September 7, 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 Winning culture wars WITH postmodernism there has been a shift away from action towards questions of interpretation. Political resistance to the capitalist status quo is ridiculed as passe, superficial, and out of touch with reality. The power of the capitalist state... Excerpts: How they feel, what they want AN EXPLORATION into education as a major transition in young people’s lives provides a picture of stark gender differences above all else. Young women in Pakistan continue to be at a disadvantage... Articles: Doing away with stale ideas THE figures are awesome: during three weeks this August the annual Book Festival in Edinburgh hosted 550 authors who appeared at 650 events. It all happened in a series of tented... Articles: No one but Hemmingway HAVE always been a keen reader,” he says “this interest was sparked at an early age by my grandfather, who was a great storyteller. I remember, particularly amongst my childhood memories, of listening to those stories with a lot of excitement.... Author: The unending search “AL YUSAF was the last man of that habitat. He had sworn by the Almighty and vowed that he was born a human being and would die as one. He tried... Author: Creator of Sherlock Holmes JUST off the hustle and bustle of a popular tourist area, not very far from Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and close to Regent Park, in London, there is a comparatively quiet... Syndicated Reviews: Fairer way forward THE biggest geopolitical issue today is the overweening power of the US in a unipolar world and the problem of how it should be handled by all other nations. No political leader can be said to have satisfactorily resolved this problem. George Monbiot offers a searchingly rigorous analysis of the sources of American power and presents... Syndicated Reviews: Geology in the service of religion TIME, as the great engine of creation, came late on the scene. Until the second half of the 18th century the Earth and man were thought to be as old as... Review: The poor and their poverty JAITI BASU’S West Bengal, where teeming millions have had a nightmarish past of living in abject poverty, has recorded modest success at improving its lot, but Bangladesh, where reside its cousins,... Review: Struggle of heart and mind UNLIKE the subcontinent where two centuries of colonial rule made English the lingua franca, the neighbouring countries that were outside the sphere of British influence lacked that milieu. So it was... Review: The rise and the fall EDWARD Gibbon acclaims Islam as “one of the most memorable revolutions which have impressed a new and lasting character on the nations of the globe”. Its meteoric rise as a religious, social and political force continues to baffle the historians and social analysts. They offer different explanations.... Review: Glimpses of Sindh ESTIMATES made by historians go to show that man walked on Earth for the very first time some three million years ago. But the span of recorded history goes back to... Review: The business of emotions DANIEL Goleman became famous for his book Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ. He has now teamed with two researchers, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee to write a... Review: Poverty of dignity WHO were the 19 suicide hijackers? What motivated them to do what they did on September 11, 2001? And, why does the majority in the Muslim world hate the US? Thomas... In brief THE fall of Dhaka, in 1971, was a tragedy that left a scar on the politics of this country. Many wounds have healed but some continue to fester. Dr Moonis Ahmar’s monograph on Pakistan-Bangladesh relations is a significant study.... Review: From one generation to another A POET of distinction, a storywriter, a literary critic and a columnist known for his balanced views on literary and social issues, Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi carries immense respect in the...

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