August 21, 2003

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Faux fashions en vogue? Plagiarism and knock-offs are by no means peculiar to Pakistan alone, although admittedly, they do abound with far greater impunity here than they do in most developed countries. With no enforced copyright laws protecting the...		Turning turtle “No threat to the population of turtles from the oil slick,” screamed a newspaper headline the other day which set my mind rolling. In fact my imagination — what little is...
Living on the edge There were rice fields everywhere,” seventy-year-old Fateh Khan gestured to an endless vista of marshland dotted with shrubs. “There were seven rice husking mills,” he continued, “and rice grown here was exported....		The perfect resume Writing a CV is “very painful.” There, I’ve put it across in the plainest terms possible. It’s a confession of no mean significance for a person of my grand standing. I’m normally comfortable with the art and craft of writing...
A hush hush affair When I was a young doctor doing my internship, Mariyam lived next door with her brothers. She rarely left the house and her only aim in life was to perform Haj. Although very clean and neatly dressed she always had a peculiar odour...		The path to enlightenment After two years of practising yoga, first at a leisure centre and then at a health club, I recently made a spiritual ‘pilgrimage’ to Rishikesh, the yoga capital of India. Arriving at this beautiful town in the foothills of the Himalayas...
Labour of love What does a woman inherit in Sindh? A complete surrender of her soul before a man and a life-time of being a working commodity; not only house-work but hard labour in the fields working with the crops in ketcha areas....		To kill a beautiful bird Except for some of the loveliest marine fish, the pheasants — colourful birds of the dense hilly areas throughout Asia including China — have no match in creative artistry and imaginative use of chromatics....
Cyber-terrorism Computers have drastically altered the way in which we conduct our lifestyles. Every day, the world becomes more and more dependent upon computer technology. Banks, financial institutions, public utilities and governments...		Dysphagia is hard to swallow My mother is in her 90s. She has been experiencing swallowing problems. After an endoscopy exam and a barium swallow that revealed dysphagia, the doctor advised her to eat slowly,...
Annual flowers Growing annual flowers from seed can be great fun and is a very rewarding pastime. And this, in Karachi anyway, being the beginning of the main planting season for annual flowers, is just the right time to give it a go... even if you haven’t....		Eight Days A Week It’s tough to get a positive review out of me for any Mollywood movie, especially if it’s the typical masala fare. But Hungama is a truly hilarious movie and the best comedy I’ve seen come out of Mollywood since...
Post Mark: Teenage blues Why is it that when one thinks of the word ‘teenager’ we visualize some rash, unruly human being; hair standing on the edges, dyed some exuberant shade of pink, grungy...		Summer soups Cream of Mushroom soup Ingredients 400 gms mushrooms 60 gms butter 3 cloves garlic, crushed...