April 23, 2006 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 radical muse This book documents the rise of the Progressive Writer’s Association, its period of ascendancy, its crucial role in the struggle for independence and... EXCERPTS: Effort over time This book looks at the process of globalisation and formulation of practical policy measures that puts the economy in perspective... ARTICLES: Who was Shakespeare? William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is one of the most celebrated poets and playwrights who ever lived. For four centuries, he has enthralled and delighted countless people.... ARTICLES: Knowing the Bard Although the exact date of his birth is unknown, the parish register of Holy Trinity Church says that he was baptised on April 26, 1564. In Shakespearian days... AUTHOR: Are women human? OF all the provocative passages in Catharine MacKinnon’s new book Are Women Human? the following hit me hardest. She writes: “[T]he fact that... REVIEWS: Straight from the battlefield Thus wrote Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet, a man whose words were banned in his native Lebanon and his books burned in the public square. Who else can describe... REVIEWS: Myth or reality? DR Iqbal S. Hussain’s Islam & the Clash of Civilizations is an addition to the post-9/11 writings by Muslim scholars. His other books on the same issue... REVIEWS: Letting go ... or holding on Romantic poems, in this part of the world, have always had a substantial following. It was expected of poet and writer Amjad Islam Amjad that he would sooner... REVIEWS: Memoirs of a daughter Biographies are written to serve more than one purpose. While they enlighten readers about the life of the luminary they talk about, they also serve as a document.... REVIEWS: Life and times of Sufism ACCORDING to the preface of the book, M.A. Chishti, the author, is a descendant of Khawaja Syed Fakhruddin Gardezi who came to Ajmer as the chief... In brief JINNAH was among the most remarkable of 20th century leaders produced by the Afro-Asian peoples’ struggle for freedom. His “razor sharp intelligence”... REVIEWS: Representatives of the past FORTS are very important landmarks in the evolving social spectrum of a country. Be it the serpentine Great Wall of China, the Hadrian Wall of Northumberland... REVIEWS: The Karachi trial THOUGH the Khilafat Movement failed to achieve its objective, it created an awakening among the Muslims of British India that eventually helped them in setting.... In brief This is a collection of short stories that leaves the reader with mingled feelings of satisfaction and frustration. There, definitely, is a novelty about Amin-ud-din’s...

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