January 5, 2003 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Books & Authors. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Rogue elements — who? By the time General Gul took the helm in 1987, the agency was already out of control and when the sudden death of President Zia in a mysterious air crash in 1988 left it orphaned and opened the way to restoring democracy... EXCERPTS: Zoroastrian musings Any Parsi group, however small or self sufficient, would do well to keep abreast with the economic development of its country of adoption, and play a worthy role as an integral member of the nation... EXCERPTS: The best profession A Colombian university was asked what aptitude and vocational tests are administered to persons wishing to study journalism.... ARTICLE: Towards a violent Gujarat “The centre of an Indian commercial city saw a mediaeval and macabre dance of death, humiliation and revenge heaped on women, children and men. Ten to twelve gas cylinders were exploded... ARTICLE: Best of Pakistani English literature of 2002: New talent: few translations] The year 2002 has been a productive one for Pakistani English fiction, poetry and prose, but English translations of Pakistan’s indigenous languages appear to have been few. The Pakistani-born poet Moniza... ARTICLE: Urdu books in 2002: Ghalib and Iqbal hold sway The year 2002 saw an upsurge of interest in Allama Mohammad Iqbal. Some scholars undertook research on his life, poetry and philosophy and new books and reprints of old ones on... ARTICLES: Why is Holmes still popular? The day W.H. Smith announced the shortlist for its Thumping Good Read Award, the results of a poll by Booksdirect.co.uk revealed that, despite the industry’s massive investment in psychological thrillers, the... AUTHOR: Afzal Ahmad Syed: Joining parables and poetry “Writing poetry is not hard work any more. Sometimes I am inspired and I leave everything and write. But mostly a line comes to me and then I create around it.... SYNDICATED: Mr Wonderful In 1993, Anthony Lane left the ‘squalling pit’ of British journalism to become a film critic for the New Yorker. He was offered this job — a berth so dizzyingly elevated... SYNDICATED: A surgeon opens his heart It begins with a bullet wound in a young man’s buttock and ends with a woman whose leg is almost destroyed by flesh-eating bacteria. It documents messy tracheotomies, a stomach-stapling operation... REVIEWS: A perilous path For one reason or the other Pakistanis tend to remember, even dwell upon, their chief justices, past and present. And so, the appearance of another volume of memoirs from another gentleman... REVIEWS: The science of sorcery Science is turning fantasy of the yore into the fact of today. Alchemy, the mother of modern chemistry, was a consistent quest of the Greek (and then Arab) scholars for turning... REVIEWS: Untouched untouchables Clearly, a tough struggle, but with unwavering determination to succeed in the face of near-insurmountable odds. Vasant Moon’s autobiography is filled with little anecdotes of his growing years, of how the... REVIEWS: Fertility factor in poverty UNFPA’s 2002 report on The state of world population underlines a universal reality, namely, sustainable development and poverty are closely linked with population and no nation could address these three issues... REVIEWS: To stay alive, and sane If you are a novelist and you want your novel to sell, you could consider writing a thriller. That is because it is not uncommon for thrillers to fill half, or... REVIEWS: Lahore: a tall order The problem with historical cities like Lahore is that they present too vast a canvas to write a book about. Creating meaningful architecture, likewise, is also a multi-faceted challenge that draws...

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