January 5, 2006

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Erosion of culture To ask ‘what is an eastern culture’ intuitively projects the self-contained image of the ‘exotic East’. The curiosity to understand the ‘other’ has been predominantly a western undertaking. The echo of the unsaid words ‘what is this nonwestern culture’ is audible between the lines....		The poor consumer Being a consumer in Pakistan is certainly not as rosy as many of today’s slick advertisements would have us believe. Yes, there is considerable choice in many things, choices that were not there even five years ago....
If you go down to the woods today Photographer David Spero is not interested in recording the material wealth of the 21st century. “That’s all pretty unimportant really, isn’t it?” he says. “It’s outside the mainstream where I get interested:...		A heart attack that cost billions Almost half a century ago, on a Saturday afternoon in September 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th US president suffered a severe heart attack while he was playing golf at Denver, Colorado....
A dying craft One of the ancient crafts, the art of making boats with wood, is still in vogue all over the world with the adaptation of modern techniques....		Life in a tented village Although the media hype on the Kalabagh Dam issue has pushed the important work of rehabilitation of quake-affected people to the background,...
Bird flu: a cause for concern Avian influenza, or ‘bird flu’, is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs....		A square deal I don’t remember Willy Wonka musing about social justice and global poverty, but for today’s chocolate entrepreneurs — or at least those not in the mainstream — chocolate is a revolutionary development tool....
Honour killings a cruel misnomer “In the course of a field visit”, said Nighat Taufiq of Shirkat Gah, “we chanced upon some men digging a grave for a young thirteen-year-old girl, already married, who had been killed....		Working together We are a nation of grumblers rather than doers and parents are second to none in this national pastime. This is specially true of mothers. Even when just two of them get together they must grumble and grouse....
The intrinsic factor Q: What causes the stomach to lose its intrinsic factor? My husband developed pernicious anaemia and was told it came from loss of intrinsic factor. Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated....		New adoption law Britain passes new rules for adoption, reports Hélène Mulholland Unmarried and same-sex couples will be able to adopt children for the first time under major reforms that came into force recently in a bid to widen the pool of potential parents....
Gigantic Chinese yams Imagine a three feet long sweet potato which, above ground, can climb up to twenty feet and more and, as if this isn’t enough, bears bunches of cinnamon scented flowers and you will understand exactly why I decided to experiment with growing ‘Dioscorea batatas’....		Eight days a week American essayist, poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” In The Weather Man, Chicago television weatherman Dave Spritz (Nicholas Cage) is one of those men waiting to sing his song....
Meat on the menu Mutton chops Ingredients 10 to 14 pieces of mutton chops 1 1/2 cup yoghurt 1 tsp salt....