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Shocking, but ... IT is almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you repeatedly fear often happens. That has been the psychological state...		Faith betrayed FAITH is a multi-meaning word. It is not restricted to a person’s faith in religion alone. It is a diverse word employing more than one definition. It indicates a person’s faith in dispensation of justice in his own...
Happy memories MY cousin, whom I had never met before, was coming for the first time to Karachi. She was supposed to have a brief stopover and had two hours at her disposal....		Criminal negligence If a child is not born normal, it has to be accepted as God’s will. But if a child, who is born beautiful, intelligent and normal, turns blind, can’t talk and...
Commercialized children Do advertising and consumerism make our children sick? Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture...		Writing on the wall In Karachi, ugliness manifests itself in many forms. Wall chalking is one activity that has rendered almost every boundary...
Mouth-watering delight There was a time when too many cooks used to spoil the broth — but no more. At least not in the world of the Internet...		The terrain of adventure The temperature at Blue Mountain Ski Resort, Collingwood, Canada, exceeded minus 30 degrees Celsius and a distinct scent...
Mosaic To many, Mother’s Day means three things: brunch, a card and flowers. But few doting sons and daughters realize that producing those pretty posies is one of the most pesticide- and poison-intensive...		A treasure of sorts The other day I was rummaging through the contents of an old trunk full of those utterly useless things which you do not...
Uncontrollable urge I was waiting for my haircut and was constantly pushing the assigned girl to hurry up as I could be called from the hospital anytime. But before I could finish my statement...		Hot Seat After a very long time Pakistan’s cricket team now has a left-handed middle order batsman who can handle pressure situations quite well. Yes, one’s referring to Asim Kamal....
An imposing edifice A glorious building, a magnificent place to live, an image of its owners and a masterpiece of architecture...		Against our grain IT has already been hinted in this column that writers in general, the younger ones in particular, are these days most unhappy with the...
A transformed person A DEVIL can turn into a saint only if Allah wants so. And that is exactly what happened to a rich man of Basra, Habib, who used to lend money to people at high rates of interest....		Changing times As they say, once a sportsman, always a sportsman. So is the case with Imran Khan. Retiring after bringing home the converted World...
Australians are back THE emphatic manner in which the Australians bulldozed the England team in the last two of the three-match One Day challenge has taken the wind out of the English sails....		London gets the Games Last week was both sweet and sour for London. First the city turned jubilant after being voted as hosts of the 2012 Olympics...
Disgrace, disaster, debacle THIS is a column which does not need to be actually written. I say this because the all important scoreline has already spoken...		JFK anyone? Ask anyone where he was the day Jack Kennedy was shot and most will remember. Why? Never before has an American entered...
Newsmaker It was supposed to be the American space agency’s star vehicle, the shuttle’s grand return to form. And there was no reason...		Health Interactive Q I have a four-year old daughter. She has been experiencing seizures since her birth. She was born after an elective C-section with no pre-birth problems....