May 13, 2004

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Boon or bane? IS domestic help within the privacy of homes worth all that it is made out to be? Amidst the affluent home of Karachi’s elite Defence Housing Authority are many free standing apartment buildings, signifying the rising middle class homes in the erstwhile posh area....		(Dis)jointed families One wonders whether the (mother-in-law, daughter-in-law) saga has been trivialized or blown out of all proportions by the media and otherwise. It turns out that by and large this is one...
A wasted agenda What difference has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NWFP, made in its 15 years of existence towards protecting the environment? Has it helped the people of this province to breathe better air? Are there less polluters today than there were 15 years ago...		A hot weekend in Sehwan The terrible divide between urban and rural or semi-rural Sindh was brought home on a weekend spent travelling from Karachi to Sehwan Sharif and Manchhar Lake in Dadu district. Those who...
Torture as pornography A woman ties a noose around a naked man’s neck and forces him to crawl across the floor. Uniformed people strip a group of hooded men, then laboriously assemble them into a pyramid. Men are forced to perform sexual acts....		Rogue or real? A long time ago I learnt the difference between “people” and “person” courtesy Mr Jerry Lewis in a ’60s Hollywood classic Cinderella. The film defined the difference between those who “make it” and those who are always on the verge of “making it”....
Tales of struggle Nafees’ battle with the adversities of life began when her father remarried after her mother’s death. A change in her father’s attitude and her stepmother’s behaviour towards Nafees and her three younger brothers made her realize that it was time she stood on her own two feet....		Internet for seniors I remember reading in my Class IV book that there would soon be a radio which showed pictures. They were talking about the television of course, but at that time I dismissed the idea of ever using such an invention. And now we are using the computer and the Internet...
Blonde ambition I have found a new goal in life: to go blonde, slowly but surely. There are numerous obstacles in this path to happiness — my cousin who owns the beauty parlour where this happens, my father and various well-meaning but aesthetically/emotionally challenged friends....		A silent cancer Q: My husband, 57, died of pancreatic cancer. He didn’t know he was sick until the last two months of his life, when he began having stomach pain and losing...
Confessions of an armchair activist I have a confession to make. For all intents and purposes I appear to be a pacifist and a non-aggressor, content to lead my own unobtrusive life. You cannot single me out by my attire or demeanor at any club bash, nor am I very different...		Eight Days A Week Co-author of the Dogme 95 manifesto with fellow Dane Thomas Vinterberg, Danish film director Lars Von Trier rejects pretense by generally telling contemporary stories and shooting films on location, in natural light with location sound and a handheld camera....
Justice gone astray Whenever I pick up The Review, I know I am in for an eye-opening piece on the violent acts being committed against women and last week’s issue was no exception (TR...		Inside the secret garden Chinese cuisine won the hearts of Pakistanis decades ago, so much so that today, people from practically all stratas of society have acquired a taste for it. In fact, slowly but...