May 13, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Mothers of the world, unite! While the global medical community is doing much to contain it, the obesity epidemic is spreading like proverbial bushfire. It is time for mothers to play their vital role in turning... Confessions of a son My mother has dementia. She unknowingly repeats herself every two minutes and asks the same questions one after another, thinking each time that she is asking them for the first time.... Thus spoke Bhagwan Circumstances can sometimes drive man so close to irrationality that he starts to hallucinate... Grey matter Everybody knows that IQ is abbreviation for intelligence quotient — a measurement of a person’s intelligence that is calculated from the results of special test... A sugar junkie Every winter, I get sad. It is not the word sad to emphasise how miserable I get. It''s the rather appropriate acronym for the seasonal affective disorder.... The boat business Fishing has been a way of life for residents of Karachi since time immemorial. In fact, as the popular legend goes, the city itself was settled by Mai Kolachi as a fishing village.... A virus in your hand Last month saw hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis from all walks of life panicking over a cell phone virus hoax. It wasn’t a regular virus – instead it was one capable... Secret garden The sun is warm and gentle, and in the February chill (of Europe), it feels very welcoming. There are orange cats lolling on a grassy patch. A few pigeons... A city of book-lovers Going down memory lane, I remember during the good old school days every Sunday morning I would accompany my father to Saddar Bazaar, Rawalpindi, and spending a good two to three... Eat well, live well Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one cause of death worldwide. CAD and strokes account for more then 30 per cent of global mortality... Hot Seat Faisal Kapadia candidly confesses that apart from course textbooks, the number of books that he has read can easily be counted on the fingertips... House-sharing pests So you thought this was about people, right? Wrong. I''m not that brave ... not yet anyway. Much as I''d like to discuss the strange habits of the familiar... Islam’s influence on European progress Despite having many differences and diverse manifestations, great civilisations have been supporting each other in many ways, thereby sustaining their development process through the passage of time.... The facts behind the curtain It seems that at present each and every one of us is eager to talk about himself. So a flood of autobiographies. From among those received by me in recent months... The unremitting truth On an early spring day, a curious group of worshippers gathered at Makaleshwar Jyotirlinga, a famous Hindu temple in central India. They came not to pray for blessings... Blunders all around THE cricketing world is getting back to life after the World Cup. The West Indies is getting ready for its tour to England, the Indians are already in Bangladesh, the Australians... A record-setting power failure I WRITE these lines when the Azlan Shah tournament is only midway through, and, as such, there is hardly any point in discussing the performance of the team at this stage.... Transport trouble The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has allocated a hefty amount of Rs1.35 billion for adding one more lane to Shahrahea Faisal. The decision has been taken to facilitate the development of the controversial 25km-long Karachi Elevated Expressway (KEE).... Dying to tell their tales He died to tell his tale. They die to tell theirs. While Ayub Khan left in the void his diaries, saying they can only be published after his death, Sharifuddin Pirzada and Chaudhry... Mosaic US change clocks to help environment: Energy-guzzling Americans will cut greenhouse gas emissions by simply pushing forward the hands on their clocks. On March 11 the United States “sprang forward” one hour to daylight saving time... Newsmaker Name: Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia: Despite going its separate way more than three decades ago, Bangladesh is just not able to move out of the shadow of Pakistan, at least on the political front... Health Interactive QOne of my relative, who is 50 years of age, has been facing unusual kind of problems. He lives a normal life and has no physical disability and absolutely fine physically (they got him examined with different medical experts).... From the scrapbook This first day cover issued to mark the centenary of county cricket was posted 34 years ago and has since been kept safely by Syed Anwarul Huq.... Not so much of a deal This refers to the lead article on April 22 in the Magazine. The most important question that needs to be answered to get to the bottom of the deal saga is:...

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