September 9, 2004

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The changing world of Kalash As we waited for the luggage in the small square shaped arrival lounge of the Chitral airport after a nerve wrecking flight over the Lowari Ridge. I was introduced to a fair looking young woman wearing a light coloured cotton shalwar...		An unthoughtful nation Well, the yaum-e-azaadi frenzy is over and to tell you the truth, it was already over by the time the clock struck 0000 hrs on the night of August 13 to enter the much awaited morning of August 14. My nation was already...
The magic word Vander Hoven, a psychologist from the Netherlands, announced his new discovery about the effect of reading the Holy Quran and repeating the word Allah both on patients and on normal persons....		A silent cry for help “Salma where are you?” Salma came out of the kitchen and answered in a scared voice, “I, I, I was working in the kitchen.”...
Ensconced in a haveli The minute you enter the abode of Almaas and Mujahid Sadiq, you feel as if you have been transported into a haveli, for the textured, plastered walls give the look of a mud-finished house. The impression persists...		State of disrepair Our people are notorious for destroying this country’s past. Be it the ancient ruins of Moenjodaro, the decrepit yet still stately colonial buildings of Saddar, Karachi, or the neglected Mughal monuments...
An acceptance of fate Pakistan is famous for only two things in Namibia. One is of course, our very own imported bogeyman, Mr OBL. The second, so the story goes, is a Pakistani who decided to open a private telephone exchange in competition with the state monopoly...		Victims of law The women have come out themselves to ask you, the people, for justice. In the women’s court you are the judges. Listen to their cases — their so-called crimes — and give your verdict....
A time to ponder Recently, I was in a ‘slight’ road accident. I call it slight because it did not involve anyone getting hurt, nor did it cause too much damage to the car. But...		Spread of hepatitis C Q: Our 44-year-old son was recently diagnosed with hepatitis C. He is taking no medications. He claims he feels fine, and he works 40 to 50 hours a week. Are there...
Money (plants) anybody? Amongst the easiest of house plants to care for is the old favourite, Pothos aurea known to one and all as the ‘money plant’. There is an interesting belief attached to this attractive climber, but, personally speaking, it is a belief which I strongly dispute. The saying is that the better your money plant grows so does your income. This is enough to have people — especially these days...		Eight Days A Week Take two successful movie franchises, mix well and come out with something that is so laughably ham-fisted that you wonder what the studio was thinking when it gave the green light to the script. Aliens and Predators may not have met on the big screen before but they have in the worlds of comic books and video games and Alien vs Predator...
POST MARK: Change for the worse Reading Mamun Adil’s article, “An outsider’s view” (TR, Sep 2), I found that his views mirrored mine. Even though I returned to Karachi from a foreign country over three decades ago,...		Mom’s baking tips I have been baking for a fairly long time but have managed to mess up a cake 40 per cent of that time. (Hey nobody’s perfect!) But the rest of...