November 30, 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 Changing nature of war Conflict resolution is an uphill task. The world cannot be free from conflicts but the violent implications of conflict may be minimized by creating a situation through a sustained process of dialogue to ensure human survival.... EXCERPTS: Will there be peace? When on December 23, 2001, the government declared a unilateral ceasefire, the LTTE immediately reciprocated.... ARTICLE: Kunzru’s refusal When the shortlist for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is announced every year there is a lot of excitement. This time there was special interest in Pakistan because one... ARTICLE: The naked reflection Literature is said to be a reflection of the society in which it originates. It reflects the realities of daily living as perceived by the authors themselves and the society at... ARTICLE: Walking on the sands of time For Tahseen Soofi a book is a friend and somebody who can help her overcome the sad moments in her life. Conceding to a Victorian fondness for reading, Soofi is no... ARTICLE: The Sikh enigma Except for periodic though regular visits by groups of Sikhs to their shrines in Pakistan, we in this country, and particularly in Punjab, which was their home before Partition, rarely get... ARTICLE: Reading for pleasure It is vitally important that students view learning as a naturally exciting process — and reading for pleasure actually educates you! A new approach to learning, knowledge and education, reading for... POET: Parveen Shakir: Of love and protest Parveen Shakir shot into prominence at the young age of 24 with the publication of her first collection of Urdu poetry appropriately entitled Khushboo (1976). She dedicated the book to the... REVIEWS: Dreams of destruction The presence of US-led forces in Iraq has given vent to a wave of accelerated attacks against Western sympathizers across the Middle East. The suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia and Turkey... REVIEWS: Temple of delusion and dementia It’s fruitcake time. No matter how many books pile the shelves nearly six decades after Nazism burnt in its final flames there are still chambers of horrors left to open. Christopher... REVIEWS: Of skill, bravery and valour While discussing the Anglo-Nepal War 1814-16 (also known as the Gurkha war) Penderel Moon in his magnum opus, The British Conquest and Dominion of India, quotes from a memorandum sent by... REVIEWS: Salted history There is a new genre of historiography known as the history of things, which deals with those commodities that play a significant role in shaping the life of the nations. According... REVIEWS: New ‘untouchables’ of Indian society These are the most critical times in the history of India. Consider this: the RSS-led Hindu fanatics have communalized the multi-ethnic and multi-religious Indian society — so much so that relations... REVIEWS: Some at peace, some at war There have been many publications, not to speak of essays, on the perennial problem of Hindu-Muslim riots in India. Some writers have taken a partisan view on the subject, and some,... REVIEWS: A journey into the past It is interesting and instructive to read about people who lived in a different age. It gives one an opportunity not only of getting to know the personality but also to... IN BRIEF With self-help books taking up most shelf space in any bookstore, the popularity of such literature is on the increase....

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