October 31, 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 NAB: the early years THE first decisive step that Musharraf took was on the domestic front — accountability of the corrupt. With every change of government since the revival of democracy, the cry for accountability had become louder and louder, but as the problem was so widespread and the ramparts of vested... EXCERPTS: From all over the globe EARLY in the morning of November 30, 1999, the normally quiet downtown core of Seattle (Washington State, USA) was flooded with tens of thousands of marching, dancing, chanting, and singing protesters who wanted to make it known that the... ARTICLE: Machiavelli’s rules of politics IN the present day political jargon we describe those who do evil deeds for the sake of political expediency as Machiavellian and their views as Machiavellianism, both words coming originally from... ARTICLE: Learning English THE importance of English as a tool of modern learning cannot be overemphasized. There is, however, a need to understand the importance of disseminating the learning of English language in our country in its true perspective and to clear away... ARTICLE: From physics to reality ALWAYS fascinated by the craft of writing, Muna K. Pathan has been reading for an exceptionally long time and has even tried venturing into writing since she was nine years old and composed a poem on a caged nightingale.... ARTICLE: Mixed blessings A showcase full of awards — certificates, shields, plaques — and the appetizing aroma of pakorey. The reflection of a lady appears in the glass. I turn around to greet... ARTICLE: The ‘cobra’ MAUREEN Dowd rushes into the lobby of the venerable New York Times building in Times Square. “I’m so sorry,” she mouths. “You’re allowed to say, ‘Maureen Dowd arrived half an hour... REVIEW: An exercise in diplomacy THE World Trade Organization is more than ever in need of a positive reform vision oriented on human development in order to relegitimize the global trade regime anew after it had... REVIEW: Converting tragedy into triumph TORTURE has often been considered as the ultimate form of denying human dignity, ruthlessly shattering a victim’s concept of self to cause, in effect, a cognitive death. The shameful fact remains... REVIEW: So that they can dream again OVER two decades of war have had a devastating impact on the psyche of the Afghan people. Despite this, they are courageously striving to look beyond the destruction and hope for... REVIEW: Let’s be friends again TIMOTHY Garton Ash is an optimist. The transatlantic relationship is in crisis, with diplomats and policy wonks on both sides of the Atlantic fearing that the intensive post-Iraq marriage counselling will... REVIEW: A secret she couldn’t keep WHO doesn’t have a story to tell? But not everyone is a storyteller, especially if it’s a true story. Autobiographies and biographies have this difficult task of capturing the attention of... REVIEW: Truth or dare THE war in Afghanistan was the most secret conflict since the CIA’s covert war in Laos; thousands of journalists covered it, yet, ironically, little is known about how it was waged or what really happened — until now, or so the authors of this book claim.... In brief EVEN a cursory glance through this smart-looking book marks it out to be a collector’s piece, as well as a valuable handbook for students, teachers and loquacious John Citizens intent upon finding out what’s rot and what’s not. It covers briefly the history of English usage in India, with the authors, ever anxious to employ... REVIEW: When will society change? WOMEN and Law In India is a collection of three books on three varied subjects by three different authors but the commonality that binds them together are the judicial reforms that... REVIEW: The best of both worlds AS is the case with other languages, there is no dearth of religious literature in Urdu. In fact, the quantum perhaps would be much more than is the case elsewhere, the...

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