February 19, 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 Learning hate through history During a discussion on this study at a workshop of history teachers of Central schools from all over India, I was asked... EXCERPTS: The world in numbers Throughout most of human history, parents had on average roughly two children who themselves survived to become parents.... EXCERPTS: Why the poor are poor Economic development, broadly defined, is about improving human wellbeing that encompasses several aspects of the human condition,... ARTICLE: Thriving on crisis Although the Pushto language is deprived of official patronage and the Pashtun elites do not pay much attention to it, it manages to keep pace with neighbouring languages in the field... ARTICLE: Restructuring the universities A task force on higher education set up by the government has finalized its recommendations. These are designed to improve university education in the country. According to reports, one of the... ARTICLE: Grass breaks German taboos The veteran German writer Gunther Grass is making waves with his latest novel, Im Krebsgang, literally meaning “crab’s walk” and figuratively, “backward movement”. It is acclaimed as being his most significant... ARTICLE: Veronica, Rumi and Steppenwolf Shiraz, home to Persian mystics like Hafez and Saadi, has always been a site of memorable encounters for me, including those with books.... ARTICLE: A journey through M15 and That some well-known archaeologists, architects-cum-town planners, academics, authors, accountants, bankers, film producers, fashion designers... ARTICLE: Last days of the lion Though born in princely affluence and honour, life for Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, alias Mirza Nausha, had seldom been a bed of roses. He certainly had his moments of bliss, recognition... AUTHOR: Bina Shah: Fascinated by Sufis No true work of art or literature was ever created sans the sincerity of its creator. Anton Chekov powerfully worded the thought, saying a writer has to “sign a contract with... SYNDICATED: The last revolution A superpower sends an expeditionary force armed with the latest in military technology to fight a small war against a ragged, if fanatical, army led by a mysterious cleric, known... SYNDICATED: Between the sacred and the profane This is a strange little book from a literary critic famous for his politics. At one point, Terry Eagleton refers to ‘anti-autobiography’ as the attempt to write about your personal history... REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Napier’s sinned Sindh Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853) often referred to as the conqueror of Sindh (Scinde) defeated the Balochi army on February 17, 1843 at Miani, occupied Mirpur and Umerkot, and conveyed the... REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Challenging economic orthodoxy Even though the book is confined to one country, India, reading this text is not only vindicating but also illuminating. It serves to illumine the wrong economic path that Pakistan has... REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Playing the great game The making of a frontier is a memoir of Algernon Durand, the brother of Mortimer Durand reputed for the famous boundary between what are now Pakistan and Afghanistan. This book, which... REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Who’s the next villain? The eighteenth novel of le Carre, The constant gardener, is more relevant to the entire world — first, second, and third — than its predecessors. Le Carre has perforce changed his... CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Literary speaking... One wonders whether Hans Christian Anderson, the Danish author who wrote some 190 fairy tales (168 of which were published) between 1835 and 1872, ever thought that more than a hundred... CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Homespun tales This is a book of bedtime stories, related to the subcontinent and its culture, narrated in a simple, captivating and spellbinding style. The odd creatures around whom the tales revolve are... CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Storms in the darkness Here are three books from the Book Group which should delight the hearts of young children about six-year-old. Their bright get-up, pleasant layout and innovative style make these books quite distinct... REVIEWS(URDU & REGIONAL): Through literature’s prism It is said that a newspaper is like a nation talking to itself. Even more true it would be to say that literature is like a society talking about itself, to...

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