October 12, 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 Russian roulette WHEN Russian troops occupied Kabul at Christmas 1979, they were following in the footsteps of their old rivals, the British, who had last taken possession of the city one hundred years before.... Excerpts: With a sense of pain & vigour THE day is not far off when future Sadequain researchers will be mowing through the rubaiyat of Sadequain, documenting the massive Mangla and other murals, and crediting... Excerpts: Lahore by any name... SUCH are the somewhat barren results of inquiries — uninteresting, I fear, to many — into the pre-Muhammadan history of Lahore. They may be briefly recapitulated as follows. The city of Lahore, formerly Lohawar... Articles: More of me than you I RECENTLY wrote a short story and gave it to my father to read. He handed it back to me the next day and said, “It’s about me, isn’t it?”... Articles: Growing pains JUST when we thought that only those in the older age bracket were interested in books, we discovered Tehreem Wasti. Tehreem without a book, I am told, is a rare sight. Her teachers call her bookworm, the first word of her email address is... Author: Silent revolutionary DR SHER ZAMAN Taizi is a known literary figure in the world of Pushto literature. With typical Pakhtoon features, he is a soft spoken and well-articulated man of letters. His contribution... Author: Uncommon sense BARBARA Gowdy has hyperacusis. Towards the end of lunch, as the waiters tidy up nearby tables, she says, “Those chairs are actually driving me crazy.” Suddenly I hear what she’s hearing:... Review: Is economics without politics possible? GENERAL Pervez Musharraf, his Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, the military in general, and the IMF and the World Bank in particular, will be delighted by this UNDP report produced... Review: Celebrity of the spy world THE cover of Stella Rimington’s book has all the ingredients to attract readers fond of true espionage stories. The title of the book Open Secrets, her spooky photo on the cover,... Review: The medical ordeals of JFK “THE great enemy of truth” President Kennedy once remarked “is very often not the lie, but the myth.” Little did we know that the picture of his excellent health that was... Review: Sharon’s grand design ZIONISM’S current and ultimate goal to eliminate the Palestinian people as a legitimate social, political and economic entity and the process of their partial or complete ethnic cleansing from the land... Review: Cent wise dollar foolish SINCE the world-shattering morning of September 11, 2001, politics has taken centrestage, sidelining economics — at least in public debate. A section of the intelligentsia, however, is convinced that economic interests... Review: The mafia story again WHEN critically acclaimed author and screenwriter Mario Puzo wrote The Godfather in 1969, his primary purpose was to make money. He’d previously written two highly praised books — The Dark Arena... Review: Rediscovering Ghalib THROUGH a creative assessment, Dr Hanif Fauq has rediscovered the genius of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. The writer is not apologetic when he explains why he decided to publish this book.... In brief NOT many Urdu readers may be familiar with the name of Noam Chomsky. Still, it would not be right to suggest that they are altogether ignorant about his role as a... Review: Towards the frontiers of knowledge BIG cities at times act like jump-boards. They receive geniuses born in remote towns and then elevate them to the heights of prominence. Lahore and Cambridge did this to Dr Abdus...

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