December 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 Time to put down the burden PERHAPS George Bush, worried too much by the horrifying thought of military failure in his war against Saddam Hussein, did not spend enough time thinking about the meaning of success. By one yardstick, the height of Bush’s power... Excerpts: How they lived HIS Majesty even extends his attention to this department, and has given many wise regulations for it; nor can a reason be given why he should not do so, as the equilibrium of man’s nature, the strength of the body... Articles: Little truths in great history IN an interview titled ‘A Conversation on Information’, Umberto Eco was once asked, “Professor Eco, you’re a man of letters, a writer, a philosopher and a historian. On the desk beside... Articles: Drop the titles and number the books A QUICK flutter through the reference books reveals how many great writers published their first work in their mid-twenties. Byron made his name with Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, written when he... Articles: Alleviating ignorance WHY I read is pretty much summed up in one Urdu word: jahalat (ignorance); I read mostly to alleviate it in myself. I remember being introduced to the amazing pleasures of reading by my father and aunt at a young age. The sense... Author: A personal tribute IT is always painful to write about a friend who is no more. A flood of memories carry you back to the past when you spent such good times together. You... Review: The long road to home JHUMPA Lahiri’s much awaited book, The Namesake, is a coming-of-age story of Gogol Ganguli born to immigrant Bengali parents, Ashima and Ashoke. As in her debut Pulitzer-winning collection of short stories,... Review: All things weird and horrific FASCINATION with the supernatural is as old as storytelling. In the 19th century, writers like Mary Shelley and R. L. Stevenson used the horror story to look seriously at the limits... Review: Then they tried him THE English came to India as traders in 1605 during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The captain of the ship, William Hawkins, called on the Emperor with a letter... Review: Pakistan’s harassed media THE quest for complete press freedom in Pakistan has, more or less, been like the proverbial search for the Holy Grail. It has, to the dismay of those hankering to wield... Review: Rage and retribution AN Indian Muslim reader of my weekly column in Dawn, who has become a friend after months of correspondence by email, is bitter about the assumption by Pakistanis that they are... Review: Man seizes nature PERHAPS Toynbee is right. Perhaps progress is a function of a relay race of civilizations. The Graeco-Romans handed the baton to the Arabo-Muslims, who passed it on to the West Europeans.... Review: Classical regime change HISTORY remembers wars in terms of the tipping point, the moment when, with dramatically pleasing clarity, the world changes forever: the plucking of the red and white roses of Lancaster and... Review: Symbolizing the downtrodden ASAD Mohammad Khan, a short story writer, playwright and poet is a familiar name in the realm of Urdu literature, though he is yet to receive the acclaim he deserves. This... In brief “THESE pieces are neither recognized by media persons as journalistic write-ups nor by literary personalities as literature. But Abdul Qadir Junejo declares them to be journalistic literature.”... Review: Hung out to dry DR ENVER Sajjad is at his best when describing a situation, as he likes attending to minor details. He is versatile in the selection of his themes but in most of...

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