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Barely disguised AFTER the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and the Soviet bloc disintegrated two years later the term globalization gained currency with unprecedented rapidity. It is now employed routinely by academics...		Visions of a better world MICHAEL ALBERT is best known internationally as one of the founders of Znet, an internet-based alternative resource of news analysis, research and discussion forums on a range of issues from War on Terrorism...
Presidential stories ONE of our Presidents was fond of women and wine,” Chacha Tawakkul said. “His weakness was fully exploited by high-ranking bureaucrats, his immediate subordinates and businessmen. Every night, I saw them arrive with women for the pleasure of the President...		On the road once again I AM on the road again, after an absence of almost two years. Islamabad-Lahore Motorway is once again the link between my abode and my place of business. I have been in motion all my life, travelling most...
News, news, more news THOUGH you probably have access to about 50 channels on your cable TV, subscribe to a daily newspaper and maybe even listen to the news on the radio now and then...		A Hyde Park of our very own MANY cities in different countries around the world have earned fame for their unique topographical features, historic landmarks and the political and social dispensations of their residents. The Paltan Maidan of...
Dying hopes behind the stone walls THREE to four children, who were sweeping the wide road leading to the barracks, ran into the corner as the disciplinary whistle was blown by one of the officials. Small, gnarled hands of these vulnerable kids aged between 14 to 16 years were busy....		Protection from marine pollution A LOT of hue and cry has been raised by different quarters regarding the marine pollution caused owing to the grounding of the oil tanker Tasman Spirit in the Karachi Harbour Channel. Subsequently...
A stroll in heaven DOWN below, way down below were the mirror waters of Lulusar reflecting those clouds that had discharged a heavy downpour this morning, almost jeopardizing our first day’s trek. The three pack-horses...		A cosmological twist NOBODY knows why the Greeks called the constellation of Sagittarius an arrow three millenniums ago. Perhaps, due to its location and direction that was visible with the naked eye, and then attributed...
Changing face of imperialism THE world has never remained free from imperialism. It has emerged from time to time in different forms and shapes. Sometimes, its slogan was ‘mission for civilization’ and sometimes its justification...		A mirror to Islamabad BORN in the rumpus and racket of the boisterous city of Lahore, I spent my childhood in sleepy and secluded Islamabad. In those days it served primarily as the den of...
Hot Seat DR NAJMA NAJAM, the Vice-Chancellor of Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, Rawalpindi, loves to watch movies. “I am a film fan, the older the movie, the better; black-and-white Pakistani, Indian, English, Japanese,...		Of pride and prejudice UP to the first three One-Day Internationals there have been three observations that I believe have been more significant than everything else that has taken place in the three matches. No matter what the result of the five match rubber...
The fallacy of ‘rebuilding’ SO far so good. That is all that can be said of the One Day series between Pakistan and South Africa, which, at the time of writing, stands at 2-1 in...		The majesty of Polo THE Northern Areas of Pakistan are recipients of the generosity of nature in the form of Chitral, Gilgit, and Sandur valleys. In these sky-high mountains when the glaciers melt, the music...
Out of place? ELOQUENTLY passionate, a New Yorker since 1963 when he arrived at Columbia to teach English, Edward Said sat with his legs crossed and his frail frame taut as he made a case for Palestinian freedom...		Tale of a few lectures TWO years after September 11, 2001, when the righteous indignation of Americans at the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon had cooled a bit, five Ivy League colleges decided to invite a Muslim sage to talk to them about why....
A victim of neglect TIME and again, our priceless artists, musicians, poets, painters and singers complain of neglect and of not being given their deserving place. Stories are repeatedly published in the press about artists...		Through the covers WITH reference to Zaheer Abbas’ regular column, Through the covers, I would like to express my offence on the PCB part....
MOSAIC: Dangers of power lines FOR many years there has been great concern about the possible health effects of electric and magnetic fields. People living beneath high voltage power-lines have attributed a variety of illnesses from...		Newsmaker JUST as his latest movie, Terminator 3, drew crowds and filled in the cash registers at cinema hall, Arnold Schwarzenegger had Californians pouring into polling booths to vote for him as their new governor...