November 2, 2003
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Not really neutral
 There are two ideas we must clarify and state our disagreement with. The first is the claim that the conflict between authenticity and human rights is in reality a non-issue, because the problem with human rights derives from states, not cultures....
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EXCERPTS: Conflict and consensus
 The global democratic revolution of the late twentieth century that Huntington termed “the third wave” swept through many hitherto authoritarian parts of the world. Bangladesh was also caught in this ostensibly...
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ARTICLE: National Book Festival, Washington: The print connection
 The third National Book Festival arranged by the Library of Congress (LOC) and hosted by Laura Bush was held on The Mall in Washington D.C. on Saturday October 4, 2003. Unlike...
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ARTICLE: Favourites today, forgotten tomorrow
 Most writers, if they’re honest, have at least half an eye on posterity. The idea that, although you will be dust, your words will outlive you, is a potent one. Potent,...
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ARTICLE: Awakening to reality
Mashhood is a thinker. He says, “I normally read stuff that is often tagged as either intense or radical.” His elder brother has been his main intellectual driving force. “He is...
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AUTHOR: Uzma Aslam Khan: Writers as silkworms
 Uzma Aslam Khan has received considerable acclaim for her two novels and her second, Trespassing, which was published in Britain this summer, is being translated into ten languages, including Spanish, Italian,...
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REVIEWS: Larger than life role
 Raja Tridiv Roy came into the limelight when he, though opposed by an Awami League candidate, was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from his home constituency, the Chittagong Hill...
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REVIEWS: Death, here is thy sting
 In an article about the controversial United States “death tax” — an estate inheritance tax — a political commentator pointed out that it was a misnomer: only two per cent of...
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REVIEWS: When the state kills
 On January 6, 1995, Jaswant Singh Kharla, the General Secretary of the human rights wing of Akali Dal party of the Indian state of Punjab released copies of some official documents...
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REVIEWS: A pendant world, a cold heaven
 Antarctica is far from us in every imaginable way. It is the antipodes not only in distance, but also in human existence and imagination. As Stephen Pyne tells us in this...
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REVIEWS: Imperialist game-plan against Punjab?
 It is axiomatic that the British in India were exploiters par excellence. A nation of petty shopkeepers, in their most apposite Napoleonic description, they knew exactly what side their bread was...
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REVIEWS: Another time, another place
Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous Naxalite movement in Bengal in the seventies, Waiting for Rain is a witty documentation of the most trivial thoughts, generated by the most ordinary...
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REVIEWS: Social relevance of history
 Intellectual and historian Dr Mubarak Ali is a prolific writer who has produced around fifty books on mainly historical themes. His work is commendable on at least four counts. First, he...
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REVIEWS: Music for the soul
 The indigenous music of India was at one time a controversial subject for the Muslims who came from foreign lands. According to Inayat Ilahi Malik (Private Life of Ragas) in the...
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