Friday, March 5, 1999
A crumbling edifice
The German sociologist-historian Norbert Elias had in a life time of exciting intellectual adventure explored many uncharted themes and created several innovative concepts before he died in 1991.
A journey to God
The Haj symbolises a believer's compulsive effort to show devotion to his Creator and Sustainer. It is a personal obligation on every Muslim, once in a lifetime, and it becomes due when the conditions of ability are fulfilled.
Secret of Ravi Shankar's Bharat Ratna
When the Lahore bus diplomacy was dominating the headlines, Khumar Barabankvi died quietly in Lucknow after a brief illness. There were no obituary notices, to my knowledge, not even in the Urdu Press.
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