July 29, 2004

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To hell and back He still does not understand why he was sent to Guantanamo. It’s been a year now since Abdur Razziq and 11 other Pakistanis were released from Camp Delta and flown home...		Impending doom With 4,111 acres of fully grown pine forest set for the chop, the people of the Murree area have finally taken to the streets in protest. The mindless massacre of over 300,000 trees is shocking enough but it is...
An eye affliction The relation of diseases and their cure is ancient. In the days of yore people dealt with disorder according to their knowledge. With the passage of time, treatments which relieved pain to a great extent came into existence...		A hopeful meeting Last Saturday some of us friends met at a place. Inevitably, the talk turned to the state of affairs in our country and, of course, it was complaints and more complaints all the way. But as it was an interesting group of friends...
Burnes Road’s fiesta As one moves eastward from Arambagh (once Rambagh), the place where British troops had first garrisoned after disembarking on Karachi’s shore in February 1839, one reaches the square leading to Burnes...		Cells of hope Though a leading and lifelong champion of conservative and rightwing causes espoused by fundamentalist and revivalist Christian groups in the US, Nancy Reagan has recently broken rank with her erstwhile...
Believing in themselves Self-esteem reflects “the overall opinion we have about us. It is a fluctuating set of values, beliefs and attitudes we have towards ourselves,” says Amrita Hobbs in her book Getting Real -- growing up. Self-esteem begins to form at a very young...		Does anyone care? Education is a necessity without which no civilization has ever advanced. In ancient times knowledge was well guarded and kept in one’s own civilization. It is only now in the post...
Lingering pancreatitis Q :I am in constant pain from chronic pancreatitis. I also have diarrhoea and am losing weight. The doctor tells me to take Tylenol and not to eat fatty foods. I...		Hidden secrets In the late 1950s, New York was in the grip of panic over a series of explosions caused by the “Mad Bomber”. On December 26, 1956, the bomber wrote to a New York paper explaining....
Eight days A week If you have even a nodding acquaintance with science fiction then you probably know the three laws of robotics. But just in case you don’t, these are: 1. a robot may not injure a human being or...		Tasty salads Macaroni potato salad Ingredients: 400 grams potatoes boiled peeled and diced 1 cup cooked macaroni 2 tsps chopped coriander 1/2 cup grated carrots 1/2 cup peas boiled...