August 24, 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 Federalism on trial THE regional explication of the national project assumed many forms. Its initiatives boldly reminded the centralists led by the Nehru vision that their misgivings about the region’s struggle for autonomy; greater federalization... Excerpts: In the shadow of the Red Fort THE contribution of the writers of Lucknow to Urdu letters had indeed been great and the inhabitants of that city could feel justly proud of its past. On the other hand, the people of Delhi had much to remember and however diminished the Mughal empire... Articles: Tribulations of the world of Islam OVER the past few decades, death and devastation, dispossession and humiliation have become the lot of ordinary Muslims around the world. In Pakistan today Muslims are massacred by Muslims on account... Articles: To Sir/Madam with love A REVIEW of Arun Kumar’s The Black Money in India (Books & Authors, April 20) made me re-read the book. A physicist-turned-economist, Arun Kumar of Jawaharlal Nehru University has covered... Articles: From sushi to the sublime AN ABSOLUTE must for your well-being as a former student is the visit to Cambridge. Here you once painstakingly struggled with your thesis and papers, hoping the examiners would be merciful... Articles: Lessons in history CAPTAIN Hadi Rizvi cannot recall a time when he has gone to bed at night without reading something. As far back as he can remember, he has enjoyed books. As a young child, “I was hooked on fairy tales by Brothers Grimm and Enid Blyton.... Author: Writer by accident SOMEBODY recently asked F.S. Aijazuddin — and one suspects the question was more the result of having to plod through the totally unrelated variety in his listed publications than plain curiosity... Syndicated Reviews: What’s on your mind? “THERE are many weird creatures in the menagerie of neurological disorder,’ writes the eloquent neuropsychologist Paul Broks, before going on to acknowledge that the appeal of popular writings on the subject... Syndicated Reviews: Bitter legacy IN 1930 a young RAF officer, Alan MacDonald, was posted as a political agent to Nassiyah, then as now a strategic bridging point on the lower Euphrates in Iraq. MacDonald’s task... Review: In quest of hegemony IT IS not very often that blurbs on the frontispiece or the back of a book cover provide an accurate description of the book’s contents. Geoff Simons’ Targeting Iraq: Sanctions and... Review: Charms of folk poetry WHEN in the 1940s Jamiluddin Aali made his debut as a poet (all Loharu-walas are compulsive poets) he did not adopt any of the modern verse forms, such as the nazm, free verse or blank verse, as his preferred form of expression. Instead, he stayed... Review: Environmental knowledge MASSIVE flooding has led to loss of life and property in Sindh due to heavy monsoons in July. The Prime Minister has announced Rs20 million as relief package for the Hyderabad... Review: A killer at large STILL a major health problem globally, TB is estimated to affect nearly 20 million people worldwide. Of these more than a half live in Asia. Tuberculosis or TB is generally considered... Review: Flawed calculations THIS book co-authored by Pravin Sawhney and Lt Gen Sood on the ten months of military mobilization by India in 2001/02 is a better book than Sawhney’s earlier book on India’s... In brief WITH its impressive title, this publication should find many takers — health professionals and laypersons alike. After all kidney disease has a pretty high incidence in Pakistan. Nearly 2,500 people come... Review: It is not religion “THE attacks on the USA in September 2001” were, according to Halliday, the author of this book, “the first time in five centuries that a ‘Southern’ enemy has hit back in...

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