March 13, 2008
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A small step… a giant leap
 Making government schools conform to the standards of modern education is an idea that is neither idealistic nor ambitious. What is needed is simply a paradigm shift where professionalism, and not political expediency, determines the learning and management environment;.....
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Let’s do a count
 As a nation, we love chaos; the more, the better. How else can one ever describe or attempt to rationalise happenings in various segments of our collective life in the ideologically-based and strategically placed Islamic Republic of Pakistan, as they say? There were times when we were made to put up with official rhetoric:.....
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The doormat syndrome
 What is it about people you meet casually or accidentally at parties and even at work who, like a deadly insect, paralyse you with their interrogation skills so that you are unable to move or dodge and are caught up answering all the insane queries they make about your person? asks Fouzia Mapara.....
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Who’s your boss?
 They are smart, intelligent, competent and fast learners. They are experts in their respective line of work, and up-to-date with world affairs. They dress stylishly and according to the latest fashion. But are women bosses in the country given the same respect that their male counterparts enjoy?....
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Life in style
 Few houses appear as appealing from their driveway as from within, as does the Baigs’ residence. The stone walls, stone flooring interspersed with luminous glass bricks, sun drenched patio with wooden beams, large earthenware planters, a little pond dotted with stones and a wooden bench and mirror set the tone of detailing and elegance that are the signature of Uzma and Jamil Baig’s house....
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Ice bound
 Winter in the northern ‘Highlands’ of Pakistan carries fantastical natural artistry on its frozen back; transforming, as it indubitably does, that increasingly precious commodity, pure water, from liquid to semisolid and frozen-solid state....
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Women inventors
 Not many teenagers can say they have contributed to changing the world, but Emily Cummins has a credible claim. Last year, at the age of 19, she was named innovator of the year in the British Female Inventors and Innovators Awards for her solar evaporation refrigerator. Made from sustainable materials,.....
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Bell’s palsy and facial paralysis
 A Everyone stricken with Bell’s palsy gets it suddenly. The usual story is that a person goes to bed and wakes up with it. It’s a weakness or outright paralysis of facial muscles on one side of the face.....
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Where does your garden grow?
 Creating an easily maintained garden when you don’t even have a patch of decent land to plant is getting simpler all the time and all you really need to dress up the space you have, even if it is entirely concreted, is a reasonable amount of imagination.....
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Wkat’s On
 Juno, written by first-timer Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking), is a whip-smart comedy/drama about a whip-smart 16-year-old who becomes pregnant. Her disappointed father tells her, “I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when,” but Juno simply responds, “I don''t know what kind of girl I am.”.....
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Proof of the pudding
 There are some things in this world that generate extreme responses. Take, for example, Ontario’s world famous Niagara Falls. Some people really, really like visiting there, while some people really, really don’t see what all the commotion is about. Closer to home, right here in Karachi’s DHA, near the intersection of Khayaban-i-Shahbaz and 26th Street, is another example....
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Bye, bye winter!
“Winter''s going!” I whined as I felt the hot rays of the sun penetrate my skin. It was only the other day that I was complaining about the severe winter we had been having and wishing it would end soon. Now summer is returning; the heat will soon become unbearable and I know I''ll be counting the days till it is cold again.....
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You’re every woman...
I am a 15-year-old student and regular reader of The Review. I really appreciate your issue (TR, March 6) regarding International Women’s Day. The articles were very informative and empowering as well....
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