March 23, 2008
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COVER STORY: All the world’s a stage
 Exactly 68 years ago today, the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah declared the need for two separate countries at the All India Muslim League’s annual session in Lahore, thereby dispelling any thoughts for a United India.....
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COVER STORY: Blast From The Past
 Translation is a difficult task, but when it comes to translating poetry it is somewhat more difficult, or rather, in words of Khalid Hasan, ‘the most difficult thing in the world.’ The book under review contains 90 pieces of Faiz’s poetry rendered into English by both Khalid Hasan and Daud Kamal....
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REVIEW: Inquilab Zindabad!
 ‘I know the moment the rope is fitted round my neck and rafters removed from under my feet, that will be the final moment — that will be the last moment. I, or to be more precise, my soul as interpreted in the metaphysical terminology shall all be finished there. Nothing further....
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EXCERPT: All the king’s men
 Pakistan came into existence on 14 August 1947, in an orgy of bloodshed which engulfed the subcontinent. Over a million people perished and millions were displaced. The majority of those who suffered were Muslims. The extremist communal Hindu organisations like the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) had, over the years....
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AUTHOR: In his own words
 I am an accidental economist. I turned to the subject when I went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1961. I had meant to study physics, a subject in which I had already received a Masters degree from Government College, Lahore. By the time I arrived at Oxford’s Christ Church College...
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AUTHOR: Some positive developments
 One day, a man who signed as ‘/p’ left a comment on my blog at Gaia.com — a transformation community. I had shared my feeling of exhaustion; how I just wanted to not just give away, but also replenish my own energy. He pointed me to a book he’d written, called Fragments of Reality [FOR]...
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REVIEWS: World literature history in Urdu
 Great German poet Goethe was an ultimate classic in world literature. Based upon the assumption that literary experience is universal, Goethe visualised ‘world literature’ as a singular entity. However, his school of thought has not been well-received by some latter day critics and theorists....
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An unsung hero
 The Pakistan Movement was enthused and administered by the leaders, workers and volunteers who had an uneclipsed faith in the personality and guidance of the Quaid-i-Azam. Sharif Toosy was, and still is, a prominent name among the participants of the movement.....
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COLUMN: Rediscovering the past
 The distinguished guests from India who participated in Government College University’s Urdu conference included a woman writer, Rakhshanda Jalil. She has risen to prominence in recent years. But perhaps readers in Pakistan are not well acquainted with her works.....
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