March 2, 2008
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The long goodbye
 Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West was one of the most anticipated book releases in 2008 for Pakistan. The events of December 27, 2007...
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EXCERPT: The graveyard angle
 It was hard to love my mother. I loved her, she was my mother, but I frequently wished she wasn’t. When I was a kid, I would wish the cleaning...
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REVIEWS: Almost there
 It would be a great disservice not to quote the opening lines of Alice Sebold’s highly anticipated second novel, The Almost Moon. That is, after all...
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REVIEWS: A charmed life
 Written by Samrat Upadhyay, who’s short stories ‘Arresting God in Kathmandu’ earned him raving reviews and acclaim, Guru of Love has further....
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REVIEWS: An intrinsic link
 You are Llewellyn Moss. A welder from a small Texan town. One day, out hunting, you stumble upon the grisly aftermath of a drug-deal-gone-wrong...
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REVIEWS: Criminal justice
 When, in 1959, Truman Capote read an article in the New York Times about the murder of the Clutter family in rural Kansas, he became interested....
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REVIEW: The greater good
 The accomplishments of the 20th century are revolutionising science and technology in the 21st. The rate and pace of technological advancements...
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REVIEWS: Shopaholic & Baby
 Our first encounter with Rebecca Bloomwood (more popularly known as Becky) was in 2003 in Sophie Kinsella’s book, Confessions of a Shopaholic...
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ARTICLE: The two-furlong road
 From the offices to the college the road must be about two furlongs. I cross this road daily; sometimes walking, sometimes on a bicycle....
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REVIEW: Why 1857 is still relevant
 The small community of scholars and students of history in Pakistan was not a little unhappy that the 150th anniversary (2007) of the subcontinent’s....
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