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Setback to Seattle AN unnoticed victim of the September 11 attacks in the US has been the West-based anti-globalization movement that had, over the years, emerged as a force to reckon with, particularly after...		Overcoming emotional anxieties IN the last two decades, Pakistan has faced tremendous emotional turmoil, trauma and conflicts. The incident of September 11 was the proverbial last straw. Pakistan, indeed, has suffered emotionally, socially, politically...
Pardon, your slip is showing THE whole chagrin about foretelling, including political, weather and intellectual forecasting, is that it cannot be proved or disproved until after the time predicted has come and gone. The slip showing...		When an American visitor came at last American diplomats in Karachi have been keeping a low profile for quite sometime due to protests and unpredictable violence. And American visitors have been confining themselves to visiting Islamabad only. So...
A case of romantic nonsense I WAS happy to get back to Karachi, to its familiar sounds and smells, and to my family and friends, and I was back to my routine, as if, I had...		Me and my medicine Whatever I am writing here does not only concern the medical students who are passing through this phase of their lives, but also serves as a guideline for those who will...
Karachi: a haven for criminals I could not imagine the intensity of hooliganism in this megalopolis called Karachi, didn’t know how criminals misbehave with people travelling by buses, cars, motorbikes or even pedestrians, until recently. What...		Disturbing the dead There can be no two opinions that life is grave business. It is often literally and dreadfully so for both the living and the dead. An incident on Eid-ul-Fitr brutally drove...
Nepal: leisure, tourism and intrigues go hand in hand THE moment you walk out of the Tribuhavan International Airport in Kathmandu, it’s a different world. Situated in a pleasant valley, Kathmandu is a city of uniqueness as well as complexities...		Understand your child It is necessary for us to understand the problems that children face as they grow up. This is essential in order to handle children properly. Here, I would like to share...
Coping with crisis IF I were asked to give what I consider the single-most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of your life...		Of broken bonds FEW would have any doubts about the veracity of the statement “Marriages are made in heaven”. We inadvertently think about this phrase when someone close to us ties the nuptial knot....
Brides and their innocent dreams IT was surprising to see a wedding ceremony without the rituals of singing melodious songs in a village situated on the outskirts of Karachi. Nobody performed traditional dances on the rhythmic...		Thoughts on women empowerment I know this is going to be labelled as yet another piece of feminist writing, but I’ll write it anyway....
The emotional use of language I AM firm; you are obstinate; he is pigheaded.” Man is not that rational after all. He is greatly swayed by emotions, and it is through language that he is emotionally exploited....		Two words about one Parsi IN his Of Mice and Men (Dawn, Nov 21; Two Parsis), Hafizur Rahman has written about the violent revolutionary, Bhikaiji Rustom Kama (Cama). Officially known as Madame Cama, she figured prominently...
CHAPTERS FROM HISTORY: Lincoln: a study in greatness Incredibly though, Lincoln, whom H.G. Wells calls “the striking phenomenon in modern history”, was little appreciated in his own time. Not to speak of his momentous decisions and actions, even his...		POINT OF VIEW: The Kamal-i-Fun award THE sense of frustration and consequent anger caused by the announcement of the Kamal-i-Fun Award for Mushtaq Yusufi and Ahmad Faraz seems to be gradually subsiding. And now, I feel constrained...
Winning laurels for Pakistan They returned with a rich haul of medals — 45 in all — the Pakistan women swimmers, belittling the assessment of sports authorities and exhibiting excellence and determination in the recently-concluded...		First to kayak across the North Atlantic AS a former soldier, Peter Bray took on many tough assignments with the British Army, but none like the one he has just accomplished as a civilian — crossing the threatening...
THROUGH THE COVERS: Paper tigers aren’t even paper tigers POOR India! It was hoping to regain at home the ground it had lost in South Africa, and was quite confident as Indian teams have generally excelled under home conditions, but...		Charms and Amulets “IF wishes were horses, beggars might ride.” Notwithstanding the adage, humans, either because of their frailty or insatiety, have and will continue to cry for the moon!...
The Muslim woman voyager While browsing through the book Musaferan-i-London (London Voyagers) by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan — the account of his trip to England and stay there — one comes across a strange character,...		NEWSMAKER ARGENTINEAN president Fernando De la Rua recently submitted his resignation, following the collapse of his government....