Caught in a muddle Zebunnisa Hamid
looks at people like us in Pakistan - who are neither liberals nor extremists - but who remain caught on a sticky wicket with rising prices and unemployment.
The haunt of the super rich The Portuguese Riviera that earlier provided refuge
to nobility and others fallen on bad times, now has grandiose villas, challenging golf courses, Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix, Olympic Classes Sailing
Championship, casinos, and umbrella-covered
sidewalk cafes, writes Janardhan Roye
Kasauni: The Switzerland of India Rachna Bisht-Rawat writes about Kausani, the hill station
that even Mahatma Gandhi lost
his heart to during a pre-
independence tour of the country.
This is a collage of the huge diversity in the way people in Pakistan are dealing with modernity — from complete hedonistic embrace to religious reactionism.
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