May 27, 2004

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Can’t say no For 28-year-old Asma, life is not as simple as it used to be. A mother of two young boys, Omar and Ahmed, aged five and seven respectively, Asma is beginning to think that perhaps having two children was not such a good idea....		Scared to the core Offspring ensure the continuity of all species. In humans this cycle is maintained by the birth of children. The population of the world has exceeded five billion while the population...
Achieving actual equality Gender mainstreaming is the buzzword in Europe these days. It is a subject that is taken seriously at every level, by all states and every government. The term is defined as “the process and procedure of incorporating the gender perspective...		Conspiracy of silence was led like a sheep to be slaughtered,” my maid told me when narrating how she had been forcefully circumcised. “When I was 10 years old my grandmother took me down to the river saying that they would perform a ceremony...
Idealism but no illusions The streets of the exclusive suburb of Sandhurst in Johannesburg are eerily quiet apart from the builders. They’re busy extending mansions into mini-palaces, and they’re raising the high walls which surround every property by another three feet....		How one war was won The issue of Karachi’s water shortage is among the most pressing concerns of the city’s inhabitants today. But for the residents of Karachi’s Orangi, the issue has been a cause for distress since 1965, when migrants from East Pakistan first...
Why the Indian media got it wrong Much of the Indian media got the election predictions completely wrong. The BJP and its allies were all set to regain power, and quite comfortably, according to most media and public...		Choosing identities As an undergraduate student in North America, I am currently doing an internship with the campus’ multicultural immersion programme (MIP) which is a subdivision of the university’s counselling centre....
Life change Nature leaves nothing to chance, especially when it comes to preservation of life on earth. A female baby at the time of birth is already equipped with the vital tools she will need to ensure the continuation of the species...		Liver cirrhosis Q :My daughter is 32 years old and lives in Europe. Her company sent her there. For quite some time she complained of feeling rundown and had a mysterious itch. She...
Flaming trees are cool Tempers are rising along with the temperature. Even the koel is furious; you can hear it shrieking like an angry KESC customer whose electricity has gone for the nth time. Cities are on fire and everywhere you look there are flames...		Eight Days A Week Reportedly a hit across the border, I thought that even if it wasn’t in the league of Hera Pheri or Hungama (two very funny movies directed by Priydarshan) Masti might turn out to be a pleasant surprise and provide some decent laughs....
The long journey home In the cover story on people who returned to Pakistan, I didn’t find one example of someone who had come back for good to do good (TR May 20). Instead it...		Meat treats Zafarani shami kabab Ingredients: 1/2 kg minced meat 1 cup cooking oil 2 eggs 2 inch strip of ginger 3 onions 1 cup yogurt...