November 16, 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 In search of truth The word science is derived from Scientia, which means knowledge in Latin. As knowledge is desired by all human beings, one would have expected science to be universally popular.... EXCERPTS: Stilled for ever We will not tame the waters. To perish by them is the destiny of humankind. The Gomti has risen like a mythical boa... it forms muddy troughs and sinuous crests as though infused with the soul of the ocean.... ARTICLES: Of heroes and outcasts The word “hero” conjures feelings of admiration. Be it the dashing Lancelot saving a damsel in distress or Heracles strangling the lion of Nemea with his bare hands. But what is... ARTICLES: Understanding the mind Before coming to Pakistan, Urara was reading Cheiko’s Sky by Japanese poet and sculptor, Kotaro Takamura. “This collection of poems has an immensely moving effect on the reader,” she says. “They... ARTICLES: Revenge of the books? Like plants and pets, books deserve continuous care. Read or yet unread, books expect frequent attention. Look at them, touch them, turn their pages, absorb their words and renew them. We... ARTICLES: Do reviews make a difference? So how important, when all is said and done, are book reviews? Opinions vary. Byron, for example, who once ordered his publisher to “send me no more reviews of any kind”,... AUTHOR: Dr Indira Goswami: Assam’s fiery pen As a young widow belonging to a high-born Brahmin family from Assam, life could have taken an unbearable ritualistic toll on Indira Goswami. Instead of securing an indelible place in Assamese... AUTHOR: Javaid Qazi: The post modernist in him Remembered by the Government College crowd of his day as the boy who knew entire Shakespearean Acts and Scenes by heart, Dr Javaid Qazi learnt to love words early on in... REVIEWS: A tribute of another kind How strong has been the impact of late Eqbal Ahmed’s message on the readers of his weekly columns can be judged from a three-volume collection of his works compiled and published... REVIEWS: Hotel Palestine, Baghdad Written in the form of part dairy and part travelogue Pages from a War Diary is reportage of a high order. Having retired from the BBC, the author was persuaded by... REVIEWS: Kissinger’s crisis Henry Kissinger is a master at creating a sense of crisis. His latest memoirs are based on the record of his hitherto secret telephone conversations. The major portion of his book... REVIEWS: He went, he saw and was impressed Mirza Sheikh I’tesamuddin is probably the first known Indian to have visited Britain and Europe in 1766. He recorded his observations and comments on his return to India in Persian, the... REVIEWS: Freak practice Photography is the only art that regularly proves fatal to its practitioners. At war, photojournalists often stray into the line of fire while attempting to capture a decisive moment. Diane Arbus,... REVIEWS: Youthful impressions Some openings can be deceptive. And in this novel, it is simple to the point of being disarming. An out-stretched, almost invisible, hand is holding out the katara, the tangy unripe...

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