March 11, 2004

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The final goodbye I was 24 when my mother died. She was 52 and not particularly ill. She was asthmatic and we assumed that when she died, it was because she didn’t reach for her ventilator in time and her lungs just collapsed. Her doctor...		Bush’s culture war Even before senator John Kerry’s sweep of primaries on March 2 made him the presumptive Democratic nominee, Bush trailed him in every national poll. Faltering on the economic and national...
Working from home Pakistani women’s participation in the labour force continues to rise but instead of permanent, full-time employment they prefer to work at home or be self-employed in the informal sector. This growth of...		Death in vain? Dhani Bux Amroti, who had burnt himself in the centre of Shikarpur city on January 16, was not just an ordinary party worker. He was amongst the founding party members who joined the PPP in 1968....
Falling from grace I begged him to spend a little on me and get my problem fixed but he went ahead and got married,” says Jannat Dhani Baksh, who fell from grace when she developed obstetric fistulae. She became no less than a servant in her...		How much is too much? For those of you reading this right now who are women, you will surely recall a time in your life when you wanted to go somewhere or do something and you were told by your elders, “You can’t do that...
Glimpses of Kachho The Kachho area in Sindh has a rich heritage with some historical sites that bear witness to the era and the legacy of the Kalhora and Talpur rulers. However, this area...		All you need is status It’s common to assume that what motivates people to work hard is principally money. But it might be fairer to say that the most powerful of all our motivations is a search for a rather elusive and rarely mentioned...
Attack on education Arsonists struck nine schools in the remote hills of northern Pakistan, sparking official concern that Taliban or other Islamist groups critical of organizations that get foreign aid could be targeting the area....		Thyroid disease Q :Can being on a low-salt diet cause thyroid disease, since the ingestion of iodine is greatly reduced? A :Not so long ago, there were places on Earth called goiter belts. These places had...
Cast out When I came across a lean, half-starved man, walking barefoot in the simmering, shifting sand of no man’s land, Thar, I took his photograph and extended my hand to thank him and give him some money...		Eight days A week House Of Sand And Fog, based on the best-seller by Andre Dubus II, is a devastatingly sad movie in which many lives are caught in a maelstrom set in motion by a bureaucratic mistake and compounded...
Tackling stress head on T.U. Dawood’s article (TR March 4), deeply delved into the problems of stress. As a business administration student, I’ve come across many organizations and managers who pay very little attention to...		A sweet cool down Honey ice cream Ingredients: 5 egg yolks 500ml milk 250ml fresh cream...