November 2, 2002
Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people.
This page is updated every Saturday.
For current issue Click here
Hi kids!
 Now tell me honestly, what do you do when you don’t feel like doing anything but have no choice other than doing it? Yes, you force yourself and do it somehow. This doesn’t only happen with youngsters like you. Us elders are also often faced with such a dilemma....
|
|
Cover Story: Are you superstitious?
 If you are superstitious, then you are not alone. For thousands of years, people have tried to understand and search for the truth behind the strange mysteries, unexpected or strange events,...
|
|
||
DEAR DIARY: But why?
 Aah! I am happy now. But I don’t understand why others are not happy as well. Why are they not content with whatever they have. When I am glad, why are the people around me so worried about it? Let’s see, where should I start from? My story begins...
|
|
Travel: Magnificent Sigriya
 The city of Sigriya, in Sri Lanka, is an area of archaeological importance lying between the ancient capitals of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruva. The name is derived from the word ‘Simha-giri’ meaning...
|
|
|
||
Story Time: The old lady next door
 While standing near the window sill, drinking a mug of cold coffee before daybreak, I noticed a moving truck parked in front of the abandoned house next door. It was quite...
|
|
Story Time: That Joke!
 Out of the blue, my friends just decided to play a prank on me. In school during recess, one of them just pretended to be enjoying her cold drink and while...
|
|
|
||
Story Time: Late again!
 Being a reporter I was always on the lookout for good and interesting news to cover and so prove to my editor that I am not a useless reporter. Often in the past I had been late in handing in my report. My rival reporter in the newspaper was Khurram who always....
|
|
Personality: The great inventor: Thomas Edison
 The versatile American inventor, who singly or jointly held a world record of 1093 patents and also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory, was born on February 11, 1847 in the town of Millan, Ohio....
|
|
|
||
What is a lake?
 Did you know that the Caspian Sea is actually a lake? It is the world’s largest lake (393,900 sq km.) situated between the continents of Europe and Asia, in Russia and...
|
|
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: Stirring up the past with Bajia
 Who is not familiar with Fatima Surayya Hamidi popularly known as Bajia. The lady is a living legend in the field of literature. She also has many celebrated television plays to...
|
|
|
||
Health Line: Anorexia nervosa
 Alyssa wanted to be a ballerina. She wanted it so badly that when her coach asked her to lose weight, she went on a crash diet. Convinced that she was fat...
|
|
Feature: The role of plastics in environmental degradation
 Just stop whatever you are doing and look around. What do you see? Do you see those innumerable plastic objects? Since the Second World War, the use of plastic has increased...
|
|
|
||
BOOK: The Kehkashan Series
 As I browse through the Kehkashan series by Ushba Publishing International, Karachi, I cannot but marvel at the quality and the content. Ruefully I remember my school days and our Urdu...
|
|
Music: Lagan
 Haroon is back with his newest venture, Lagan. The album which hit the market recently, is bound to hit the charts in no time at all. With Mehndi doing a good...
|
|
|
||
ON AIR: Tech now!
 If you want to be up-to-date on the latest in the world of science, you better watch Tech now! It’s a show that provides you with a great deal of knowledge...
|
|
COUNTRY HOPPING: Libya
 Libya is a state in North Africa. On the north of Libya is the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt is to its East, to its west is the Republic of Algeria whereas other neighbouring countries include Chad, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia...
|
|
|
||
OPINION CORNER: Best way to help the needy
 ALL human beings, being the children of Adam and Eve, belong to one family. Like family members it is our duty to help each other. One thing that should be taken care of when providing someone with help is to not make a big show of it. The fewer people know....
|
|
MISCELLANEA: Lovely artworks, beautiful backdrop
 Many of you living in Karachi must have seen a beautiful redstone building — the Mohatta Palace — in Old Clifton. It was built by Rai Bahadur Seth Shivratan Mohatta. Rai...
|
|
|
||
|
WEEKLY UPDATE: Virtual handshake
LONDON: Scientists in Britain and the United States will try to shake hands, from 5,000 km apart, using the Internet to connect them. They will use pencil-like devices called phantoms to recreate the sense of touch, organisers of the experiment said. The phantoms send small impulses at very high frequencies down...
|
|
QUIZ: Roman mythology
 1. According to a legend, Rome was founded in 753BC by Romulus and Remus, twin brothers who were descendants of the main hero in Roman mythology. Can you name this hero?...
|
|
|
||
Super Sis
 Dear Super Sis, My problem is that I am very rude. I always try my best to control my rudeness but I can’t. I always become angry over small things. I think my rudeness and anger hurt my mother. The other....
|
|
QUOTES
 * Let a man guard himself. Let him be like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without. Not a moment should escape his vigilance.—Buddha....
|
|
|
||
Mail Box
 EDUCATION, they say, is like a third eye for a learned individual. God has blessed everyone with two eyes which enable us to see just the obvious. With education one can even see or know about things which are not so obvious....
|
|
Poet''s Corner
 The centipede The centipede was quite happy Until one day the toad said, “Pray, which leg goes after which?” And worked her mind to such a pitch...
|
|
|
||
