July 29, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Dreams and icons Youth is a very special period in our lives, when hard facts of life grapple with our fantasies and when heavenly dreams clash with the prosaic realities of the marketplace.... Who to look up to? There have always been certain individuals who have defined a ‘generation’. The ‘90s were marked by the arrival of the Spice Girls, other boy bands and, outside the pop industry, by Monica Lewinsky.... Dashed hopes and frustration The query is: how long can one wait (for anything) without giving up one’s sanity?... On the sidelines People say if you are not an idealist by the time you are 18 you are a fool; and if you are still an idealist by the age of 30 you are an even bigger fool.... Tricky technology The evolution of modern technology has enabled us to do almost everything far more quickly and accurately than we could have ever imagined. It has also enabled us to use that... Storms in the political cauldron After months of gloom and doom the nation finally rejoiced. The reinstatement of Chief Justice is actually a silver lining in the dark clouds of conflict, bombings and despair that have hovered over the country in recent times.... Mind the meters Public outrage against the KESC’s ongoing practice of replacing old electric meters with new ones, without prior knowledge and presence of consumers, is mounting amid fears of electrocution.... The pride of Copenhagen Denmark is often looked down upon as one of the ‘Lilliputian states’ in Europe and does not occupy much space on the world map. The kingdom island (it is the oldest... Manoeuvring metabolism The rising incidence of obesity globally is a growing concern. It has called for new weight reduction technologies with quick results, states a recent issue of Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism.... Throw away your specs Contact lenses can easily be termed as the most important medical innovation catering to the vanity of human beings. Those, not blessed with a perfect six by six eye sight,... Conflict at work It’s that really horrid job-interview moment. “So why did you leave your last position?” What to say? “Because the people I sat next to were really horrible.”... Rites of Passage In the recent past, life in Karachi has changed dramatically, that too at a pace one could not have envisioned before. The city road network is a case in point.... Our forgotten Napoleon While heading towards the Allama Iqbal airport recently with a senior colleague who had once worked with the defunct BCCI, I was profusely amused by my colleague’s account of a close... Coffeehouses no more It was customary in the past for people to spend their leisure and free time in gatherings of friends and discuss day to day matters. Such opportunity was provided by taverns... Death of literature? Strangely enough, in the ongoing national turmoil the most disturbed soul from among the writers I have come across is one, who is sitting far away from our madding world shaken by bomb explosions and suicide attacks.... I scream for ice cream The inventor of ice cream – whoever he or she may be – must surely have earned a place in heaven for bringing joy to so many people’s lives.... Be original, for a change This week I would like to continue from where I had left last week. Let us take up a few more things that we have adopted without taking into consideration the real issues that concern Pakistan cricket.... Picking sides Sitting in the stands at Lord''s Cricket Ground in London, Jaiminie Purohit was enjoying a Test match between the country of her birth and what she calls the nation of her ‘roots’.... Patience pays off THESE days, the national hockey camp is on in Islamabad. Its purpose is to prepare the team for in an invitational tournament that’s going to be held in China next month.... Lack of commitment It seems that the reason for foreign players’ lack of participation in the next month’s Chief of the Air Staff Open Squash tournament is the events that recently took place in and around the Lal Masjid.... It’s Butt natural Pakistan cricket team vice-captain and opening batsman Salman Butt is known for his delicate wristwork. One could compare his batting style with Saeed Anwar, one of the greatest batsmen the world has ever seen.... Fierce attachments There are only so many feelings with which one can say how happy the man on the street is to see President Musharraf’s comeuppance. All feel that the Chief Justice didn’t deserve the shame meted out to him by the establishment.... On a wave of mutilation One sees symbols of ‘progress’ and they at once remind us of the ‘progressive’ and constructive legacies of the leaders who build them.... Camilla’s necklace and cannabis smokers Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall has turned 60. So, what? Well, for one she is the wife of the future king of England, Prince Charles. Here, turning 60 means pension and free pass on public transport.... Voters’ woes There are a few ways through which voters’ problems can be solved. The first is to delay the holding of general elections until the missing voters are issued computerised national identity cards (CNICs)....

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