September 1, 2002
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EXCERPTS: No change
 On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists toppled the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, symbols of world capitalism. They then struck a section of the Pentagon, symbol of...
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EXCERPTS: The enigma of the madressah phenomenon
 In the middle of the room is a frayed straw mat that is broken at the corners. Placed near the straw mat is a wooden bench that extends across the width...
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EXCERPTS: Ways of the nouveau riche
 The boundary walls around Sonia’s house were several feet higher than they had been in August when I was last in Karachi, and when Zia rang the bell no one opened the gate....
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AUTHOR: Kamila Shamsie: Writing about Karachi
 Kamila Shamsie, born in 1973, is already the author of three critically acclaimed novels set in her home city of Karachi. Her first book, City by the sea was nominated for...
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ARTICLES: Bibliobibulation at Edinburgh
 This strange circumlocutory buzz word was flying round the tented venues of Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square this August as the annual book festival roared into full gear as never before. There were...
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ARTICLES: Why tragedy?
 To be born is to have known suffering. A hardened pessimist might even argue that a person is most alive at moments of greatest pain. Yet, the majority among us, given...
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ARTICLE: Bedtime reading for Bush
 President George Bush has revealed that he is reading a gung-ho study which argues that war is too important to be left to generals, it has been reported by The Guardian...
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SYNDICATED: Defenders of the faith
 There is one civil war which is barely mentioned in British history books, though it came close to deposing Henry VIII from the throne of England and securing the realm for...
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SYNDICATED: The brothers of invention
“Can you imagine a whole new world?” this book asks flirtatiously as an opening. “Wonderful,” we think, as we settle back into our metaphorical aircraft seats, “a Thomas Cook holiday of...
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REVIEWS: Where can warring neighbours go?
 The editor of Space, territory and the state Ranabir Samaddar, director of the Peace Studies Programme at the South Asian Forum for Human Rights in Kathmandu, makes a confident prognostication in...
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REVIEWS: In the age of prevention
 Here comes another welcome addition to the stack of literature on health issues for the lay readers. Your health: inspiring energy, vitality and fitness, published from Dubai, is designed to create...
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REVIEWS: Women behind the job
 The hidden assembly line: gender dynamic of subcontracted work in a global economy is a commendable book about the lives of women workers in the global economy by a team of...
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REVIEWS: Mandarins in the balance
The history of bureaucracy is as old as recorded history of any other human activity. Historians and sages agree that management of collective activity gave birth to bureaucracy long before mankind...
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REVIEWS: Home for the homeless
 Housing is one of the basic needs of human beings. Since the time when man lived in caves to modern times man has always made attempts to protect himself from the...
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REVIEWS: Was it religion or economics?
 The social analysts reputed for objectivity and impartiality have ruled out religion as the factor leading to the political divide between the Muslims and the Hindus in the Indian subcontinent. It...
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REVIEWS: Rooted to the same spot
 Craft is half the work done in the context of many forms of art. But most people will agree that without anything new to say, the best craft can fall headlong...
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