties, a national university known as Jamia Millia was founded in Aligarh by Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, who was not satisfied with the British-based system of education that... AUTHOR: Dissecting rich lives IN the early thirties, John Lahr’s parents, Bert, the comedian who played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, and Millie, a former Ziegfeld girl, strolled home in full evening... SYNDICATED: But then I got high GEORGE IV, while Prince Regent, wrenched his ankle dancing a highland fling in 1811 and made himself feel better with 100 drops of laudanum every three hours. By 1820, when he... SYNDICATED: Waugh requiem AUBERON Waugh, to put it mildly, excited differing views among the readers. Some loathed him and his works, while others stood up for him even five days after his death (“even... REVIEW: Commitment to plurality A SLIM book that in 136 pages encapsules a range of issues — what is ‘Indian secularism’, why its values have eroded, the difference between nationalism as advocated by the... REVIEW: Pushto of yore THE authenticity and reliability of a dictionary, thesaurus or encyclopaedia depends on the credentials of the publisher and the compiler. This holds true for the Pushto language as well.... REVIEW: Islam’s political culture THE political turmoil in the name of jihad in neighbouring Afghanistan, its direct impact on Pakistan and the ensuing rise of Islamic extremism in the country are matters of concern for... REVIEW: Delving into the secrets ONE way to know the world is through the translation of its literature. Translators have done much to bring the world closer, to develop a cosmopolitan view of life and make... REVIEW: Those eventful 24 years OVER the years, a sizable bulk of written material relating to the history and politics of Pakistan has been produced and is available to general readers and specialists in the form... REVIEW: Not perfect till the end SUZANNE Berne won Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize a few years ago for her first novel. Hence much is to be expected from such an auspicious start. But I suspect she has... REVIEW: Before the wind THE book under review is a collection of Meera Bai’s geets along with their Urdu translation and glossary compiled by Sardar Jafri. Meera Bai (1498-1565?) is considered to be by far...

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