May 18, 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 Who are we? A NATION-state belonging to a people who share a common religion was the bedrock of Pakistan’s ideology. The All India Muslim League was a rather secular political party asking for Pakistan on the basis of Muslim nationalism rather than Islamic.... Excerpts: Caught in the cross fire I THINK for a reporter, it’s all in the variety. When I came to Israel, I loved the fact that I was writing daily news stories because I had done mainly features in India. I like writing both. For a time in India every story I wrote was either 800 words or 1,500 words... Articles: In search of belonging IT was a warm afternoon in early February and I had dressed carefully in a dark, silk suit, mindful of the important occasion before me. As I entered the grand and opulent ballroom of the five-star hotel, I found myself in the midst of an audience... Articles: So this is the city by the sea PICK up any one of her three novels and you can feel the thread of association, between the two Ks. The K of Kamila Shamsie, the young author, and the K of Karachi, the city where she was born (in 1973) and brought up.... Articles: Paradise lost? JORGE Luis Borges wrote, “I had always imagined paradise as a kind of library.” For me, after scouring for books at Khori Gardens, books-frozen-in-time from the University of Karachi, and settling... Articles: Remembering Muhammad Hamidullah IT was a damp winter morning in Paris. The year was 1984. I had wandered through the streets for almost an hour and had finally found the apartment where Professor Muhammad... Author: Documenting lives “I REDISCOVERED Ghalib late in life. I feel I understand him better now. Innumerable verses of his have a great relation with my daily routine. I take him along when I... Syndicated Reviews: Write the good fight GEORGE Steer was always going to die young. Like most war correspondents, he was a combat junkie, with a moth-to-light response to danger. Unlike most war correspondents — who are obliged... Syndicated Reviews: Fiction with the X-factor THIS strange novel consists of three tales of semi-concealed identity, told by a woman who all but professes to have none. We learn much about her feverish, obsessive states of mind,... Review: Are we secure? AHMAD Faruqi’s recently published book is an indicator of how Pakistanis are getting concerned about the fundamental national security structure in this country. In 173 pages comprising fifteen chapters the author... Review: No number crunching “IN the 50 years after Independence, India has trebled its population. From a base of 238.4 million (in 1901) at the turn of the century, India’s population in 1947 stood at... Review: A woman in revolt REBELLION and revolt have been an endemic feature of human nature from its genesis. If the revealed scriptures of all faiths are deferred to, the evolution of human presence on planet... Review: Kashmir yet again THE Kashmir dispute is an emotive issue on both sides of the India-Pakistan border. For leaders in Islamabad, the territory remains the country’s “jugular vein”. Equally, for New Delhi, despite the... Review: Striking similarities THE End of India, Khushwant Singh’s latest book, has a title that would gladden the heart of most Pakistani chauvinists. However, he is not predicting an apocalyptic break-up of the Indian... Review: Fight to the death ISABEL Allende, the famous Chilean novelist, has departed completely from her usual formula of historical and romantic journeys into 19th century Latin America with her new book, City of the Beasts.... Review: In quest of Ghalib GHALIB, who was sidelined by the literary establishment of his time, subsequently became the pivot of cultural consciousness by reaching across Mir to Bedil. As such, a quest for the essential...

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