DAWN - The Review; May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

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Victims of the power crisis For an elderly patient of Parkinson’s disease, climbing eight flights of steps to the roof of his apartment building was torturous. He was forced to do so because frequent power cuts had taken....		The reign of error It seems all dark on the electricity front and getting to be darker day by day. The power crisis, which started developing some three years ago, has now become critical....

Black out It is as if all colour has been drained out of life. It’s a black and white world out there. You either have power through utility lines, via a UPS or a generator, or you don’t. The grey area is shrinking by the day. Ambivalence in feelings is giving...		Perpetual disparities Last week the prime minister and other government functionaries made tall claims about having reduced poverty and Pakistan being set to achieve all of the eight millennium development goals (MDGs), making great strides in improving....

All in the thumb Thumb sucking is the most basic, natural instinct for infants which they use as a means of comforting and nourishing themselves. Initially an infant may start with sucking his fist, but as he grows older...		The summer look! The many joys of summer! Refreshing lemonades, luscious strawberries, cool whites, mango shakes, long lazy days, electricity break downs and, of course, summer vacations! Sweltering...

A failed state There are no direct flights from England to Liberia. Either you go to Brussels or you book with Astraeus, a specialist airline named after a Roman goddess of justice. They run a service...		An ongoing battle Death –– that harsh yet inevitable face of reality touches people in more ways than one. In Faizaan’s case, it terminated his life leaving behind a family that died in some way with him....

Virginia shooting and gun culture Blacksburg is a small, rural town nestled in the mountains of western Virginia in America, with a population of less than 20,000, where on most days nothing much of significance happens...		Neuropathy: a common illness I have peripheral neuropathy. It came as a side-effect of the chemotherapy I got for ovarian cancer. It has me struggling with numbness and pain in my feet, ankles and lower legs....

Getting started Okay readers. It’s back to basics this week as quite a number of you have been brave enough to admit that you can’t tell a green leaf from a green flower and are desperately seeking...		What’s On... If you ban it, they will come. Or so experience and perverse human nature would lead us to believe. In the case of Kabul Express, however, nothing short of the outright threat...

Social exclusion Social exclusion is a relatively new term in British policy - not only referring to poverty and low income but some of their wider causes and consequences. The government has defined social exclusion...		Chicken on the run Honey and lime chicken wings Ingredients 1/4 cup honey 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp salt...