October 10, 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 The insider’s view MOUNTBATTEN was not an easy man to serve. He was a perfectionist and unless everything was done the way he wanted, he was inclined to be irritable and quick tempered. He was very conscious of his birth and royal status, which were... EXCERPTS: The brain behind Osama AN eye surgeon by profession, Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri is Osama bin Laden’s right hand man and the chief ideologue of Al Qaeda who is considered the moving spirit behind the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. The American intelligence agencies accuse Ayman to be the operational brain behind the 9/11 terror attacks in the United Sates.... ARTICLE: Routes and destinations Born in 1957, Tanveer Anjum holds a masters in English literature and TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and has a doctorate in applied linguistics. She is in the field of education and lives in Karachi. Her collections of poetry are Undekhi Lehren ... ARTICLE: Through the eyes of a traveler “I have been reading books for as long as I can remember,” says Saleha for whom books have always been the most preferred company. It all started out with “my mother putting me to bed with a story. After her reading from the first page my patience would give ... ARTICLE: The great revival WHILE an appreciation of western knowledge — its artistic, scientific, intellectual and cultural contributions — has been emerging only slowly in the Arab-Muslim countries, western interest in Islam’s literary and intellectual... ARTICLE: Read any good blogs lately? AWARDS for books have been a positive feature of the contemporary publishing world for several decades. A new trend is now emerging.... AUTHOR: My life IT’S hard to hold onto your identity while being the son of a world famous personality. And if the personality was Allama Iqbal, the task becomes more difficult. Paradoxically, it is... AUTHOR: Loyal to ghazal THE death of Tabish Dehalvi signifies the exit of the last of the Urdu poets of the classical vintage from the scene of contemporary literature.... AUTHOR: Best of East and West IT is not only a matter of pride but is a great enlightening experience if one gets a chance to spend sometime in the company of a genius or a wise... REVIEW: Castle on a dung heap OF all the stalwarts who stalked the political landscape of British India in the 20th century, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was, perhaps, the most enigmatic and yet one of the most... REVIEW: The many dimensions of George W. Bush WHEN an American politician was asked during a television interview, as to how in his opinion George W. Bush would be remembered as a president, “I hope he is never remembered... In brief -FINANCE: Log in to the Future written by V.C. Joshi, an independent consultant based in Pune, looks at the status of an innovative though disruptive technology, its progress, problems, potentials and its need for India in a competitive international environment with a discerning eye of an expert.... REVIEW: Revealing letters PROF Stanley Wolpert was requested to write a book on Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan as he had done such a superb job on the one on Mohammad Ali Jinnah. However, the... REVIEW: Achilles, my hero “WHATEVER happened to all the heroes?” Almost 2,000 years before the Stranglers set that little poser, a Greek by the name of Plutarch had been pondering a very similar question. Living... REVIEW: Metaphysics of morals IN a discourse on metaphysics, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) argues that all rational knowledge is either material or formal. The former is concerned with material objects and latter with the form of... REVIEW: To be or not to be REGARDLESS of the consequences, there are indeed many ways of fictionalizing history. Apparently the most subtle one of them all is to write a historical novel, for in doing so the...

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