May 13, 2007
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Labour of love
 In the Islamic world, spanning from Morocco to Indonesia, comprising 57 sovereign states and one-fourth of humanity, globalisation is being increasingly associated with the ‘War on Terror’...
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EXCERPT: Literary Skirmishes
 IF the reign of Bahadur Shah Zafar was the time of the disintegration and disappearance of the Mughul empire, it was also the golden period of Urdu poetry, which saw the flowering forth...
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ARTICLES: Voyage of discovery
 Have you ever wanted to pursue a desire to write but never had the confidence to believe in your work? Well, creativity happens to be one of the most unexplained and mysterious phenomena....
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ARTICLES: Literature under suspicion
The recent massacre at Virginia Tech has sparked off heated debates about various issues such as the role of the police, gun laws in America and so on. All these issues are geared....
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AUTHOR: Fruits of labour
 For Durdana Soomro, the personal is not always private. In fact, she would say, it “should” be thus. To communicate is far more essential and useful than to confine. The trajectory between....
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REVIEWS: No place to hide
 Imagine living in constant fear of being blown up anytime. Your home is no longer a safe haven. You keep Kalashnikovs loaded and ready to confront the intruders who may barge...
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Your Comments
My grandfather only got to know of Riverbend through the book. Baghdad Burning only covers the first year of the US invasion of Iraq and as Riverbend is still writing for the Girl Blog...
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The Book Club
 Perfectly timed to coincide with the 1988 election in which she was elected prime minister, Benazir Bhutto’s autobiography Daughter of the East first came out the same year....
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REVIEWS: Without passing judgments
 I remember that evening in Islamabad when I was invited to a lecture of Professor Annemarie Schimmel, the lengendary scholar on Islamic mysticism. I had read one of her books Mystical...
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REVIEWS: Proud to be imperial
 IF you argue with an average American about how America’s intervention in global politics is a manifestation of its imperial desires, the respondent may blush from the embarrassment....
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REVIEWS: An architectural genius
 SOMETIMES you come to know about famous people in the most unusual of ways. Several years ago I was watching a documentary on the National Geographic channel called Circle...
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REVIEWS: Freedom to choose
 Even though this is a revised edition of a book published in 1994, it covers subjects which are very relevant to the ongoing debates in media and elsewhere about the veil and self image....
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In brief
 THE focus of this book is groundwater management in India; the economics that groundwater generates, the socio-economic impact of its intensive use, and the physical, institutional...
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REVIEWS: Let it ring
 Upon receiving the above sms in Pakistan, it was obvious that this panic message was inspired by American author Stephen King’s new bestseller Cell. Not only is the brilliant, fast-paced...
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REVIEWS: Wife to the rescue
 Twice a first lady, Kulsum Nawaz reminisces about the circumstances that compelled her to temporarily abandon her role of a housewife and come to the forefront of politics to defend her...
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REVIEWS: Beyond superficial discussions
 NAYEN Sindh Ji Gola is a compilation of Naseer Memon’s various research articles and columns published in the Sindhi newspaper Kawish over the last one and half years....
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