January 18, 2004 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Books & Authors. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Change of roles SARKAR Amman had established a personal rapport with King George V and Queen Mary during their visit to India when he had been the Prince of Wales and subsequently during his coronation in 1911. Before her audience with the King... Excerpts: In the shadow of the Margallas ISLAMABAD is a young city so it does not boast of any historic forts or palaces, any Mughal style historic buildings and gardens. It has neither any grand museums nor any imperial monuments. Yet it has certain attractions... Author: Studying the transition THOSE who attended the sixth conference of the India-Pakistan Forum for Peace and Democracy in Karachi in December were treated to rich intellectual fare. It came in the form of the... Articles: The city as they feel it INTERESTINGLY most young authors who have taken up English novel writing in Pakistan in recent years, have belonged to Karachi, one way or the other. If Kamila Shamsie and Bina Shah... Articles: Variety was the hallmark: Pushto books of 2003 THE year 2003 was a fertile one for Pushto literature. It introduced an array of young poets while the old guards marked their presence by sustaining command in their respective fields.... Review: Down melody lane USTAD Barkat Ali Khan, the younger brother of Ustad Barre Ghulam Ali Khan, may have succeeded in establishing ghazal as a noteworthy genre of music in the early 20th century, but... Review: In a world of their own PETER Hobson is professor of developmental psychopathology at University College, London. He is an expert on autism and has published many research papers on this intriguing condition. This book almost exclusively... Review: Banking for the poor ORANGI Charitable Trust (OCT), the micro credit arm of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP), has brightened up the lives of creditors who borrowed money from the project. This is confirmed by... Review: The failure of pre-emption THERE has been a spate of writings criticizing or questioning the unilateralist approach that has characterized the Bush foreign policy. The intellectual elite of the world has equated this approach to... Review: When Moore isn’t less MICHAEL Moore is a man on a mission. And it’s a formidable task that he has undertaken. But he believes it is achievable. Moore wants to overthrow the government of the... Review: Paranoia unlimited THE sudden resurgence of interest in Islam and its history among the Western scholars and media, in the wake of 9/11, has stimulated volumes of writings on the subject. Bernard Lewis... Review: Of leaders and leadership AS the new millennium begins to make its epoch-making importance felt, new challenges are seen rearing their heads, posing a great threat to the socio-geographic stability of the world. Bloodletting, animosity... Review: Blame it on me IT has taken Kishwar Naheed ten years to complete the journey between Buri Aurat Ki Katha (a bad woman’s tale) and Buri Aurat Ke Khatoot: Nazayeda Beti Ke Naam (a bad... Review: Philosophy of the by-gone years LANGUAGE is both a means of communication and thought. Human languages are culture specific as they are deeply embedded in lifestyles and practices. Philosophy, which typically deals with thought, needs to...

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