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Some home truths about: FEUDALISM It is wrong to assume that throwing the landowners out and giving the land to the people is going to have the effect that people imagine....		The tale of terror Throughout history, invaders transform into usurpers, who later put on the garb of reformers Locale of the story: Any that comes to your mind Era: One that you deem suitable...
With a little support ... BEING a girlchild has never been a problem in my family. One of the reasons for this healthy attitude is that my father had lost his mother while he was an infant....		A bizarre bazaar Thinking that Defence’s Sunday bazaar would be a sophisticated one, a couple of weeks ago I set out to explore it. It turned out to be a strange kind of experience....
A strange situation It is probably an understatement that ever since the war on terrorism started, the Muslims have been in the spotlight and will probably stay there for a long time....		The useless Net While the Internet has been important in bridging the geographical divides that rule our world, it has also given a number of us the opportunity to come up with some of...
Ruins of historyTilla Jogian Tilla Jogian has a rich historical background that needs to be preserved by ourauthorities. Located at 3,200ft above sea level, Tilla Jogian is the highest peak of the Salt Range, which is known for its temples, forts and fossilized rocks and trees....		Books, books, books ... Have you ever wondered how it might feel working with books? Not just a book or two, but loads of them which you need to stack away and catalogue....
Famous libraries of the world Alexandria Library: The most famous library of antiquity was Alexandria, believed to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter (Ptolemios) who reigned until 248BC. It was originally conceived not as a...		A tale of two cities Bangalore and Hyderabad are two Indian cities that have done wonders in the field of technology. s someone who has lived most of his life in the north of the subcontinent, the fascination of visiting the south had been haunting me in my twilight years. ...
The houses of my dream Most readers must have gone through a short story by Leo Tolstoy, which I consider to be one of the best short stories ever written. The title eludes me but most likely it is How Much Land a Man Needs....		All about care Through palliative care, the quality of a patient’s life can be improved Palliative care, a relatively new specialty in medicine, deals with the care of the terminally ill or those who have chronic diseases that have no cure. While traditionally all efforts are geared towards prolonging life and seeking cure, here symptom management and comfort are the main focus....
Health Interactive QMy husband has Type 2 diabetes since the last five years and he is on medicine. Initially, he had controlled his blood glucose with very low carbohydrate diet, taking no sugar,...		Hot Seat Children are rarely exposed to books, music, and political and literary discussions at an early age when they can’t even understand them. They are usually kept away from these things and...
Flawed population control ideas Our family planning ideas are deeply flawed. It’s time the authorities concerned reviewed their plans in this regard...		A polished expression POETS can be classified in different ways. But here I am concerned with the sort of classification which tells us about two varieties of poets — those who are spontaneous and...
WWII and freedom movement The World War II is the most ignoble part of history which ended 60 years ago, bringing killings, misery and usurpation. It was the costliest armed conflict in human history, affecting most of the countries in the world....		Nothing succeeds like success The level of hockey Pakistan produced in the final was something to be proud of. It is a pity that we can produce such stuff so rarely....
A sheer blunder by ICC selectors THE electric passion generated by the intense on-going Ashes contests has overshadowed to a great extent the other events taking place around the cricketing world. The Test series between the West...		Gallop all the way Every Sunday, particularly when horse races are organized for coveted cups, all roads lead to the Karachi Race Club (KRC), located on the outskirts of the city where lovers of horse racing gather in big numbers....
The storytellers of Harvard-I These days at Harvard, storytelling has stepped out of the printed pages and become a live art. Going up to the ticket window at Harvard Square, I ask for reservations for a day trip to Newport in Rhode Island. Robert, the clerk asks for my photo ID and I give him my driver’s license. He looks at it and then looks at my face. ..		Newsmaker On what was one of the biggest and the most expensive stage ever assembled for a rock show, The Rolling Stones opened their 31st global tour in Boston, on Sunday last, some 43 years since they first started performing — the longest uninterrupted run of any outfit in rock history. ...
MOSAIC There is now more awareness of the intimate linkage between the environment and health outcomes. Environmental risks disproportionately affect poor households, and it is poor children and women who are shouldering an unfair share of this burden. ...		From Here, There, and Everywhere Russian hot air balloons fly over the golden crosses of the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathidral during the 5th International Cup of Moscow region. In 2004, this event, sanctioned by the FAI, was categorized as a sporting event....