November 13, 2003

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Building bridges For the nearly seven million Muslims living and working in America, Ramazan presents a challenge of another kind also — a search for greater understanding and respect from neighbours, colleagues and...		Smiling on life Many times am I told that writing on lighter issues — a slice from the pie of people’s good lives or perhaps topics that only brush us slightly — are less...
Victims of culture Just two days before Ramazan, at nearly two in the morning when people were sound asleep, a powerful bomb exploded a bare two kilometres from the district headquarters in Gara, district Swabi....		Mind your language Given that words, spoken, written or broadcast, are our main form of communication, and given that words have such inherent potency...
A collective conscience While Thailand was preparing for APEC 2003 with life-size billboards welcoming the participants of the much-publicized economic conference, with much less fanfare and only a couple of weeks ahead from October 6-10...		Needy or greedy? Beggary is forbidden or discouraged in almost all societies but the mere passing of a law does not mean an end to the problem....
Pilgrims from many lands Followers of the Sikh religion from all over the world, particularly from neighbouring India, visit Pakistan on holy pilgrimages several times a year....		Trolley pushers Imagine the following scenario. A woman is having tea with another lady and her young daughter. The woman asks the girl about her academic qualifications and seems disappointed when she is told that she only has a bachelor’s degree to her credit....
Poles apart Sometime ago I spent a few weeks in a small town in North England. There was a small grocery shop nearby and I used to go there to buy fresh fruit and newspapers....		The others Two days after the untimely passing of that great man Edward Said I was watching a documentary on him on the French satellite channel TV5. I hadn’t even seen a passing...
Kidney and bladder infections Q: My wife is just getting over a kidney infection for which she was hospitalized. She has had similar infections in the past, and they were treated with antibiotics...		Keeping the legend alive Marsh crocodiles are vicious, dangerous and unpredictable by nature. They are therefore hunted and destroyed wherever they are found in abundance....
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK Not a whole lot of Underworld makes sense if you start scrutinizing the plot too closely. As many questions are left hanging as are answered by the time the movie runs its course....		A fasting feast Fish balls Ingredients: 1 cup boiled fish pieces (mashed) 1/4 kg cheddar cheese (grated) 1 tsp red chillies (chopped)...