Brave new world

Here on the beach at Beruwela, in outward appearances the last day of 2007 is like any other day of the year; there is no pause in the waves embracing the sand, no breathless moment of silence to note the end of another twelve months.

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Fahima Sahabdeen:

A perceptive script-writer

Speaking about her writing, she mentioned that she has to be emotionally-pregnant to commence writing. For Fahima, writing has always been a pleasure and passion. However, she wrote the script for 'Yahaluwo' based on the experience she had with her own children, recording their behaviour and utterances. She believes that children have a kind of wisdom which adults do not posses.

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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto:

Adieu! Glamour of Modern canon

Benazir Bhutto and her political legacy

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Lalith Athulathmudali, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, Rajive Ghandhi, Sonia Ghandhi and Aung Sang Suu ki represent the generation of political leaders who stand for a modern society where meritocracy reign and people would condemn any form of extremism. It is indeed, rare that Benazir envisioned a democratic and multi-ethnic Pakistan which had enjoyed little of them since its independence.

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