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Food for thought: Nature’s bounty
Winter is here and it’s time to make the most of the benefits of oranges. Known as the king of citrus fruits, oranges are classified into two categories: Citrus Sinensis (sweet oranges) and Citrus...
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Selfhelp: Recharge your new year’s resolutions
New Year’s Resolutions can be such a drag. Every year, one vows to “eat healthy, get fit, get organised, be a better person, etc.” — but very few are able to stick it out. Many also struggle to...
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Gardening: A mixed plate
Q: Is it possible to grow strawberries in Karachi? If so, where can I get the seeds or plants? Which month is the best for sowing the seeds or putting in plants? I need to grow them in pots so which...
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Advice: Don’t let them eat cake
Aoa problem solver ninja auntie! My best and most understanding friend (who is already engaged to a really nice girl) just told me after the six years of friendship that he is in love with me and is...
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Food for thought: A bittersweet symphony
Sweets for the sweet and honey for my honey? With the amount of sugar going around on Valentine’s Day, we’re lucky to not have a nation full of diabetics on our hands. But truth be told, if there’s...
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Our hopes and aspirations for rugby in the country rely solely on the youth:...
Pakistan Rugby Union’s president, Fawzi Khawaja, is passionate for the sport. From his childhood Fawzi played rugby and over the years his love for the game transcended boundaries, from Karachi to...
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Pakistan on the rugby horizon
PRU is working on professionalising the sport in Pakistan. -Dawn photo “If you can’t take a punch, you should play table tennis.”— Pierre Berbizier It seems that former French captain Pierre...
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Self help: Break those bad office habits
Bad habits at the office can have an adverse influence on one’s career. When these begin to affect quality of work, the repercussions are serious. Once a poor reputation is established for a person...
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Can renewables rescue us?
This year, power loadshedding has already started since January, when minimal amounts of electricity are used in the country. Then there is the widespread shortage of Sui gas in many areas coupled with...
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A leaf from history: Whither party enthusiasts?
Z.A. Bhutto was making efforts to regain Pakistan’s lost status in the international community and wanted to move forward taking all parties together. But it was not possible without taking other...
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A fast-paced story
Following a thrashing in the first Test at Cape Town during the tour of South Africa in 2007, Pakistan’s pace attack started the second Test, at Port Elizabeth, all cylinders firing. Shoaib Akthar made...
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Reviews previews: Jim James — regions of light and sounds of God
“I wanted the album to sound like it came from a different place in time. Perhaps sounding as if it were the past of the future… like a hazy dream that a fully-realised android or humanoid capable of...
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Gardening: Ancient wisdom
Passing through Rawalpindi recently I spotted some rather straggly, badly neglected Sambucus nigra shrubs, stubbornly clinging to life despite the incredibly dense traffic smog and atmospheric...
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Advice: Did you think I’d crumble?
Hello Auntie, I am a woman in my early 20s. I was sexually abused by three people, a cousin, a brother and a servant separately at different stages of my life. This started when I was a child of six...
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Food for thought: Sugar and spice
There is a lovely story told about the Zoroastrians who first arrived in the subcontinent in the 8th century to escape persecution in their native Persia. Jadi Rana, the Raja of Gujarat was not too...
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Marine life: Caught in the net
Early this month the news surfaced again — a whale shark had been caught and brought to the beach. The whale shark which measured 22.7 feet, weighed 2,470 kg and had a circumference (girth) of seven...
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A leaf from history: The atomic option
May 1974 was hectic for the PPP government and its leadership. On May 11, Z.A.Bhutto flew to China to strengthen ties with Pakistan’s old ally. He met Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai and...
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Mountain climbing: A historic achievement
What originally began as a documentary expedition turned into a labour of love for Sheherbano Saiyid who recently climbed three mountains with eight girls, capturing the moments through the camera....
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Others turning to Europe for talent
Lower-ranked football nations in Asia in recent years have turned to their overseas diaspora to find talented footballers in order to compete with the regional powers and other emerging nations. This...
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Why having foreign-based footballers not worked well for Pakistan?
Zesh Rehman. While the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in recent years has been hiring and firing coaches, lack of vision and ambition has played a key role in not developing the national team up to...
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