October 14, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Tradition and modernity As children we used to rush to the terrace to sight the Eid moon. Once it was sighted, we would pray and go around the house greeting the elders with the phrase Chand Mubarak.... Moonstruck! Through Ramazan, I struggle with attempts to fulfill my religious duties and obligations along with unbelievably short banking hours, people with a holier-than-thou attitude, short tempers and a tendency to consider it their birthright to interfere and comment on your beliefs;... Shop till you flop In our hectic, day-to-day grind, one of the most refreshing and fun things to do is Eid shopping. And it is not a woman’s perspective alone.... Do as Muslims do Have you looked around the city recently? In the newspapers, perhaps? Wait, you must have seen it on TV! The boy praying fervently, the man holding rosary beads, the iftar setting — many companies take advantage of the holy month of Ramazan to market their own products in a holy way.... Needs no proof What was once ridiculed as a myth has eventually emerged as a hard fact of life testified by scientific research.... Crime detection A murder has been committed. The victim and his blood stained clothes present at the scene of crime, will provide clues to detect the criminal and the weapon. A six-year old boy’s pitiful little shalwar has been sent from the hospital for examination of semen stains.... Amnesty imbroglio To my utter dismay the other day I read that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is planning to withdraw almost 507 cases that were supposed to be investigated against some politicians, government servants, businessmen, and ex-officers of the armed forces.... Riding Ramazan and Eid Most people know where Sin City is and what it implies but for those who don’t – it’s Las Vegas. When people hear that I live in Las Vegas their jaw... A Triestine treat Trieste, the capital of Italy’s northeastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, besides being a port town, is a city full of political, religious and cultural history. It shares its border with Slovenia. A friend of mine who basically needed a book that should frankly be titled... Chinks in Aurangzeb’s armour Aurangzeb Alamgir, the last great Mughal Emperor, died in 1707. He left a vast empire, which soon began to disintegrate as soon as he passed away because it could not be managed and administered by his successors.... Indulge your sweet tooth The month of fasting (or was it feasting?) has come and gone; we’ve had our pakoras and eaten them too -- now it’s time for dessert and that also all day!... Justice delayed is justice denied? Until two years back, Manu Bheel was a pessimist, comtemplating suicide in despair that he would ever see his nine kidnapped family members again. However, the re-instatement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan,... The space race ONE: Fifty years ago in October, the Soviet Union took a head start in the space race, leaving its competitor, the United States behind by launching the first artificial satellite in space.... Combating MRSA — a potential killer These days, the University of Southern California ''s football players might seem more like fussy disciples of the TV detective Monk than scrappy athletes. They use paper towels on the practice field and at games, and they shower before setting foot in the training room.... With a broken heart Heart disease is rampant in Pakistan as in the rest of the developed and developing world. Previously it was believed that heart disease did not affect women as badly as it affected men. But studies have now proved that heart disease does not discriminate between genders,... Anger management Anger and heart disease go hand in hand, states a recent issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. Moderate anger is acceptable and can be good for health as it acts as an outlet.... Controversy is served Two years ago, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver expressed horror at the Turkey twizzlers being served in Britain''s school cafeterias and equated many school lunches to a four-letter word for the ultimate byproduct of all meals.... Exclusion, inclusion, confusion The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had to receive a lot of flak for dropping the ICC Test Player of the Year, Mohammad Yousuf, from the national cricket team for the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup.... Kaka’s charisma Brazilians love their soccer. Not only has Brazil won the World Cup five times (most by any country), it is also the biggest producer of quality footballers as its players can... The real test When Pakistan goes abroad to play a cricket series, there is always the fear that the players might struggle on bouncy, seaming tracks.... There should be no misgivings Some mediamen seem to be a tad confused about the rebuilding phase that Pakistan hockey is going through.... A legacy stained IT was one peach of a career that lasted 16 years, starting way back in November 1991 when he made his ODI debut against the visiting West Indians at Lahore.... Post card from Virginia Our relationship at first was very stormy. It began with a hostile email. Syed Javed Qamer wrote an angry email to me about one of my articles that incensed him enough to write: “Tomorrow is Pakistan''s birthday.... Mehndi in freezing temperatures The Muslims of Toronto should be happy that this year’s Eid celebrations are complimented by the hottest fall season recorded to date.... Living on one’s own Once upon a time, when I was a single woman in my 20s, a friend, in her 30s, decided to set up house on her own. In those times it seemed odd to me that with her parents in the same city, she was moving out all on her own.... LETTERS: Navigating a friendship breakup This is with reference to Julia Feldmeir''s article Navigating a friendship breakup (Oct 7, 2007). Friendship is a beautiful bond between individuals. It is this bond that enables us to sail smoothly through thick and thin in life....

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