April 1, 2004

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Take time-out Sadia, 35, is a mother of three boys aged eight, six and three. Her normal day’s routine consists of waking up for fajr prayers and then getting her children ready for school, and sending her husband off to work....		Silly mid-on/off The series against India began a few weeks ago, and with it an excitement and fervour that the cities and their cricket lovers were starved for and much deserving of. There...
The naked truth Bibi (names have been changed to protect identities), 45, is the eldest sister of five brothers. She never married and lives with her elderly parents and two brothers in Urmur Kallay, a village near Peshawar district....		Dangerous games I was 12 years old when I watched the popular sport of bears fighting dogs, also known as bear baiting. I lived in Dari, a remote village in Jacobabad and whenever the fights took place, all the children were made to sit in the front row of a circle...
It takes a team to raise a child When a workshop in Lahore coincided with the festive Basant season in the city, I asked my wife whether our son Omar, a student of class IV, could accompany us....		Some liberation... For a war that had been fought for the most part on television screens, the climax seemed a scene right out of a Hollywood movie....
Woven hands Nine-year-old Pratap’s deft fingers seem to fly from one thread to the other as he weaves the pattern, memorizing the colours as told to him by his brother Assan...		The lowdown on social services In car rides during the daylight hours, quite frequently I see the sign for a social services agency and/or educational institution I have yet to discover....
Far from home Jung Suk Park, a Korean student at Karachi University (KU), knows little Urdu but still manages to communicate with people who are unfamiliar with English, like shopkeepers and bus conductors....		Wild about veggies George Bush Sr, former president of the US, apparently couldn’t stand broccoli. He used to say, “As a child I was forced to eat it; now that I am president I don’t have to....
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK Mystic River is a murder mystery. But it is concerned not so much with the whodunnit aspect — though that is certainly an important part of the movie...		Taste of East Ingredients: 1 cup boiled channa daal 1/2 cup oil 2 tomatoes chopped...