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Sweet and sour The sugar crisis is an emotional, sensitive and political issue. A small increase in prices had led to the end of the Ayub era in 1969....		A train to Karachi He was in his seventies. His movement betrayed his rheumatic knees and an aching back. He was on his way to the train that would take him to Karachi....
The cartoon controversy For decades, cartoons have been used as a means to convey humorous content. No one can forget the magic of Charles Shultz and his comic strip Peanuts, which over the years has garnered great fan-following....		The culture of community living Although more and more people in Karachi are opting for apartments in highrise buildings rather than villas and bungalows, in most cases, for security reasons, apartment dwellers are found to be unaware of the norms of community living....
The flu that we all fear It wasn’t exactly the type of headline that I was looking for. Actually, no body wanted to read it, but it was there and it announced what all had feared was coming our way....		Back on track With the resumption of the rail link between Khokrapar and Munabao, a lot of families living on either side of the border are finding it easy to meet their relatives through...
Playing with fire They came with stones and sticks in their hands and attacked every citizen who came in their way. After setting two churches on fire they attacked every shop and burnt bicycles that were trying to go past them....		A feast for the eyes As our plane banked while approaching Beijing, the Great Wall swung into view. Like a dragon lying along the high peaks of China, it was sunning itself one final time in the late October...
Plundering in the name of protest Little did the cartoonist sitting behind the desk in Copenhagen know what havoc his movement of hands will create in the times to come. He had penned death warrants in the form of caricatures months before the effects started showing....		Seeking justice from the grave Riaz Bibi received speedy justice only four years after her death. The Zamir family just lost its home, their earning engine — the taxi — and nothing else because they had nothing else to lose. Acquiring justice is quite straight forward...
Hot Seat The author of six books on history and geography of various areas of Pakistan, Salman Rashid’s travel writings were well received in the knowledge-friendly circles of the country....		Media manipulation TV influences the gullible minds like no other medium of communication, and it is something that can often create a negative effect...
An earthly black hole Crime and punishment have run together ever since the dawn of civilization. To punish crime and correct the criminal, different measures were practised by the power that be, one of which has been isolation in prisons....		A sensitive writer from Hindustan IMMEDIATELY after the return of the cricket-crazy Indian crowd, we had the good luck to welcome a different kind of Indian guest. She was Dr Kusum Ansal, well known to us as a Hindi novelist of good merit....
Not out of the woods yet The victory over Pakistan in the One Day series has come just at the right time for India and its high-profile coach Greg Chappell who is still somewhat struggling to come...		An exception of sorts BE it a nation or a team, the theory of rise and fall applies uniformly. Well, more or less, if not always. Take for example, the West Indies, which rose to...
Good, but should have been better AS was expected, Pakistan defeated India 4-1 in the six-Test series, with two of the matches ending without a winner. The national team deserves a pat on the back for having achieved the immediate target....		Yours truly, friend of Pakistan The way to peace among nations is to affect the ordinary people who need decent shelter, food, education and healthcare...
MOSAIC The dramatic and, in some cases damaging, environmental changes sweeping Africa’s lakes are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas. Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The Atlas...		Newsmaker Claim to fame: The first Japanese, and Asian, to win the Olympic figure-skating gold Just when it seemed that the Japanese team would be returning home without any medals in the Winter Olympics,...
Health Interactive QI am a 16-year old girl. In a health magazine, I read about anorexia nervosa. I seem to have most of the symptoms, but I’m not underweight....		From Here, There, and Everywhere SEVILLE: A duck swims in the Guadalquivir river. The Spanish government has launched a new plan to test birds in Seville’s parks for the H5N1 virus as Spain lies on the flight path of migratory birds to northern Europe....