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Saturday 21 November 2009
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 Major powers meet for Iran's nuke snub     China overtaking India in English usage: study     Mirwaiz free to travel anywhere he wants: Krishna     One year after 26/11- Kasab's lawyer wilts under harsh spotlight     8 militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal belt     Obama interacts with Cuban blogger, assures increased respect for human rights     Pakistan has nothing to fear from India: Manmohan     UP wooing expatriates with 'Discover your Roots' scheme     Union Commerce Ministry will not force SEZs in Goa: Kamat     PM, Advani to choose new Information Chief today     New deal for sugar cane farmers     US reopens probe into Watergate scandal     PM's state visit to showcase strong Indo-US relationship     Air Canada begins in-flight internet service     Cross border fertilisation of terrorism in Pakistan: Hillary Clinton     BBMP deploys IT for solid waste management     Shankaranand passes away    
Art & Culture
 
The good doctor
payment in kind van Gogh’s ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’. On the 100th death anniversary of physician Paul Gachet, Giridhar Khasnis writes about the man who was immortalised by van Gogh in his famous painting.
From the banks of Indus
Old in new (Left)A spread of ‘rallis’ Photo Noorjehan Bilgrami (right) a red-and-blue ‘ajrak’. Photo Irfan Naqi A visit to Karachi is not complete without a visit to KOEL. We drove to Clifton, a tiny residential locality of Karachi — a leafy lane leading to one of Karachi’s well loved landmarks — KOEL, a boutique owned and run by Noorjehan Bilgrami.
Orchestrating peace
High notes The ESNCM performing in Lebanon and below in Bahrain. Photos courtesy: Fares S Mansour The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Birzeit, a suburb of Ramallah, is building bridges in the occupied West Bank communities, says MICHAEL JANSEN
The survival story of patchwork artisans of Pipoli
On the edge The Pipoli patchwork. Ever wondered where those beautiful beach umbrellas with applique work come from? They are usually seen with red, blue and yellow cloth patches.
The lesser known Jane Austen
Mystery woman Jane Austen. Who would not wish for a close relative like Aunt Jane? In early 1817, the year she died, suffering, perhaps, from lymphoma and beginning work on a novel she became too ill to finish, Jane Austen wrote a letter to her eight-year-old niece, Cassandra.
On the trail of Robert Persig’s motorcycle
On the road for so long Persig on the road; (right) new edition of the book. There was a time, not too long ago, when it was commonplace to see students and young professionals carrying well thumbed copies of Robert Persig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
 
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Sadu Kokila directed Devaru is about life and its many combinations and complications. The story is about how best one can make use of life to make...
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