October 9, 2003

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Risky business Winding my way through the narrow back lanes of Karachi’s squatter settlement in Isa Nagri, I meet frail 65-year-old Hamida, a dai (traditional birth attendant TBA) who has been working since...		I’m done being nice Once upon a time, in a faraway school, there was an English teacher who taught me a lesson I have yet to forget. She said that if I had any hope...
Friendly education Edwin Samson, a member of the Adult Basic Education Society and working as chief co-ordinator of teacher empowerment centres in rural areas, has spent hours talking to people across the country about public schools....		Forbidden proposals Shaista Almani, a primary school teacher in a private school of Pano Aqil, married Balakhsher alias Qadir Bux Maher, on June 1 this year, but the couple disclosed their marriage after three months....
The tale of the twin isles “Aye Baba, halley wiyo!” (come on man, get started), shouts an elderly passenger. But the young man at the boat’s steering wheel, sits leisurely, chewing paan and colouring the surrounding sea...		An old man’s tale Pir Mohammad Bux Chandio alias Abu Kuraro is an old and well-known resident of Mohalla Allahabad, a slum and backward area of Larkana city. He had migrated from his village many years ago looking for...
You’ve come a long way, baby Picture this: a lazy Sunday afternoon, a bowl of popcorn on the table next to a comfortable couch, and not a care in the world, but to enjoy and watch television all day long. Sounds great doesn’t it? How many of us have whiled away countless Sundays....		Exercise can cause heartburn I am writing to find out if I am the only person in the world who gets heartburn from running. This has sprung up only in the past year. When...
The great weigh in It is with horror that I have been observing what’s happening to people as they pursue the perfect body, both in and out of Pakistan. The latest trends in dieting seem to be designed to inflict as much punishment on the human body...		Eight days A week Baby got back. That’s the first thing I thought upon seeing Manisha Koirala’s expanded state in her latest movie Market. The once charmingly petite leading lady has now not only caught up to J. Lo’s most famous...
Groomed power In the article on people who frequent beauty parlours (TR Oct 2), I think there are a few more reasons which compel a person to move in this direction. One, ...		A culinary treat At a time when people are avoiding sea food like the plague, the opening of Aqua Lounge, a restaurant specializing in maritime dishes seemed not only surprising, but ill-timed. However, on...