December 26, 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 drug and terror trail Political terror comes out of a government’s or guerrilla movement’s failure to win civilian support. The most obvious link is with the practice of counterinsurgency that the British pioneered in their Malaysian colony during the Second World War... EXCERPTS: Pakistan’s high wire act Pakistan’s foreign policy priority was not the Cold War but the flashpoint of Kashmir where, despite its Muslim majority, the Hindu maharaja in this former princely state hastily signed an accord of accession to join India.... ARTICLE: The house where Anne lived The house of the world’s most famous diarist, Anne Frank is being turned into a refuge for persecuted writers. The home in the south of Amsterdam was where Frank lived before... ARTICLES: Not to be ingested in a hurry For the uninitiated, the best way of describing the London Review of Books, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last month, is that it is to words what slow food is to... ARTICLES: Humour the unfathomable “My choice of books comes purely through recommendations from my friends and often I am being suggested the same book by all my reliable sources,” says Maryam. So, what is she... AUTHORS: Ludu Daw Ahmar: Concern for the masses Ludu Daw Ahmar is the doyen of Burmese writers — male or female — who still stride the literary stage in Burma (Myanmar). Born on November 29, 1915 in Mandalay, Burma,... AUTHORS: Khatir Afridi: Unsung poet Khatir Afridi whose real name was Misree Khan was born in 1929 at Landikotal to Zakha Khel Afridi. He gained tremendous mass popularity, next only to Rahman Baba, due to his... REVIEWS: And then it rained and rained Noe is a 600-year-old patriarch, who lives in a world that is still young — a thousand years removed from creation. To begin with, he has a wife, three sons, the... REVIEWS: Riding on the airwaves With the establishment of PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) in 2002 and the subsequent liberalization of media ownership laws, the country has witnessed an almost overnight growth of FM (frequency... REVIEWS: The perils of power We are close to saturation point in the study of Tony Blair. The many books on the man, his friends, policies and wars vie to be noticed among the 100 or... REVIEWS: Reaching an understanding There is a feeling that the modern educated reader tends to approach books on Islam in general with weariness if not suspicion. Mainly because such books are not likely to be... REVIEWS: What a one-sided contest it was Keegan is a “soldat mangue”. He was rejected for the army due to a lame leg. That only increased his interest in military matters. He taught at Sandhurst and has written... REVIEWS: Not an easy life Inside the Kingdom opens with a letter that Carmen bin Ladin has addressed to her daughters. The following extract makes it clear that the book has been earmarked to reveal the... REVIEWS: Future of Pakistan Pakistan’s internal dynamics and external behaviour have come to reflect as well as affect many critical issues lying at the heart of some foremost US concerns in the post-Cold War and... REVIEWS: Celebrating Manto in style IT has been half-a-century now since Saadat Hasan Manto took his last painful breath at a rather young age of 42 on that fateful day of January 18, 1955. But in... IN BRIEF With journalism being such a popular subject all over the world, there are hundreds of books written on the practice and its specialties that are available in the market....

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