December 22, 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 Voice of the Muslim nation WHEN detailed attention was paid to the question of Muslim separatism by Indian historians, the dominant theme was that of missed opportunities, of an outcome which had been the result of an accumulation of human errors, rather than.... Excerpts: Army with a political mission FOR those who were afraid that at the millennium’s end political interventions by the military had become a thing of the past, the coup d’etat by Pakistan’s armed forces may have come as a relief. The intervention of October 12, 1999... Excerpts: Records galore IN 1992, Rigoberta Menchu Tum (Guatemala), an active political worker in labour and human rights groups, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, “in recognition of her work for social justice and ethnocultural reconciliation based on respect for... Articles: Salim Ansar’s book treasure EVEN though Salim Ansar’s repository of rare books is any collector’s fortune, he puts its financial worth within an astonishingly reasonable range. Anywhere other than Pakistan, he would probably insure his... Author: What they say about the Quaid POLITICAL scientists and historians have described Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a great statesman; incorruptible politician; undisputed leader of the Muslims of South Asia and a visionary, who founded the largest... Author: Plea for rationality PROFESSOR Amartya Sen’s distinctions and achievements are legion: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Lamont University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, to name... SYNDICATED: Belligerent Britain IF you want to understand why Britain goes to war quite so often, a good point to start is 1854. That spring, after a decade of lurid public talk about the tyrannical, expansionist character of the Russian government... SYNDICATED: Woman’s-eye view of the world CULTURAL tolerance may be a much-avowed gospel among liberals, but it has created no end of problems for feminism. Raised on the principles of democratic individualism, western advocates for women’s rights... Review: Crucial role of Jinnah QUAID-I-AZAM Muhammad Ali Jinnah is one of the greatest leaders produced by South Asia. He transformed British India’s Muslim community into a nation by his visionary leadership, brilliant advocacy of their... Review: Not with a bang WELCOME back Mr Grisham to the exiting world of suspense! Having taken a sabbatical of sorts while he wrote the placid Skipping Christmas and A painted house, a break from churning... Review: Soul and female principle WHY should a title like Gendering the spirit remind one of books by Gerard Durrel? Whenever Durrel and his team captured one of those morphologically ambiguous animals, like a bird or... Review: With the cultural essence THE book under review explores translation within the multi-lingual and cultural concept of the subcontinent. Translations from one regional language into another and into English are all dealt with and interestingly the effect, unintended perhaps, of the colonial past on the mindset of translators and publishers is revealed.... Review: Justice done unjustly SOME courageous women in Pakistan have taken up cudgels against laws which discriminate on grounds of gender. They are in quest of justice and to win the rights for women in... Review: Of Cantts & British Sahibs THERE has been renewed interest in the history of the North West Frontier of Pakistan in recent years. The old musty books have been dusted off and brought back to life...

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