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• Excerpt: The Jewel of Medina

  Special Features

  Created: October, 2008 Author: permission of Publisher

    The Jewel of Medinaby Sherry JonesPublisher: Beaufort BooksISBN-13: 9780825305184Pages: 432pp Hardcover Mother of the PoorMedina, a few days later  I’d tried pleading, sulking, and cajoling, but Muhammad had insisted: Not only must I walk to t...

• EVENT: The China Lover

  Books & Arts

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Super Admin

   The China LoverLecture and Book Launch by Author, Ian BurumaThursday, October 16, 6:30 PM Courtesy of the Penguin Press.Asian expert and Japanese film scholar Ian Buruma discusses his new novel, The China Lover, based on the life and career of actress Y...

• Violation in the name of Religion

  Features

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Anand Gupta

  In Nepal, some girls, only three to four years of age are picked by Buddhist priests as kumaris, or “living goddesses”, who are then confined to temples until puberty. Is it justified to deprive these children of their basic rights of health and educa...

• Calamity of Political Turmoil

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  Created: October, 2008 Author: Ishtiaq Niaz

  Bangladesh, one of the most politically polarized and largest democracies of the world, seems to be descending into chaos, with violence, strikes, transport blockades and business instability adding to an already strong sense of tension. With the on-going...

• Devastated Afghanistan – who is responsible?

  Regional

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Noor-ul-Hasan

  A two-decade-long civil war which began as an insurgency against the former communist-led government in Kabul led to the surprising emergence of the Taliban as the leaders in Afghanistan. However, Taliban’s version of Islam & Islamic law has only create...

• India: Nuclear Future

  Regional

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Naseem Ahmed

    The world's largest democracy and second most populous country, India, has emerged as a major power after a period of foreign rule and several decades during which its economy was virtually closed. From the late 1980s, India began to open up to the ou...

• Pakistan: Musharraf's Potential

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  Created: October, 2008 Author: H.D.S. Greenway

   Pervez Muharraf has left the stage, but the Pakistani drama continues, mostly to very bad reviews. The government has lost control of large swaths of territory to Islamic extremists. Bombers roam at will, bringing havoc and destruction in cities across ...

• Easy Climb to Power?

  Cover Stories

  Created: October, 2008 Author: S.G. Jilanee

  The answer to the above question must be an emphatic, ‘No.’ Why else should this country draw the appellation “land of the damned” in the Independent (London)? Didn’t Antony say, “The evil that men do, lives after them/ the good is oft interre...

• Analysis: Afghan-Pakistan

  Special Features

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Shoaib Harris

  On August 22nd, missile strikes were launched on intelligence from local clansmen in remote villages of Herat province and aimed to target a cluster of radical insurgents. Acting on the tip, U.S.-led coalition forces calling in quick-response airstrikes, ...

• Dance Festival of India

  Features

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Nita Vasudevan

  Presented on September 20, 2008, the Dance Festival of India accompanied New York-based contemporary artist Pratima Naithan in presenting the finest of Classical Indian culture to our metropolitan diaspora.  Produced by Sridhar Shanmugam of the non-profi...

• Review: The Charismatic Leader

  Books & Arts

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Ilhan Niaz

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• South Asia - A Security Threat

  Special Features

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Hamid Khan

  With the on-going U.S.-led counterterrorism efforts, focused especially on South & Southwest Asia, still the existence of international terrorist groups and their supporters happen to increase rapidly in the region. And this critical situation of South As...

• The Zardari we Love and Hate

  Cover Stories

  Created: October, 2008 Author: Kamal Siddiqui

   Why do we love to hate Mr. Zardari? Mian Nawaz Sharif says that he is dismayed and disappointed. The PML-N feels cheated over the fact that despite an agreement between the two parties, Mr. Zardari let them down. For his part, Asif Zardari says that the...