May 16, 2004
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The next phase
 THIS [globalization] is not simply a new phase of imperialism but also radically a new phase, which could not have come about until after a number of preconditions had been met. What were the most important of those preconditions...
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Excerpts: ...God save the king
 LAHORE, November 5, 1840 “Careful, be careful,” whispered the prime minister as court servants lifted the dying Maharajah Kharrak Singh from his bed in the Lahore Citad...
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Articles: Shakespeare is too much with us
 A linguist analyzing different sources of idioms and expressions in the English language asserted that after the King James’ version of the Bible (early 17th century), the second most important...
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Articles: Why stop at trashing Joyce?
A fine old literary row broke out in Dublin recently. Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning mega-selling author of The Van and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, was quoted as suggesting that...
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Articles: More than FIRs
 OMAR’S name came up at one of our usual panic sessions searching for potential ‘Reader’s Choice’ candidates which we are constantly running short of. Dawn’s librarian (ex-NIPA) recalled a little boy looking for books while visiting his mother at work some years ago....
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Articles: Rare literary treasures from Mali
 IN the summer of 2003, the Library of Congress in Washington organized an exhibition of 23 rare, ancient Islamic manuscripts borrowed from two libraries of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. The...
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Author: First to write on Pakistan
 HIS initial and most intimate contact was with Mahatma Gandhi. He was Gandhi’s patient when he came down with typhoid. He personally heard Mahatma Gandhi’s wish to die with “Ram” on...
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Children''s Books Review: Making a mark
 “A WOMAN cannot be asked to retire because her work never ceases. From being a wife, she moves smoothly, selflessly into the role of a mother and grandmother, giving all of...
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Children''s Books Review: Important lessons
 MADONNA’S second book Mr Peabody’s Apples is a sweet and simple story for six-year-olds and above. Children of this age group love books with loads of pictures in them and that’s...
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Review: Turkey’s identity conundrum
 AN abiding feature, nay pillar, of Turkey’s foreign policy since the founding of the republic, 80 years ago, has been its desperate toil for acceptance as a part of Europe. It...
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In brief
DIABETES had caused untold suffering to Dr M.K. Ansari’s parents and two siblings. It ultimately led to their death. This moved him to collect the latest information on the disorder and compile it in a book for readers from all walks of life. Titled How to Prevent, Treat, and Self Manage Diabetes and Related Complications...
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Review: What ails our social sectors
 AT the very outset of his latest work Social Problems of Pakistan, Dr Mohammad Khalid, a professor of sociology, asks, “Is Pakistan in a state of social disorganization?” Before venturing to...
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Review: Recipe for instability
 WRITTEN by a Filipino-American, the book under review is about how free market democracy exported by the US to the developing world creates a market dominant alien minority that breeds ethnic...
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Review: Worth $5 billion and rising
THE media industry in India is one of the fastest growing and most happening sectors in the country. Estimated to be worth over $5 billion and rising, it employs several million...
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Review: When synergy does not sync
 BACK in January 2000, when America Online’s former chairman and CEO, Steve Case, bought Time Warner with his company’s inflated stock, everyone thought it was one of the greatest business deals...
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Review: Antiquity’s most popular bad boy
 IN history’s gallery of monsters a special place has been reserved for more than two millennia for Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who under the name of Nero served as Roman Emperor for...
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