November 18, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Books & Authors. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Core laid bare The publication of Günter Grass’ memoirs was preceded by the revelation that as a young man he had served in the Waffen SS. This of course created an uproar and the papers were full of demands... EXCERPT: Afghanistan’s future The work provides details of the education activities of the Basic Education for Afghan Refugees (BEFARe) and other refugee and returnee organisations in Pakistan and Afghanistan... REVIEWS: The patina of naiveté M.G. Vassanji is part of the so-called ‘new wave of Indian literature’ which is characterised by authors who are resident overseas, use English as their medium of expression and,... REVIEWS: Seeing double The story of Omar Nasiri — not the real name of the author of Inside the Jihad — My life with Al Qaeda — is among the few accounts told about the modern history of spying... REVIEWS: Outside the box Transnational Media and Contoured Markets: Redefining Asian television and advertising... ARTICLES: Writing the post-colonial novel The modern English world is vastly different from the roots of the English language, immortalised by the aristocratic British accent. Much like the colonials themselves, English was seen as an infestation;... ARTICLES: The English essay Every high school-going child knows that good essay-writing is the only way to earn a good grade in a composition test. Beyond that, in degree classes, its importance is increased manifold.... REVIEWS: Mahashweta: Out of My Comfort Zone: The autobiography: Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the plots to kill the Führer Mahashweta is a novel with a difference. Yes, there is romance and escapade, union and separation, jilted love and other human foibles that are the usual fare in novels.... REVIEWS: How selfish is your gene? It was in the year 1976 when a zoology lecturer at the Oxford University, Richard Dawkins, published a book titled The Selfish Gene. If not waves,... REVIEWS: Family feuds If you are addicted to soap operas, particularly the daily plays shown on Star Plus, then you will like Barbara Taylor Bradford’s The Ravenscar Dynasty.... REVIEWS: Down memory lane The book provides information worthy of an encyclopaedia as the author has encapsulated details about every actor, actress, lyricist and singer which illustrates the sheer expansiveness of the author’s... COLUMN: Escapism as a genre My friend Masood Ashar has presently managed for himself a new worry, almost harmless, which well serves the purpose of providing for him a relief from the worries our inauspicious age has brought in its wake....

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