March 27, 2005

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The myth of history DOES mythology have anything to do with history? Is mythology synonymous with history? Or is history mythology?...		A new world of knowledge SOME people say, history is to a nation what memory is to an individual. But to limit the process of historical writing and interpretation to fulfil certain needs and aspirations of a particular nation or a state is a folly for which that very nation eventually pays a heavy price....
Supermen of the subcontinent IN common context or terminology, supermen happen to be muscular and strong like Samson and Hercules who come to the help of ailing humanity, and save men, women and children...		Shattered dreams LIKE millions of Americans, I have been watching the American Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) popular quiz programme Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for the last three years. I have always wanted...
NET-CLIP: Beautiful flowers FLOWERS are for every occasion. They are the best gift, sentiment expressed to a person when he or she is sad, happy or simply depressed. Flowers take care of every occasion...		The VVIP cabaret THE urban life of Karachi city is turning into a non-stop, 24-hour a day, seven days a week “Reality TV” broadcast; directed, produced and performed by the VVIP mafias...
A national monument PERCHED along the slopes of the rugged mountains of Ziarat, sparsely covered by the large juniper forests in the world, at an elevation of over 7000ft, the Ziarat Rest House, where...		Calm and cool Oslo MENTAL peace, low crime rate, no environmental and noise pollution and well managed traffic discipline are enough to fascinate a Pakistani who lands in Oslo especially from the cosmopolitan city like Karachi....
DIARY OF A VAGABOND: Dancing in the desert “SAIN TARAR, there is a limit to indecency, may Allah forgive her, look at her closely. She is hardly wearing any thing and the way she is shaking her body, Toba...		A medically brittle nuclear power A NUMBER of MBBS doctors are being produced in Pakistan who are neither well educated and nor well trained. Majority of them lack all the necessary skills and talent that one would expect off a qualified doctor...
HOT SEAT Like the well-known maxim, better late than never, it can also be never too early to start anything. But Ali Zafar’s humble beginnings can very well said to be somewhere between...		Seeds of discord DHAKA was tense. So were other towns and cities of East Pakistan. It was not a lull before the storm. The storm was already in the vicinity....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: Who was Will? SO, who was he? Or — since one never employs the past tense while referring to creative people — should one ask, who is he? William Shakespeare (1564-1616), known to some...		POINT OF VIEW: Whipping up a controversy IT was, perhaps, for the first time after partition of the subcontinent that some distinguished writers from Pakistan and India, assisted by scholars of Urdu from England, Russia and Germany, gathered...
The maharajas of cricket MAHARAJA Fatehsinh Rao Gaekwad of Baroda was a very successful manager of the Indian cricket team touring Pakistan in the 1970’s. But despite his regal background...		THROUGH THE COVERS: Consistency of a different kind AS I write these lines, the third Test has just started and has already taken the path that is now so consistently associated with a Pakistan innings. Captain Inzamamul Haq and...
Preparing the juniors SINCE Pakistan and India aren’t anymore the world hockey powers, the recent victory in the of our-nation hockey tournament in Lahore was blown out of proportion. Our victory hungry administrators really...		VIEW FROM AMERICA: The infinite jest PLUS Ca Change, Plus C’est La Meme Chose — the more it changes, the more it changes to the same thing, says Voltaire...
A test of patience With reference to the article A test of patience (February 27), I want to point out that pilgrims are suppose to go by feet, rather than wasting their time by sitting...		NEWSMAKER Name:IT always helps to have a famous last name, especially if the name is popular in the showbiz world. Kiera Chaplin, the granddaughter of iconic actor Charlie Chaplin...