January 30, 2005

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A seething cauldron of dissent STRANGE are the ways of politics. Oftentimes political situations make heroes out of villains and villains are turned into resistance fighters overnight. These days, when one looks at what is going on in Balochistan, one instantly recalls the events of 1972 and onwards when about 80,000 army troops were deployed in the region to crush a Baloch uprising in the hills....		They die with dignity THE depth of heroic life of a legend is revealed at the time of his passing away from this world. The parting moments in which one embarks upon the inevitable journey towards an unknown destination finally unfolds the mythical manner in which a life was lived. Fear of death bears no meaning for him. He feels calm from within...
One fine evening STROLLING near the corner of an eating centre at Clifton in Karachi, I was pondering on how busy these eating places were and that how much money people spent when...		Aging with grace GROWING older could mean growing healthier. I say this because after retirement you have less stress and strain, and you also have much more time to take care of yourself....
The disappearing Lahore ACCORDING to historian Abu-al-Fazal, Lahore is the grand resort of all nations; centuries of devastation and destruction couldn’t remove its architectural legacy — bathhouses, Nakhlai, audience halls etc. However, the city’s most remarkable architectural period came when Sheikh Illmuddin Ansari was made the governor of this Mughal city....		The worst of Hollywood I HAVE been watching movies for as long as I can remember. Staying up late in the nights, glued to the screen, the movie watching experience is something that I...
Beautiful Copenhagen FOR a student, an opportunity to attend a conference in Denmark brings with it the obvious bonus of visiting Europe. Of course I made the most of the visit....		Combating FMD THE unprecedented outbreak of a debilitating trans-boundary disease like the Foot-and-Mouth Disease has dug economic graves for our impecunious, indigent dairy farmers, who have been toiling relentlessly without respite to scarcely make both ends meet....
Back from the Yellow Devil “THANK GOD, I have returned to my civilized world, from that uncivilized world.” These were the very first words that my dear and departed wife uttered — departed...		A city without guns WHAT would the world look like without weapons? Very safe. At least Karachi would be a peaceful, more colourful and safer city, with no gun-toting individuals around....
Father and son AS is well-known, in 1658 Aurangzeb deposed his father, the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan who was confined to Agra fort where he lived for nine years. What is not generally known...		In search of individuality ONCE Dr Saleem Akhtar gave a piece of advice to Mashkoor Husain Yad: “Mashkoor, keep on writing the way you do, and never pay attention to what others say about it.”...
Hot Seat HE was young when he arrived in Pakistan in 1946 and since then the story of serving humanity has been going on. Always clad in simple attire, wearing an innocent smile...		The women cricket saga AFTER failing in its endeavour to set the house in order, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is trying to bring everybody under one roof in order to sort out women’s cricket issue and create a separate wing, on an all Pakistan basis, under its umbrella....
Genius at work DURING the recently concluded series with Bangladesh, India’s master batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, smashed an unbeaten 248 in the first Test. In the process, he equalled the record of the other Indian...		In search of a team and a captain THERE are not many who would remember the incredulous victory that the young Pakistani team brought to Pakistan by crushing the much-touted English side, on its first visit to England. It...
Read their lips with care ON every media buff’s lips is Pakistan. And for all the wrong reasons too. Repeating the word ‘freedom’ 27 times and ‘liberty’ 15 in his inaugural address last week, the world’s most powerful man went into an overdrive against tyrannical leaders who denied democracy, human rights and justice to their people....		Giving it up MUST really give up ‘giving things up’. I am getting to be so minimalist as I grow older that I could end up qualifying as a Tibetan monk. TV is the latest sacrifice. I have been always fond of old movies since my college days...
Fun with food HAVE you ever heard the expression, vedi Napoli, e poi muori (see Naples, and die)? The Lahorites have the equivalent in, ‘unless you have seen Lahore, you aren’t born.’ Countering Descartes,...		The elusive peace WITH reference to Prof. Shamim Akhtar’s interview The elusive peace (January 16), he audaciously asserts that Yasser Arafat was a statesman of the stature of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Gandhi....
MOSAIC: Airline water contaminated WATER on some of the commercial airplanes, entering the US, may not be fit for drinking or even hand-washing, a preliminary federal study has found....		Newsmaker FOR three decades, Johnny Carson tucked millions of Americans to bed as the host of the Tonight Show aired on weeknights. On the good nights, he was the best thing one could go to bed with — on the best nights, he was the best. He was affable, charming, accessible and amusing and with a comfortable presence...