January 28, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Fiddling with impressionable minds There is a limit to what an individual may do to help children avoid or overcome the effects of media violence. Such a task requires a collective effort by society in general and media gurus in particular.... Extracts from forgotten history reproduce here a few extracts from the scattered pages of our history. These extracts will take you back in an era around 1935 when the British had introduced India Act of 1935... Life and light go together There is a Chinese maxim according to which the one who often rides the tiger ends up inside it. Man, being the sublime creature of God, faces different challenges on a regular basis.... Being private in public It was indeed shocking. In fact, each time it crops up it feels more shocking than before. Wearing an evening outfit that revealed more than what it covered, there was an... Food, food and more of it Roaming around the streets of Karachi, nothing can be mroe fun than having a dinner out with your friends. For a metropolis that is home to millions of people spread across... Festival mood Recently, the Sindh Sea Festival, sponsored by the Sindh Culture Department, was held at the Beach Park in Karachi. According to the organisers, the reason for arranging such an event was... Lovely Larkana Larkana is one of the oldest cities in the province of Sindh. Here one can find traces of the great Indus Valley civilisation -- Mohenjodaro to its south, cities of Sukkur,... Dubai’s concrete mirage Street and Bond Street in London The traffic in Dubai nowadays moves throughout the day at the speed of camel caravan -- slowly, head to tail, in seemingly endless streams of single-minded commerce... Tourism tamasha Once upon a time a full-fledged prime minister of Pakistan visited the Northern Areas to hear out the grievances of the populace. Wherever he went the locals complained about a certain... The fatal fat Obesity is a word that is used to describe people who are clinically overweight. It is a serious health problem. Recently the World Health Organisation... Hot Seat Like most talented artists, Ibrahim Rajput has been an artist since his childhood. His work was first exhibited in 1965 in Hyderabad. And after a huge gap of 40 years... The evolution of western thought Undoubtedly, western thought has contributed a great amount of its efforts in search of facts about the human capability of understanding things in a highly intelligent style, and surviving in the most satisfying condition.... What a set-up! Please recall the bad old days, the recently ended hot era of the Cold War that raged senselessly between the bullying behemoths of the East and the West... The rebirth of Fahmida Riaz “While engaged in reading Diwan-e-shams Tabrizi, the reader is in a state of ecstasy and at the same time is caught up with a sense of awe.... Run, Lahore run! The third International Lahore Marathon -- which is gradually gaining global recognition -- was successfully organised recently.... Let us enjoy while we can FIRST thing first; nothing succeeds like success and the victory in the second Test needs to be celebrated and enjoyed with the protocol that it deserves.... A remarkable victory The other day, one saw the man with a gentle smile on his face and a heart of gold at the peak of his game. Yes, one is referring to Inzamamul... A setback off the field THE recent Asian Hockey Federation elections turned out to be quite a disaster for the Pakistani contingent in Malaysia that had gone there in support of its candidates.... The lengthening shadow of ‘doctrine of necessity’ Having no prior permission to name him, he shall remain nameless. However, this retired civil servant made a telling remark last week... From Here, There, and Everywhere BEIRUT: Lebanese supporters of opposition parties burn tires to block a street. At least two people were wounded when gunmen fired at men trying to block roads at dawn on Jan... Mosaic 2007 to be the warmest year: This year is set to be the hottest on record worldwide due to global warming and the El Nino weather phenomenon, Britain’s Meteorological Office said... Newsmaker Name: Art Buchwald: Art Buchwald was the greatest humourist of his age, and Senator Edward Kenney called him, “the Mark Twain of our time.... Health Interactive QMy son is almost four years old and he still takes milk from a bottle at night when he sleeps, sometimes during his afternoon naps too. I tried to stop giving him the feeder but he refused... From the scrapbook This week we are presenting items related to Mohterma Fatema Jinnah, kept safely for more than 40 years by our readers. While Khwaja Muhammad Bashir Butt was a student of Punjab... The Muslim League Apropos The League lingers on (December 24, 2006), the first session of the Muslim League took place in Dacca on December 30, 1906. The Muslim League was founded three months earlier in the Viceregal Lodge of Simla, on October 1, 1906....

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