COVER STORY: To love, honour and... trust?
Trust is universally acknowledged as the most important element in any relationship, but Saima Salman finds out that this may not always be the case...
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COVER STORY: Taking the plunge
There is a very short distance between trust and mistrust, yet they are also worlds apart. Trusting is difficult. It requires taking a chance, because there is always a risk that your trust will be betrayed....
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COVER STORY: The missing element
Marylou Andrew feels that many people don’t have even a basic understanding of how to behave in ways that will nurture trust and growth....
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OFF THE RACK: Street performers
Lights! Camera! Action! Well, not quite! The studio lights may not be there; the camera is definitely missing but there is plenty of action, drama (read melodrama) and definitely plenty of emotions to wrench your heart....
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In sickness and in stealth
I have been married for seven years and so far my beloved husband has remained as faithful as ever, at least so he says or perhaps I have yet to catch him in the act. But even now, something...
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VIEW POINT: Friend or foe?
Growing up in the west, going to school, then college and workplace, the other half of humankind that was not male — women — was ever-present. There were women who were friends at school...
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HEALTH: A tissue, a tissue, we all fall down
There is no cure for fibromyalgia, a condition generally mistaken for arthritis, but there are things you can do to manage it, writes Shamama Shabbir...
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GO NUTS: High on dry
Dry fruits are one of winter’s most delightful delicacies. Only a few experiences are as comforting as curling up on a rug or in a blanket in front of a heater, when it’s freezing outside and feasting on...
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FACE TO FACE: The horse and I
In today’s dark and violent world where bomb blasts and gun-toting terrorists are aplenty, where human beings are killed in ways one would not even kill an animal, a story of injuring and maybe even...
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SPICE CITY: Hot and happening
Most people have probably never heard of, let alone visited the small town of Kunri, situated about 300 miles from Karachi. Hidden in the heart of the province of Sindh it does not feature on any...
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NATURE TALK: In thin air
I recently saw some air plants in a friend’s garden in Defence, Karachi and found them quite fascinating. Will you please tell me more about them, what is their botanical name for example...
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Weekend wrap
Mickey Rourke turns in an astonishing performance in director Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. In the film Rourke doesn’t just play Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson — a wrestling superstar of the ’80s...
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EATING OUT: Bon Voyage
When driving past Sea View Township, you are bound to be struck by the sight of a huge restaurant that looks like a ship, a part of it actually protruding into the sea....
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EARTHLY MATTERS: Local solutions to global problems
The Chairman of the IPCC (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change), Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri was in Pakistan last week — he was invited to a regional conference on climate change held in Islamabad....
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Post mark
This is with reference to Rina Saeed Khan’s column titled ‘I remember...’ (Jan 8-14). I wonder why her column gets published under the slug ‘Earthly Matters’, for Ms Rina barely discusses them once...
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