September 13, 2007
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To print or not to print?
 That priority to education is just a lip-service our government pays is no secret. Each year various measures to improve education are announced and millions of rupees are allocated for improving the standard of education and literacy rate....
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When will we learn?
 It used to be fun going over flyovers and bridges, more for the bird’s eye view and speedy passage than anything else. But that has changed now since the Northern Bypass in Karachi came crashing down....
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The difficult road to peace
 The peace process between India and Pakistan will only succeed when the people on both sides are able to challenge the misconceptions and fears that they hold about each other....
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Its all in the tone
When scientists discovered that music reflects a personality, they did not know how to go about rummaging through a personal CD collection for a clue to the character. The answer was probably difficult five years back, but not any more!...
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Who is the fairest of them all?
 It is difficult to comprehend why people in our part of the world are so obsessed with fair skin. Just by watching a selection of TV commercials we have a scary indication of the hugely prejudiced mindset....
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Italian women opting for children after 40
More women aged over 40 are having children in Italy than in any other western industrialised nation, research has shown, prompting fears that Italian women are leaving motherhood too late and are putting too much faith in assisted reproduction....
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A futuristic farmhouse
 Sheikh Asif and his architect friend put together their heads to contemplate on how to design a farmhouse on a barren plot at the end of a potholed road in the suburbs of Lahore, which could become a weekend resort for their family and friends....
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The magic of Chennai
 For a city that has come a long way, Chennai still carries with it some obvious remnants of its journey into this century. Formerly, known as Madraspatnam, this fourth largest city...
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Coping with an addict in the family
 For most of this year, the parents of the singer Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil have helplessly watched their children become the latest, lurid celebrity car crash. After the slow-motion wreckage of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Pete Doherty,...
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Lyme disease
 Q We have just moved into a new house in a heavily wooded area in a state where Lyme disease is common. My neighbours talk about it all the time....
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Simply sprouts!
 This isn’t normally classified as gardening, but it is in its own special way, as the subject matter is about growing things. And, for those of you living somewhere without the benefit of a garden or a balcony, you can grow these extremely simple and very healthy foods without any problem whatsoever....
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What’s one…
 FILMA dash of Bend It Like Beckham, more than a little bit of A League Of Their Own and a smidgen of Lagaan liberally sprinkled with practically every sports movie cliché you can think of, an...
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The allure of chai and parathas
 Haji Shamroze Khan doesn’t much mind that the years, and construction, have taken away the many thinly-populated, sprawling bungalows from nearby and replaced them with apartments infested with humans....
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