July 3, 2003

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Coping with infertility In Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Woman, when the hero goes to a prospective wife’s house, his father is immediately awed by her. The narrator explains this phenomenon in the following words: Raja Din beamed at her...		Firemen’s blues Every year, fires cause deaths and damages to property worth billions of rupees. The risk of urban fires in Pakistan, in the new millennium, is likely to increase manifold, due to the ongoing large-scale migration of rural population....
Outcast souls She was sitting all by herself in her room, lost deep in thought. She was tired of all the thoughts that were tormenting her, yet she could not stop herself from thinking. The sound of the dhol and the singing and laughter coming from....		The bigger bag problem Schoolchildren in Karachi made a fresh attempt to record their travails in and out of the classroom during a Juvenile Assembly session held this month. The session, organized by the Hamdard Foundation, provided children with....
Young professionals In a twist of fate, many find themselves standing at a crossroads where decisions made by them would affect the rest of the family. Death of the head of the family, loss in business, termination of service or any such unforeseen incident can...		Two days in Kabul On the flight to Kabul on April 2, my thoughts were about the events of the past. It was in the same month, nearly a quarter century ago, that the news broke that the communist party of Afghanistan had brought about a revolution...
Curbing creativity What are copyrights and intellectual property rights? How are these rights created and violated? Who violates these rights? What is the impact of piracy of intellectual properties and copyrights on a country’s economy and how do the violations...		Prostate cancer of various kinds Q :I have prostate cancer. I am being treated with hormone shots. What do you think of this treatment? Does it have advantages over other treatments?...
Thyme in the garden Searching for the enchantment of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Karachi, Lahore, Quetta or wherever may sound like a very far-fetched fantasy, but Shakespeare would have done so as long as there was a plant....		Eight days A week In Anger Management, Adam Sandler touches upon some of the same themes of suppressed anger, repression and alienation that he did in Punch-Drunk Love, his pairing with director Paul Thomas Anderson....
Post Mark: ‘Matka’ irrigation I WAS very impressed by the article ‘Matka’ irrigation (TR, June 26) written by Zahrah Nasir....		Summer salads Tutti Frutti Ingredients: 5-6 Raspberries 2 Mangoes, peeled, cut into...