August 22, 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 Ground the hawks, please Heavy historical baggage accumulated over many decades has made it difficult for India and Pakistan to engage in productive discussions.... EXCERPTS: Larkana lessons Sindh’s famous historical, cultural and political city, Larkana, once seemed to be safe from HIV/Aids, as all other major cities of the country were.... ARTICLES: A wealth of historical sources Medieval Indian history that includes the rule of the Sultans of Delhi and the Mughals and is popularly known as ‘Muslim Rule in India’ has vast and rich primary sources in... ARTICLES: In quest of happiness Javed Ali describes reading as “a necessity in understanding the concept of how civilizations and human conscience grew. After all, how can you improve your quality of life by not taking... ARTICLES: The tolerant culture of Muslim Spain On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim enclave of Granada, long weakened by the feuds within the ruling family and relentless onslaughts by Christian forces, finally collapsed and surrendered at the... AUTHOR: Albert Camus: The rebel The French novelist, essayist, playwright and, above all, one of the ultimate rebels of the 20th century, Albert Camus, was born in Mondovi, Algeria, in 1913. He was just one when... CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS: Weaving magic The world of imagination created by a labyrinth of printed words beckons children to abscond from the pale, monotonous reality they live in and land in the colourful, animated, magical world... CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS: Unforgettable jungle lores This is a collection of stories from the great hunter of man-eating tigers, Jim Corbett himself. Corbett had devoted 70 years of his life to hunting these creatures. Later on he... CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS: Third time lucky? When in 1997 the first book of J.K. Rowling’s now famous Harry Potter series was published, it captured the attention of children around the world. The publication of the second and... REVIEWS: Looking for friends The treatise under review is a welcome publication, a pioneering work, covering various aspects of Pakistan’s relations with the European Union, which is described by the author as a “unique phenomenon,... REVIEWS: Sculpting India “In the beginning there was no India” — thus begins this engaging, superbly readable narrative. The first volume of India Retold, Abraham Eraly’s massive four-volume treatment of his country’s history, Gem... REVIEWS: Behind the veil Unequal Citizens — of course they are women to whichever country they might belong. The issue is international. They are the victims of gender bias, lower pays, limited work space, restricted... REVIEWS: Why force will never bring peace America is still processing its reaction to 9/11, the day the 21st century became indissolubly linked, after a strange hiatus of tranquillity, to its violent predecessor. There have already been many... REVIEWS: What a journey! Even now when there is no active war in Afghanistan there is no dearth of books about it in Britain and the western world. That country still attracts the journalists, the... REVIEWS: The defence rests The title of the book proclaims that it is in support of the short story; but the contents denigrate the short story as a form of literature. From a critic of... REVIEWS: Political Zionism Beginning with the vision of a Jewish state in Palestine propounded in 1894 by Theodore Herzl until the violent birth of Israel as a protege of imperialism, political Zionism has been...

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