September 5, 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 Us and them — time to reach out THESE days it seems as though world history is being determined by exceptions rather than rules. In the wake of the horrific bombings of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 we have all had to re-examine our own values and the values of other cultures. We stand today at the crossroads of our very existence.... EXCERPTS: Tryst with politics DISILLUSIONED, my father decided to part ways with Punjab politics, which was just as well. Not really being a political animal, he was never really cut out for politics. Perhaps in another country — Britain, for instance — he would have been more successful. To be successful in Indian politics, you need, to begin with, considerable funds or a benefactor who can provide you those funds (needless to say, the benefactor will expect s... ARTICLE: Lest we forget AUGUST 6 passed us by and by the time you read this website review it would be a month gone by. Lest we forget, some 59 years ago the most horrific... ARTICLE: Crossing the lines WHICH lines are there? Those which the departing British drew on the map of South Asia, especially from the snow-capped glaciers of Ladakh down to the plains of Jammu. These are... ARTICLE: The magic goes on THIS year the festival is celebrating 21 years of its existence. There was no blueprint in 1983 for such a book festival and as the founder, Jenny Brown, recalls, “Those were... ARTICLE: Pioneer of the new story AN unassuming, non-obtrusive man who would be lost in a crowd without anybody noticing that a giant had walked this way. Simple and casual but very relaxed, clad in kurta pyjama... REVIEW: Wheels of royalty IT would be a tragedy if this book were dismissed as simply another coffee table book with pretty pictures. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book is nothing short... REVIEW: Romanticizing the ordinary RUPA BAJWA’S debut novel The Sari Shop joins the ranks of increasingly popular South Asian fiction. A young woman of 28, based in Amritsar, India, Bajwa’s prose is fresh and authentic.... REVIEW: The obverse image EDWARD Said’s Orientalism, published 25 years ago, has since then generated a library of studies, each analyzing and interpreting in its own way the imperialist and colonial mindset found in the... REVIEW: History at our service ALL social sciences are manipulable for different reasons but in different degrees. If economic analysis is loaded with too much subjectivity, it will cease to be useful. But apparently the historical... REVIEW: View from across the border AS Pakistan specialists in India go, Kuldip Nayar would qualify as one of the best. This is because of the length of time he has spent covering the country as well... REVIEW: A love affair that survived even 9/11 IN crude terms, this is the book of part of the film — the middle bit of Fahrenheit 9/11 that bangs on hectically about secret Saudi connections, mysterious exoduses from the... REVIEW: Is there a solution? WHEN I first picked up this book, judging from the title, I thought to myself Eureka! At long last someone has come up with viable solutions to the problems of poverty... REVIEW: The ideologue THE majesty of expression that one finds in Iqbal was not really what made him so popular. The extraordinary popularity of Iqbal, who broke the mould of the ghazal culture, was... REVIEW: Firaq in the limelight FIRAQ Gorakhpuri is a much maligned name. The poet who lived for 87 years braved frontal attacks on his person. But no critic, however eminent and hostile, had the courage to... In brief WHILE one may well question the greatness of Indian cinema, Dinesh Raheja and Jitendra Kothari leave no doubt in the reader’s mind that the industry has “arrived”. Certainly, it is one of its kind with stars going international in their appeal as they vie for the attention of domestic audiences and the South Asian Diaspora. But, just how individual is this appeal is a question that needs careful reflection....

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