November 10, 2001 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi kids, Recently we received a letter... No, no, don’t get worried, it didn’t contain anthrax or a letter bomb. It was one of the many we get daily. Though most are encouraging... COVER STORY: Dawn of the modern era During the 18th century dramatic changes took place in history. People started to shift from an agrarian culture to a more sophisticated machine culture. Instead of goods being produced by hand... Trials and travails of bus travel Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan; a city where more than 10 million people reside. The figure is increasing every day with more and more people from rural areas arriving... STORY TIME: The frightened boy “Tap, tap; tap, tap.” Erum heard the faint knock at the door. She was alone in the house, doing her homework in the study. Her parents had gone out to work,... Bittersweet delights Repeat after me: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper...”. Do it as fast as you can. Ha! Got you there, didn’t I? Tongue-twisters are tricky and that too with... COUNTRY HOPPING: Costa Rica Costa Rica is bounded on the north by Nicaragua and on the southeast by Panama. The coastlines formed by Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean make up the northeastern and southeastern borders... A tribute to Snubby I still remember the day in April or May of 1992 when we saw her for the first time in our kitchen balcony. She was white with black ears and a... MOVIE: Zoolander It so seems after the success of Meet the Parents and There’s Something About Mary, actor and director Ben Stiller has one more hit up his sleeve in the form of... BOOK: Of what might have been ‘Mohenjo-Daro — The Living City’ is one of the newest titles in the Oxford University Press’s ‘Homespun Tales from Pakistan’ series. Penned by Zubeida A. Dossal, this book for young people... MUSIC: Fantastic females 3 Albums catering to the special moods of the music listeners were very rare a few years back but now the music market is full of chart buster albums with a variety... ON AIR: Motor chaley pum pum Do you know of any new comedy serial with jazzy new ideas? If the answer is negative, then watch Motor Chaley Pum Pum on PTV World at 7:20pm every Monday. If... GAME TALK: Gangsters 2 Gangsters 2 is the sequel to the highly successful Gangsters: Organized Crime. The game allows you to experience the lifestyle of a crime boss but this time in a true real-time... WEB SITE: A whole lot of fun! Designed by Cybernet, Planet Lipton is a new hangout for youngsters on the Internet. Get the latest on your favourite movies, chart buster music, sports, fashion etc. Besides this you can... UCH! IT HURTS: Why do we get sunburned? Most of us have no idea of the many ways in which light from the sun affects us. For example, sunlight destroys fungi and bacteria that may have settled on the... Super Sis Dear Super Sis, My cousins have come over from London. My mother wants me to talk to them and give them company, but when I try to do so, they ignore me and are very rude.... MISCELLANEA: The young Techno whizZ Teenagers, specially boys, in Pakistan are generally thought to be attracted towards sports, specially cricket. However, there is a fast-growing number of youngsters who are more attracted to computer games, the... VOCABULARY: STUDY TIME So, how many answers did you get correct last time? You see, there is a lot more here than what we study at schools, in colleges and in universities. Basically, such detailed and profound study of a particular... You can quote All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.... Mail Box Pollution: a menace POLLUTION is one of the biggest menaces in today’s world. There are many kinds of pollution, for example, noise pollution, air pollution, water pollution. The cutting and burning... Poet''s Corner Mouse in the house Once upon a time in my house I saw a big fat mouse I got really frightened and I screamed When it looked at me,...

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