May 11, 2008
Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine.
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SPIRITUALISM: Hole in the soul
 To the superstitious and the ‘spiritual’, scientific and rational thought look like the monsters of the modern age. This thinking manifests itself even more strongly when spiritualism becomes intertwined with faith....
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SOUL SEARCHING: The connection
 Many a time, I find myself making lists in my head even when I am standing quietly with my hands folded. Detaching oneself from the affairs of the world takes a very, very conscious effort, During my third year at university, a professor....
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HOODWINKED: Spirituality begins at dome
 Superstition denudes man of rhyme and reason. That is why we have a glut of spiritual practioners and soothsayers who tell us about our fate without a grain of knowledge about their own....
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HERITAGE: The Nizam’s worth
 The Indian army’s advanced guard was still about a hundred miles from Secunderabad during the Operation Polo on September 16, 1948 when Hyderabad’s agent-general in London Mir Nawaz Jang....
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FOOD CRISIS: Squeezed Out of the food chain
 In recent months, food producing countries from Argentina to Kazakhstan have begun to slam shut their doors to protect domestic access to the food they grow, Even before he took a butcher knife to the goat’s throat, Likbir Ould Mohamed Mahmoud....
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NON-SMOKERS CORNER: Order, order, (dis)order
 One has to be naïve not to understand the linkage between an independent judiciary and transparent and effective day-to-day governance, Last week’s Smokers Corner attempted to trivialise the restoration....
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: African odyssey
 The prosperity of a Zambian family is often gauged by the food that it eats. Having recently made the beautiful country of Zambia my new home, the cuisine here has also gradually found its way to our dining table....
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GLOBETROTTING: Highway to Iowa
 Driving at night, bats were the only objects that I could see and thousands of them flew over me whenever I passed through an underpass. On a moonlit night the whole ambience had a surreal feel to it....
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BRAINSTORM: Dare to dream
Sometimes it is the extension of a silly idea that holds the solution. From this evaluation process you could form a plan of what you most want to do, How are your life and work doing? Is it stagnating, boring, going nowhere?....
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QUIZ-O-MANIA: Mystic mantra
 ONE: The essence of Sufism is love and universality. Unlike many orthodox Muslims, the followers of Sufism believe in loving even those who belong to other creeds and religions, which explains why most Sufi saints...
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PAST PRESENT: Culture club
 We talk about culture, it includes literature, paintings, sculpture, music, dance, drama, folklore, festivals, and celebration, While studying social change, historians generally minimise or ignore the impact of culture giving....
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UN WIND: Relax, don’t do it
 Rapidly progressing technology certainly provides us with the luxuries of life. But the competitive environment nevertheless puts intense pressure on everyone....
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HEALTH WISE: Eat smart
 By eating breakfast your body metabolism gets the right signals; whereas skipping it regularly slows down metabolism leading to increase in weight, Luckily, the days of crash diets and starvation regimes are over.....
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BEST REMEDY: Lemon aid
 After a number of studies foreign experts concluded that lemon is one of the best remedies for weight loss. The secret is that this little fruit has a positive effect on the digestive tract....
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SOCCER: Rollercoaster ride ends on a high
 After a low-key start in management Bernd Schuster has collected his first major managerial title after guiding Real Madrid to their 31st Primera Liga title on May 4; but it has been far from a smooth ride for the German....
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OLYMPICS: Between triumph and struggle
 Western mediamen are at it again. They’re trying hard to turn the forthcoming Beijing Olympics into a damp squib by vehemently criticising China for political reasons, They have brought up issues related to environmental hazards....
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SHOW TIME: Stay tuned for more
 The IPL has become a big show of everything that’s new to cricket, Big money, sponsors, insecure boards, saleable players, skimpily-dressed cheerleaders, serial kissers, attitude, angry brawls, television rights, music, song and dance…....
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GIRL POWER: Man’s world? Not anymore…
 The nation is harbouring the hope that the Pakistani team would also come up with good performances at the fourth Women Asia Cup which began at Candy, Sri Lanka, from May 2.....
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MOTHER’S DAY: By Munizeh Zuberi
 Women are the source of life. They bear children, nurture and mould their present and the future. Since times immemorial, women have not only been worshipped, admired, adored and cherished but have also been condemned...
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ISLAMABAD DATELINE: Enterprise Pakistan
 Welcome to the world of science fiction. Anyone with an iota of imagination can write a blockbuster based on news of the weird occurring in our political corridors of power in Islamabad today.....
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There’s no place like home
 I am a 17-year-old girl. I have lived in the US most of my life. My family has now moved to Karachi because my father wanted to. I want to be independent. I have five other siblings and I want to move out....
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MEDICAL NOTES: Off the cough
Bronchitis is an infection of the lining of the respiratory tract and lungs. The membrane becomes thick and swells causing narrowing of air passages. This leads to coughing spells, breathlessness and production of thick sputum....
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Letters
This is with the reference to Qasim A. Moini’s article The past is the present of the future. I agree with the writer. He has indeed discussed a very important point. We are definitely moving away from our simple lifestyle...
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