February 16, 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 Narco power on the march Drug trafficking has spread like cancer in Pakistani society, sowing the seeds for spiralling addiction. Until 1980, drug addiction was confined to a microscopic minority of urban elite, whereas now it has become pervasive in all sections of society.... EXCERPTS: Money, but no peace A typical lane is Dudh Wali Gali, or the lane of the milk-sellers (there is still one such shop whose owner has been there since pre-partition days).... ARTICLES: Re-writing the nation There is a genuine need for political fiction, for books that make new and better maps of reality, and make new languages with which we can understand the world.... to grapple... ARTICLES: Whither blockbuster novel? Three things in life used to be thought certain: death, taxes and Stephen King would sell a lot of books. Alas, the blocks are no longer being busted — at least... AUTHOR: Qalandar Momand: With vigour & humility Qalandar Momand, who died on February 4 in Peshawar, was one of the pioneers of the progressive movement in Pushto literature who won fame across the country, mainly for his courageous... AUTHOR: Fouzia Saeed: Is Taboo taboo? Labelled as the oldest profession in the world, prostitution has had roots in South Asia since the earliest times. The Mughal era provided ample support for prostitution, as courtesans enjoyed a... SYNDICATED REVIEWS: The forgotten executioners How, 60 years on, can there be anything fresh left to think, write or research about the Holocaust? No scar on the human psyche has been more exhaustively probed, no wound... SYNDICATED REVIEWS: A dish for all occasions Chefs organize, cooks cook, and the master chef of the modern age is Auguste Escoffier whose books listing 50 sauces for a fillet of sole, 82 smashing ways of dealing with... REVIEWS: Of chicanery and more No, Palast, an American journalist working with the Guardian in England, is not against the system, though he claims at one place to belong to the Left and, at another, admits... REVIEWS: Jama’at-i-Islami: from the other side In South Asian politics, religion has played a significant role almost everywhere. In India, despite desperate efforts to present a secular facade, Hindu fundamentalism has been able to gain momentum enough... REVIEWS: Ethnic factor in Kashmir Dr Iffat Malik’s book on Kashmir is not just another addition to the existing literature on the subject. It looks at the anatomy of the issue from two interrelated angles —... REVIEWS: Not a culture of tolerance Prof Qureshi has made a timely attempt to describe the political culture of Pakistan. The book may not have been written on the exact macro/micro patterns of one by Almond and... REVIEWS: Showing the depths of the heart While Rabindranath Tagore is widely known as the 1913 Nobel Laureate for Literature, what is less known is that he also received the knighthood in 1915. He returned the title in... REVIEWS: The Delhi of days bygone Mullah Vahidi, whose real name was Syed Muhammad Irtiza Vahidi, had already made his name in Delhi as a writer and politician before he migrated to Karachi at the age of...

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