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India shining? FOR quite a while now the images have been hard to ignore. India, supercomputer and investment portfolio in hand, has been surging ahead, feeling good, going places. The IT industry has become a world leader and major international...		Time to settle issues IT is a unique and hopeful moment in Indo-Pakistan history when the governments of both countries can count on the popular support within as well as the international community for the peace process. Time has come to move on, to not merely speak...
Wither my heritage IN our mystic quest, let us discuss heritage, an easily understood expression, from an absolutely different perspective. It opens new vistas in grasping its intrinsic meaning. Heritage, otherwise, is a common word that is frequently used in our every-day life. In its ordinary sense...		Education for all IN the midst of the furore over the non-availability of textbooks, Global Action Week was celebrated in Pakistan as part of a world-wide campaign for education. Organized by Pakistan Coalition of...
Power play IT IS very hot. The whole day, I was out doing various chores and was not able to read the newspaper. Tried to look at the main news and pictures but...		The quake of ’35 QUETTA, in the north-west corner of India, with a summer population of perhaps sixty or seventy thousand, died a violent convulsive death early on the morning of Friday, May 31, 1935...
The most beautiful gal COME June 1, the most beautiful girls in the universe will assemble in South America and vie for the title of the most beautiful girl in the Universe. Of course I...		Discovering Bangalore AMBLING down the streets of Bangalore, one gets an impression that the city is running short of space to accommodate it inhabitants; humans and automobiles alike....
Puffing your life away A DEBATE between a smoker and non-smoker usually ends in admittance by the smoker that although there are health risks associated with what he is doing, but being an adult (assuming the smoker is an adult!), one has the right to choose the good...		Newsmaker HARDLY anybody had forgotten the bashing President Bush recieved at the hands of filmmaker Michael Moore when the committee at Cannes decided that the US president was due for another round...
The fallacy of eugenism IN the 1960s, when the Pope said “it is a sin to bring a hungry mouth into this world” he did not mean that only rich parents had the right to have children. But what he meant was that parents should bear children to an extent that they can ensure their upbringing...		Did Tariq burn his boats? IN July 711 AD, Tariq bin Ziyad, under the instructions of the Governor of Mughrab, Musa bin Nasir, anchored off the shore of Spain. Thus began the era of Muslim rule...
Loss of a writer LITERARY talent alone is not enough to make a writer. To be more precise, a writer, in order to be a writer, stands in need of something more in addition to...		Hot Seat MOVIES, Muneeza Hashmi believes, have to be watched in a cinema hall to capture the ambience. “When I was young, Sunday Matinee was a very special event. We even had new...
Lords of the the ring AT the recently concluded Asian Olympic qualifying boxing tournament in Karachi, Pakistan managed to secure no less than three gold medals. By securing these top spots, Pakistan not only ensured its place...		England on the rise JUST like West Indies is gradually receding into oblivion as a world force, England appears to be...
A class act I FIRST met Bishen Singh Bedi in the summer of 1974, towards the end of the tour of the Pakistan team to England. I was the manager of the team. Bedi was playing county cricket for Northamptonshire, as was Mushtaq Mohammad who...		Hierarchy of human talents DO you know owning a parrot in the state of New Jersey requires a license? Never mind if it turns out to be a dumbo; he’s still categorized as an “exotic bird” and should he kick the bucket, the law says...
Homage to a legend PRESIDENT Fazal Elahi Chaudhry remained a bachelor till his death. Though he died at a ripe old age, a bachelor President is always eligible whether young or old. However, to his...		Men are from Mars WITH reference to the article, Men are from Mars (May 9), at the beginning of marriage, men frequently say that ‘Wife is life’ and after some years they say ‘Wife cuts...