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Give Piece A Chance MUCH has been written on the psychology of war because of the disasters and agonies it leaves behind. The very thought of war generates fear, uncertainty and images of destruction. What man saw or experienced during....		The many faces of terrorism THE difference between suppression and terrorism is that, whereas a plausible connection can be made between an act and an individual in the case of the former, no such connection can...
My battle with the pimples PIMPLES, the usual reaction to that is of disgust or spontaneous shock. “Oh dear, don’t tell me that you got on.” Well, yes I did and so did countless others. We...		A Turkish diplomat wants to know all about us HE is a Turkish diplomat with a flair for foreign languages and a lively interest in world affairs. He speaks French, English, Russian and Arabic, besides Turkish, and it may not...
In a world of political imperatives IN 1947, when I had set sail from Ballard Pier in Bombay bound for San Francisco on the MV Marine Adder, among the ports it had called on was Hong Kong....		Breakfast delights THOUGH continental breakfast of bread, butter and eggs have become common in Pakistan, the majority of people still prefer traditional breakfast of chholay-puri-halwa or chai (tea) paratha for breakfast, some, of...
Can administrators manage? THE government recently declared its determination to eliminate misuse of loudspeakers in mosques. It is easier said than done. In any case, it is a question if the administration’s priorities reflect...		Designs and disorder MAN is a unique creation of God. He has been blessed with the special ability of ‘reason’, and this sets him apart from other forms of life in the universe. Scientific facts and figures reveal that the chances of someone else having your biological make up are in access....
Killing fields of Cambodia WE arrived in Phnom Penh from Bangkok in early April. I had recently seen the movie Killing Fields and expected to arrive at a small airport teeming with gun toting soldiers,...		The necropolis of Sindh ABOUT sixty kilometres east of Karachi, on the Karachi-Hyderabad highway is the largest cemetery of the East, Makli necropolis. Spread over an area of six square kilometres, these are one of...
Say no to tobacco, yes to life TOBACCO is the epidemic of the 20th century. Every ten seconds, somewhere in the world tobacco kills a person. If the current smoking trend continues, figure will increase to one tobacco-related...		The man and his MUSIC BOX:: Syed Mansoor Bokhari NO one person in Pakistan has contributed as much in the field of music and literature as Syed Mansoor Bokhari. He, while being the Managing Director of EMI (Pakistan) Ltd., commissioned...
Picking up the pieces CLINK! Clutter! Clutter! Crash! “Oh my God, that was my favourite mug! My best friend had given that to me”. Sob! Sob! Once in a while everybody goes through the painful...		From Hollywood to the White House SURELY, the September 11 events have shaken the American nation that was once only fed with horrifying images and scenes in spoonfuls in the thrillers produced by the Hollywood. The tremendous...
The miracle of language-sense LANGUAGE-sense is the miracle of divine stance on creation. It is the mirror of the mind reflecting the light of wisdom far and wide. It is a conceptual system that, influenced by one’s indigenous environment, develops innately with one’s growing awareness of the real world....		Between the lines THE musty, dusty smell of old books, secondhand books and other people’s neglected book shelves is so tempting for an addict that he just cannot resist being drawn towards it and getting transported...
Aga Khan and Aligarh IF Sir Syed (1817-98) was the father of Muslim education in India, the Aga Khan III (Sir Aga Sultan Mohammad Shah) (1877-1957) was its foster father. Indeed, the energetic, zealous and...		A critic in a hurry I AM a lazy reader. How uneasy I feel while facing Mashkoor Husain Yad, who doesn’t believe in giving respite to his readers. Only in recent years has he emerged as...
Chess in disarray TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Asad Rizvi had astonished the world in 1978 by securing fourth position in the world chess championship, putting Pakistan on the game’s international scenario....		No more a bunch of superstars THE victory in Sharjah came as a breath of fresh air after some suffocating months of non-activity. However, what was more heart-warming than the victory itself was the manner in which it came about....
Pakistan Sailing Team in Korea THE Pakistani Sailing team left for Pusan, South Korea on September 15, 2001 from Karachi to participate in the 10th Asian Sailing Championship. The team included players in five different classes...		The crisis of medical education THE medical colleges offering MBBS programmes both in public and private sector need immediate attention. In the public sector medical colleges and teaching hospitals the responsibility lies on each academic councils...
Diabetes and Ramazan FASTING is obligatory for all healthy adult Muslims during the holy month of Ramazan. No food or drink is allowed between dawn (Sehar) and sunset (Iftar), with no restriction on the amount of food...		Beating about the ‘Bush’ (I) THE article Dear President Bush written by Rameez Rahman, which was published on 21st Oct, 2001, was soul-stirring....
MOSAIC: Improving the life’s balance WRITER Shirley Conran recently recalled in her article that 25 years ago when she wrote Superwoman, her bestselling book about how to minimize housework and make life simple, an avalanche of...		Newsmaker IF nothing else, at least in terms of date of birth, author Joanne Kathleen Rowling and young actor Daniel Radcliffe have a similarity to share; both were born on July 31; separated by the 24 years...