August 2, 2003 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi kids! As kids we used to sing whenever it would start raining and disrupt our play. Perhaps children even today sing such rhymes to ward off the rain. But it seems not only children want the rains to stop these days but the grown ups as well.... Cover Story: Want to Look Good? Looking good has many meanings. But here we only talk of appearance, since it’s natural that our appearance concerns us a good deal. We are often worried about our looks and... Cover Story: Shaping your personality A smart, charming and graceful person enters the room; all the conversation stops; hundreds of eyes fix on the charming stranger. And then the silence of the room breaks suddenly by... Debate: Students and politics I am not sure but from my own experience and study of events I find that the people in power always tend to keep the students aloof from politics, whereas... Story Time: A freaky friend “What a peaceful day,” I thought, sitting in a beautiful park with no one by my side. This was miserable as I had no friend. “This world is not loyal!” I... Story Time: Why jeans? No, no, no, no, NO! My mind made up, I picked up the Shalwar Kameez and flung it back into the wardrobe.“Why not? Why won’t you wear this to Activity Day in school?” Mum argued..... Feature: Mohtarama Fatima Jinnah: Madar-I-Millat Mohtarama Fatima Jinnah, the youngest sister of Quaid-i-Azam, was proclaimed as Madar-i-Millat during the Pakistan Movement by the Muslims of the sub-continent. She was born on July 31, 1891, to Jinnah... Country Hopping: Rwanda Rwanda is a landlocked country in central Africa, with Uganda towards the north, Tanzania towards the east, Burundi towards the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo towards the west.... Things To Do: Fabric painting When you think of the word ‘summer’ what comes to your mind? Hot scorching, sunny days, clear blue skies; and warm winds beating your face.... Book: Knock on memory If one is asked to describe the theme of poems penned by Muhammed Usama, compiled in the shape of a small book, in one word then melancholic seems to be just... Movie: The jungle book 2 Walt Disney is one of the world’s most famous animator and the classic Disney tales of humour, anticipation and delight have captured the hearts of not only youngsters but also adults.... Music: Gutter flower Alternative rock music is the world’s most playing genre of free-spirited people -- who need music more than want music to encode their emotional and social values to shake their souls... Web Site: Singing fish This is considered to be one of the largest audio/video archives on the web. It provides you with three ways of searching: simple search, in which you simply enter the search term as you would do with any other website... Miscellanea: Taekwondo championship The F.K.’s Takewondo & Fitness Academy won the 8th All Pakistan CDGK-FK’s Masters Taekwondo Championship 2003. The championship was held at the Women Sports Complex, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and organized by the F.K.... Weekly Update: Egypt wants stolen treasures back CAIRO: Egypt has launched a massive campaign for the return of its antiquities from Western museums. Chief architect of the campaign is Zahi Hawass, general secretary of Egypt’s Supreme Council for... The beauty and joy of rain For the past few weeks it’s been raining in Karachi. And when it rains in Karachi there is water everywhere. Pools of water form over the roads. The children come outside, playing in the water. People were also out..... Computers: Working with autoshapes Most students like geometry. Many students create beautiful designs and characters from geometrical shapes (triangle, rectangle, circles and lines, etc.). If you are among those who like to make diagrams from... Health Line: “Pink eye” or viral conjunctivitis Currently, we are experiencing an epidemic of “pink eye” or viral conjunctivitis in Karachi. It is a very common eye infection that spreads from one person to another.... Super Sis I study in class five. There is a boy in my class who always tries to compete with me. Whenever he gets less marks his mother comes to the teacher, and I don’t know what she says to her, but after that the teacher gives him extra marks... Do you know? In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes. Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution.... Quotes There are many tongues to talk, but few heads to think. —Victor Hugo * Heaven never helps the man who will not act. —Sophocles.... Briefs: She may be the one INDIANAPOLIS: DNA tests were being conducted on a woman who contacted the family of a 6-year-old who vanished in 1986, saying that she may be their girl, the girl’s father said.... Mail Box I WAS really happy to learn that girls would be given the chance to prove themselves not only in the field of aeronautical engineering but as ground engineers and pilots as well at the Pakistan Airforce Academy, Risalpur.... Poet''s Corner June and July Two hottest months, Always our holidays. Alas! The load of home work, Oh! The stress of work....

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