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Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Global Wrongs!
Zulfiqar Ali Lessani

In looking at a world hurtling into an uncertain future and yearning for a past that has vanished forever, the author provides a critique of today’s social conditions where class differences, commercialisation and technology are stripping people of their humanity.

Maasir-i-Rahimi
Abdul Baqi Nahavandi

An account of the lives of Khan Khana Bairam and his son Abdul Rahim, who served the Mughal emperor Akbar, translated from the original Persian by Syed Mansoor Ali Suhrwardy and revised by Sharif Hussain Qasmi with additional notes by Hasan Beg.

The Story of the Ancient Indus People: Mohenjodaro-Harappa
Yussouf Shaheen

A succinct history of the Indus Valley Civilisation that looks at the lifestyle of the people, religious beliefs and their farming, trade and business practices as well as brief looks at the Sumerian, Ubadian and Mittani communities.

Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defence Movement
Wendy L. Rouse

As examination of the emergence and development of physical skills such as boxing and jiu-jitsu among women during United States’s Progressive Era, spanning the 1890s to the 1920s.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, August 26th, 2018

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