May 6, 2004

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Six of the best Our parents had May 6, 1954, the day Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile and provided amateurism with its last hurrah. We will have May 6, 2004, another end to another glorious era. That’s the day when the last ever episode...		The laughing machine Human behaviour is unique to itself. In most instances what humans can do is seldom seen in animal behaviour. This is true in the case for laughter. Examining the animal kingdom...
Truth or dare? News is often sensationalized by the media as was the case about the clean-up operation against dacoits in the kutcha area of Sindh, but the success of such operations remains questionable....		Bleak futures About two months ago I came across a strange boy in our neighbourhood and assumed that he might be visiting a relative in the area for a few days. After a month I gathered the courage and asked him who he was visiting. I was...
Justice gone astray So the cat finally jumped out of the bag a few weeks ago — the prime minister has admitted that ‘to ensure continued cooperation with the MMA, he has given categorical assurance to the leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami that the Hudood laws...		Spring fever Spring in Islamabad is without a doubt the most beautiful season of the year, as flowers bloom and shrubs and plants sprout. The red and golden shades of trees and flowers are all around the city. The lush green leaves, whether fallen on the ground...
Abandoned souls She calls her youngest, three-year-old Bakhtawar, a godsend, the luckiest thing that has ever happened to her — and to think Bakhtawar is not even her own flesh and blood. Walking past a garbage dump on her way to work one morning three years ago...		Gender bias As the new century brings many technological challenges and we witness men reaching for the skies, the biggest challenge remains unfulfilled: giving women their due rights as full citizens. This is certainly true of Pakistani women who constitute approximately 48 per cent of the population....
Troubled lives Sajawal, a fisherman from the coastal area of Keti Bunder, situated 80 miles away from Thatta, listlessly roams barefoot around town all day. The impoverished condition he and his community are having to endure is depicted by the worn-out clothes...		Love is a contact sport On the eve of my cousin’s wedding, gushing with pleasure about the mutual understanding she shared with her husband to be, my cousin’s aunt said to her, and quite seriously, “You...
ZE ulcer Q: I am looking for information on Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, particularly concerning heredity. A relative died from this disease some years ago....		Fighting the odds It’s not everyday that you come across a certain individual who has managed to achieve success in the most challenging of circumstances, and who has effectively lived out the words, ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’. Nazima Shafique is one such person....
Eight Days A Week They say that imitation is the best form of flattery. That should make Adrian Lyne, who directed Unfaithful feel good because Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt’s latest production Murder is heavily “inspired” (are they even....		Biryani at its best Chicken biryani Ingredients: 1kg rice 1 chicken cut into karahi pieces 4 potatoes cut into half pieces 2 tomatoes roughly chopped 1 cup yogurt 2 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp ginger/garlic paste 1 cup brown onion...