books By Leon Menezes The Crisis of Identity C.M. Naim makes a foray into the politics of identity. D eep in the psyche of minorities in any country are the same questions. Who am I really?” And, Where do I belong?” For Muslims in India, the added twist in the tale is the Pakistan factor. […]
6 BOOKREVIEWBOOKREVIEW The status of Urdu and minorities in India BY AQUILA ISMAIL Ambiguities of Heritage: Fictions and Polemics By C.M. Naim Published by City Press 316 Madina City Mall, Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar, Karachi 213pp: Rs.225 he translated verse of Urfi sets the pace for C. M. Naim’s eclectic (the author’s own words) collection […]
C. M. Naim Anilbiguities of Heritage Fictions and Polemict Islamic ideologue while Jinnah is the pragmatic secularist who fails to respond to the latter’s frequent pleas. In the essay titled “Iqbal, Jinnah and Pakistan: The Vision and the Reality”, Naim suggests: “by defining the existing reality of Pakistan too much in terms of the popular […]
realistic portraits of struggle and hardship, with endings as abruptly sudden as life itself. While the themes are weighty, the plots are gripping and particularly interesting in what they reveal about human nature. Mastur was no stranger to poverty. In early childhood, her family went through a period of financial hardship after the unexpected death […]
TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION IN PAKISTAN تحریر: غلام حیدر پبلشر: سٹی پر لمیٹڈ، بک شاپ ۳۱۶، سٹی ہال، عبداللہ ہارون روڈ، صدر، کراچی ۷۴۴۰۰ صفحہ: ۴۴۸ قیمت: تین سو روپے موجودہ دور ٹیکنالوجی کا دور ہے اور ٹیکنالوجی کی ترقی ہر ایک مُلک کی ترقی کے لیے سمارٹ اور ٹیکنالوجی کی تیزی کے اسباب انسانوں کو کشمیر […]
April 9-15, 99 books Friday Times 12 Forced evictions and housing development in Karachi FORCED EVICTIONS AND HOUSING RIGHTS ABUSES IN ASIA (Second Report 1996-97) Edited by Kenneth Fernandes CP City Press Karachi: Pp171 E viction Asia Watch is funded by Neth-erlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ACHR. and MISEREOR of Germany. It publishes reports on […]
BOOKREVIEWBOOKREVIEW 6. Urban housing issues in Asian cities BY S.H. ZAIDI “Urban housing policies and approaches in a changing Asian context’ Arif Hasan; Published by City Press, A-16, Safari Heights, Block 15, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi 75290; First Edition, 1997, pp. 61, Price Rs. 50/ M uch information is condensed in this. bouk, which is really an […]
Book Notes Book Notes Book Notes gives short descriptions of recently published books, papers and reports on all sub-jects relevant to the environment and development but with a particular interest in urban issues in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Pri-ority is given to items produced by research groups and NGOs from these regions. […]
March 5-11, 99 books Friday Times 12 People who really care about Karachi COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: FOUR CASE STUDIES FROM KARACHI Edited by Arif Hasan CP City Press Karachi; Pp181: Price Rs 200 I f you think Arif Hasan has produced a boring work-book on development work among Karuchi’s poor-communities you are quite mistaken. This is […]
The News International, Thursday, February 25, 1999 Making of a revolution and its aftermath By Mohsin S. Jaffri A mass movement bringing about drastic changes, politi-cally, socially, in ways of think-ing and methods of working, becomes known as a Revolu-tion. Our recent history calls the happenings in Iran – a revolution. The ingredients of revolution […]