April 13, 2008 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here LOAD-SHEDDING: Till power do us part At the wedding, the whole venue was engulfed in darkness, apart from the generator-fuelled lights illuminating the bride and groom in all their finery. So while it was totally dark for all the guests, the happy couple was wreathed in the most apt, surreal halo.... ALTERNATE SOURCE: UPS: uninterrupted power surprise Unless you are as affluent as your next door enviable neighbour who has an automatic diesel-powered generator, you can either sulk the summer away, show your fists to the indifferent KESC-walas, or join those who have stopped protesting.... POWER CUT: The unbearable darkness of being The KESC seems to be quite taken in by a toothpaste advert. In fact, it has gone a notch up. Now when one is asked how often load-shedding takes place in Karachi, pat comes the answer, ‘thrice a day, every day’.... ENERGY: Options galore With water sources drying up, gas reserves going down and world oil prices jumping to ever new highs, the bankrupt energy infrastructure is clearly on the verge of collapse AS anybody would readily testify, hardly anything in the country works as it should..... GUANTANAMO GRILL: A day in the life of a detainee Visitors to the Guantanamo Bay detention centre are allowed few and brief glimpses of the detainees Under grey skies all but obscured by an opaque canopy and high concrete walls topped with razor wire, two bearded young men in tan.... SOCIETY: Sunday, fun day Just take your client for a bit of aloo gobi shopping and wrap deals worth millions Sunday Bazaar is the place where one comes across a host of people. The Afghani vendor selling huge shopping bags, insisting on speaking in English.... GLOBE TROTTING: City of dreaming spires Oxford is a modern-day city but with the ambience of the old still magnificently intact It is the city of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the Great Hall of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter film, and of course the murder-mystery man, Inspector Morse..... FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Fishy business Let’s admit it; our mouths don’t necessarily water every time someone says fish. It could be amusing to some, the fact that I am a complete seafood-hater, for it is rather for one to detest seafood because of the way it smells... PAST PRESENT: War and peace War is a drama which most historians, poets, and writers like to narrate with passion and vigour It is such a powerful and moving topic that when they describe scenes of battlefields, killing and bloodshed.... QUIZ-O-MANIA: He had a dream ONE: Martin Luther King Jr’s 40th death anniversary fell on April 4, 2008. Arguably the greatest American Civil Rights leader in the US, he was born on January 15, 1929 as Michael Luther King Jr but later he changed his first name from Michael to Martin. He grew up to be a Baptist Minister... IN QUEST: Paparazzi, driver culpable in Diana’s death After six months and almost 250 witnesses, the latest multimillion-dollar government investigation into the death of Princess Diana ended on April 7 with a jury concluding that her death was caused by the gross negligence of her speeding driver and pursuing paparazzi.... GLOBAL WARMING: The climate connection Environmental changes are closely related to international peace. A deeper view shows that many contemporary conflicts are directly linked to the result of climate changes on a global scale.... BEDTIME STORY: Perils of the night owl Nightshift workers with sleep-deprived lifestyles are known to be at higher risk for accidents, sleep disorders and psychological stress due to daytime demands that interfere with sleep AT 6am, the hospital’s bright hallway lights flicker on, signalling the start of a new day..... PERSONALITY: Numero uno Pakistani women have achieved incredible feats in all spheres of life, and the field of sports is no exception. Tennis star Nida Waseem, who has been unbeaten on the domestic circuit for the last one decade, is one such example.... CHIT-CHAT: Shooting from the hip ‘Officials working for the Pakistan hockey team are not sincere individuals. They don’t want the current team to improve, because that will overshadow their achievements,’ alleges Hanif Khan... LEAGUE: Eager for IPL One of Australia’s greatest cricketers got Dimitri Mascarenhas into the new Indian Premier League and now the England all-rounder can’t wait to face more Aussies when the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 competition starts on April 18.... RAWALPINDI EXPRESS: Ban or bane? Here’s what four former Test cricketers have to say about the Shoaib Akhtar controversy: I think both parties are to be blamed. Shoaib is an undisciplined cricketer, but it’s also undeniable that the Pakistan Cricket Board... SHOBHAA’S DAY: Desert rose Dubai is aiming to radically alter its image from its earlier one (dirham delirium, and nothing else). The repositioning is working big time and attracting top professionals from across the world in areas like advertising, media, finance, construction and education.... ISLAMABAD DATELINE: Amar Prem Is a living chief justice meant to be as pious as Mother Teresa, be above suspicion as Caesar’s wife and as pliable (for the executive) as a weeping willow? No, I’m not talking about the Indian movie that emblazoned our youth and made women fall lustily... The in and outlaws If you want your marriage to survive you will have to put your ego in the cold storage I got married a year ago and am fulfilling all of my wife’s needs. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law has a dual personality..... BRAIN FOOD: Eyes wide shut There are not many things that are more relaxing than a good night’s sleep But that is not the only reason sleep is important; it greatly contributes to our physical and emotional well-being. Our body needs about.... MEDICAL NOTES: Over the counter Self-medication is the irrational use of drugs. A recent issue of the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association defines self-medication as “obtaining and consuming drugs without the advice of a physician”.... Letters It was disturbing to read Nadeem F. Paracha’s article Hole in the sky. His sarcastic and insulting way of talking about the houris, mehram/namehram, and jihad makes one think: how can someone believing in Allah and the Judgment Day write such things...

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