December 21, 2006

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Old is gold In the sprawling city of Karachi, shops dealing in second-hand books and magazines are few and far between and the business is mostly done on pushcarts which are loaded with stacks...		Chaos on the roads With frequent traffic jams, motorcyclists zigzagging between cars and changing lanes at will, youngsters driving souped-up cars as if they are on a race track and young women driving...
The comedy icon “To catch the attention of viewers in this day and age of channel proliferation requires a high impact production. It’s not just the Pakistani audience anymore that we should be looking....		Symbolic Christmas There are many symbols of Christmas and whatever their significance, the message of the festival clearly supersedes the symbols; it is a time for hope, joy, peace and giving...
Swank it up! With New Year round the corner and black and white the colour code, the debonair fabrics with elegant cuts add just the right amount of oomph to one’s look...		The better halves For England''s footballers, the World Cup was a disappointment. But for their wives and girlfriends it was a result. With their fake tans, blinding teeth and £3,000 handbags, the likes...
Skin pigmentation Q: My three-year-old great granddaughter has a skin pigmentation disorder called vitiligo. There are white patches on her otherwise tanned body. It is mostly on her legs and feet....		Cultivating olives Quite frankly I am not certain that olives will grow in Karachi but, at the same time, have not been able to find a definite reason why not. Olives, botanical family ‘olea’, are indigenous...
The bohemian accessory After their initial appearance in the `60s and `70s, ponchos disappeared until 2002, when designers brought back retro versions of the wraps down the runway...		What’s On... I rather liked the first Dhoom. Granted it borrowed from such movies as The Fast And The Furious and Ocean’s 11 but it was very slickly directed, had great action scenes...
Laughing — the Japanese way Rakugo is an ancient art of story telling that has its origins in homes of the Japanese families during the cold snowy evenings when restless homebound children had to be kept...		Hip and happening There is no denying the fact that Lahore spells food and fun. May it be the ever busy Lakshmi Chowk or the fast paced M.M.Alam, food is what makes Lahoris laugh and be merry....