March 5, 2006
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Not a wall that divides
 This book is a directory of 1,000 women from more than 150 countries who were nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize...
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EXCERPTS: A bold idea
PROPOSING 1,000 women for the Nobel Peace Prize is a bold idea. One of the first to welcome this idea was Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey....
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ARTICLES: Calm before the storm
 Saleem Ahmed (1927-1984) is an unconventional poet who strived to infuse Urdu poetry, especially the ghazal with a new and invigorating thought content...
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ARTICLES: Sindhi books in 2005: The year of prose
 THE appearance of three iconoclasts of Sindh on the horizon in a single century — the socialist Shah Inayat, the progressive nationalist Shah Latif and the...
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ARTICLES: Pakistani English literature in 2005: A celebration of writing
 The past year has seen tremendous activity in Pakistani English literature, with the introductory issue of a much-needed English literary journal, exciting....
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AUTHOR: The Betty I knew
 Betty Friedan “changed the course of human history almost single-handedly”. Her ex-husband, Carl Friedan, believes this; Betty believed it...
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AUTHOR: Truth, retold
 GEOPOLITICAL events, especially those with the threat of war just waiting to erupt, almost always have an indelible impact on the lives of the people who....
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REVIEWS: Amazing adventures
 What drives human beings to explore their environment? Dividing his book into three ages — Reconnaissance, Inquiry, and Endeavour....
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REVIEWS: Easier said than done
 GENDER equality, that is, elimination of all forms of discrimination against women is an issue which is constantly in focus on an international level....
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At a glance
 The first six years in a child’s life have proven to be the most important time during his entire growing up. He will learn to talk, walk and trust his own judgment...
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REVIEWS: Diary entries
 Keeping a diary is one thing but collecting diaries is another. Many diaries coming out these days are based on certain themes. They are real collector’s items....
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REVIEWS: Managerial challenges
 THIS voluminous book contains 17 chapters, starting with an introduction of globalisation. Three theses of globalisation are presented. The first one is the....
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In brief
 THEY say ignorance is bliss. After all, what you don’t know won’t kill you. Tom Fenton, however, begs to differ. In Bad News, he argues that what the American people didn’t...
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REVIEWS: Imperial intrigues
 The interest in the private life of people probably owes its existence to the curiosity about secrets which most human beings possess. However, the private lives of....
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REVIEWS: Less is not more
 Though the book claims to discuss the life and teachings of Buddha, only about 48 pages are reserved for him. The rest deals with the social life of that...
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REVIEWS: On the path of realism
 This is a comprehensive study of Shaukat Siddiqi’s enormous contribution to the art of fiction writing. In her project essentially launched for a PhD degree, Maryam Husaint....
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