May 15, 2005

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The technosexual is here While metrosexuals worry over their looks and how they carry themselves around, their mod-squad cousins, the technosexuals, represent the Wild Wild East, toting their mobile phones as their ultimate weapon of...		Myth of Aab-i-Hayat THE nearest equivalent, not translation of, Aab-i-Hayat in English is nectar, the drink of gods. Aab-i-Hayat is made up of two words, Aab and Hayat. Aab means water and Hayat means life. Thus, it denotes the ‘drink of life.’ It sustains, perpetuates, and extends life...
The language of silence WHAT is silence? Absence of speech or a means of communication? Rebellion against words or surrender to authority? Symbol of power or powerlessness? This seven-letter word can be compared to a...		A peerless pir Every year, a great many people visit the mazar of Sirkutta Pir, located near women’s jail Larkana. Women in particular visit the mazar so that their dreams may come true. They...
Huff and puff RUNNING the risk of sounding like a hypochondriac confined to the isolated room of a house because of his love for cheap brands, I begin this piece by saying I am...		Woes of school transportation Early in morning, or at mid-afternoon, images of worn out, noisy and overloaded vans of ancient makes and models, carrying school children with perspiring faces, are most tormenting....
Plan your wedding You have thought about it since you were a little girl. When playing with your Barbie doll, you pictured yourself and dreamed of being swept away by your prince charming. Though...		The changing Geneva It is as expensive as it was years ago. But Switzerland’s most famous city is showing signs of disparity that it hadn’t seen before...
MOSAIC: Artificial chemical substances — a product of modern times — are all around us and inevitably find their way into our bodies. Our babies receive their first dose when they are still in their mothers’ wombs....		Is there a free media? May 3, is a date that celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost...
Yet another gamble Failing to arrest the overall decline of sports in the country, mainly because of the incompetence of the PSB and the POA, some time ago the federal government announced the first...		Safer coronary interventions Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. CAD together with Cerebrovascular Diseases (CVD) accounts for over a quarter of all deaths in the adult population globally....
Hot Seat Shehryar is known for his popular lyrics that he penned for the classic Indian flick Umrao Jaan, made by renowned director Muzaffar Ali. The ghazal Inn aankhon ki masti ke mastaane...		Shades of morality MUCH was written on Thomas Hardy in the first half of the 20th century and continues to be written in modern times. This piece is intended neither to present something new about Hardy....
Father and son IN the past, Indian classical music relied very much on the family system. Great maestros treated their musical knowledge as family property. They bequeathed this property to their sons. These sons...		Kashif deserved a better deal FOR someone who has represented the country in two Olympics, Kashif Jawad was certainly not treated with the respect that he deserved either by Pakistan Hockey Federation or its selection committee...
Surprises may be in store UST as Pakistan is getting ready for its scheduled assignment against the West Indies, the latter also seems to be getting into the act by way of several players regaining form...		What else is new? RECENT rottweiler attacks in Pakistan’s parliament call for cheer. More power to the Public Accounts Committee’s retired major Tanvir Hussain Syed. Bravo Baig — Senator Enver that is....