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The Orkut experience Gaining notoriety recently when an Indian court served them notice over a hate campaign against India that featured on the social network service, the virtual community on the internet has hundreds...		To err is human We often read stories about faith-related trials that leave us baffled. Haunted by certain questions, we keep wandering from place to place and from person to person in search of convincing answers...
Senior citizens: opportunities and problems Two or three decades ago, the lifespan of senior citizens was considered to be less than 60 years. Senior citizens, since time immemorial, have enjoyed the love, affection and respect of their children and grandchildren....		An adventurer of a different kind Richard is a cyclist. For quite some time he’s been on a solo mountain biking trip to India, Pakistan, China, Tibet and Nepal....
Unheard voices Child trafficking and child labour have been plaguing our country for long, but the authorities don’t seem to be too bothered about the issue...		A net for the children Ask any well-meaning, stressed out parent, keeping the children busy at all times and keeping them out of trouble is really a difficult proposition. What with all the energy that the...
Visiting Vienna A couple of months ago, I visited Vienna, Austria, with my family. My knowledge of the city prior to this trip was limited. I only knew that Viennese coffee was good and that the city was the home...		Literary wanderings For once I had absolutely nothing to do — no deadlines to meet, no TV recordings, no dictatorship and no democracy. A bald headed eagle flew over the lush green golf course and disappeared in the nearby marshy forest....
Unexplained symptoms On October 8, 2005, a severe earthquake struck the Northern Areas of Pakistan, as a result of which 73,000 people lost their lives. The quake also left 3.5-million people homeless,...		Hot Seat Najeebullah Anjum, a versatile actor, was born in the historic city of Peshawar in 1955. Bred and educated in this historical city, he believes he was born to be an actor....
Social alienation These ground-breaking technologies have also been bringing different states and nationalities together. However, within communities and countries, it’s been observed that people are becoming more and more lonely and isolated....		Story of Magna Carta The Magna Carta, signed by a medieval monarch of England, led to the establishment of constitutional rule and laws of governance. The outfall of the Magna Carta took shape over a...
The festival of Kalidas Out of the blue came the invitation that appeared like a God-sent opportunity to visit a city, which, in my imagination existed more in the realm of old tales and legends than in a geographical space....		The Ashes returns This time round, the famous Test series between Australia and England, known as the Ashes, will be played in Australia. Last year, English players won the Urn after a lapse of 16 years....
The rise & fall of player power THE victory at Lahore must have given a lot of heart to the national team and those who follow its fortunes closely. Coming as it did after a rather lengthy period, I am sure, it would have tasted that much sweeter....		In a shambles Pakistan cricket has had more than its fair share of vicissitudes. In a sense, the game has followed the trend one has so painfully witnessed the country patterning over the last many years: adhocism....
Clearing up the confusion I RECEIVED a few phone calls and a couple of emails after the publication of my column last week in which I had shared with the readers some of the...		US polls outcome and Pakistan If Pakistani leaders saw Bush the day after his party received a routing in both the houses of the US Congress, there is grief for them to wallow in. Gone was the snicker,...
Mosaic New research has proven that eating vegetables keeps the brain young and slows the mental decline associated with ageing. A six year study conducted on 2000 Chicago-area men and women over 65 years...		Newsmaker We are still a few years away from seeing a woman take over the White House but the first woman all set to take charge of the US House of Representative is here...
Health Interactive QI am 65 years of age and one of my last teeth on both lower and upper jaws is shaking and not properly secure. There is no cavity in the teeth but the gums have badly receded....		From Here, There, and Everywhere New York: New York Stock Exchange trader Matthew Schojam takes his daily meditation break outside the NYSE building on Wall Street. Schojam teaches meditation at September Space, a volunteer community organisation helping people affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks....
The view changes This is in further pursuance of the view expressed in a letter published on November 12, by S.R. Toori regarding Views from America by Anjum Naiz....		FROM THE Scrapbook Polly Umrigar, one of India’s cricketing stars, passed away in Mumbai on November 7 this year, at the age of 80. He gave this autograph to Parvez Rahim in the mid 1960s....