Hey everyone,
I finally bought two new books today. One is Michael Palin's Himalaya. My brother and his wife had been watching series of documentary/ travel program on BBC and were all praise for Palin's Himalaya, where he spent 100 days plus traveling though the region of the Himalayan mountains, starting from Pakistan to somewhere in China. I saw the hardback edition, and it had all these amazing color pictures and all. Today I found the paperback edition, which still has pictures, although its in black and white. I think it would be an interesting read for me as I travel along the Himalatan regions and discover entirely new groups of people with their peculiar customs and traditions.
The other book I picked up is A Bed of Red Flowers, when I saw the familiar face of Nelofer Pazira. She is the one who made and starred in the movie Kandahar, where she returns to Afghanistan after getting a letter from her friend that she will commit suicide at the eclipse. I developed an interest in Afghanistan after I had read The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini. I also have a friend, who's married now, who is spending his life in Afghanistan. He and his wife left the comfort of their home in the United States, and are spending their lives in a small town in the Northern part of Afghanistan. So, I hope her book is also a good read. It's part auto-biographical, part story of her friend whom she tries to re-connect with.
As soon as I am done with them, I will post my reviews.
Mansur
2 comments:
I started reading Himalaya today...and he starts right at the beginning in Pakistan! I cannot wait to get to the chapter where he is in Lahore, my hometown! Goodness! His way of writing is quite involving and humorous!
H, My eye is much better...the doctor said that I need to use yet another medicine to get rid of the white spot.
J, it's going to be a while for the reviews to come up.
X, thanks for the wishes...I am actually really excited about these two books.
Mansur
HYDERABADS SIASAT URDU DAILY EDITOR IN SEX RACKET
A Hyderabad based urdu newspaper siasat editor mr amir ali khan and mr mazhar and mr alamdar were involved in a sex racket today as exposed by MIM floor leader in the state assembly in which a young girl was sold to alleged sex racket after being brought in a trap by offering her a scholarship and then taking her to a farmhouse and raping her which are seirous offenses and even forcing her parents not to file a police complaint and threatnig them with dire consequences.Even the National Law Trust has sent a letter dated on 14-09-2006 signed by its Chairman Mr Khalid Nishu to all the Newspaper editors to take up the story as it damages the reputation of the media and the victim Mrs Mariam Fatima had even met the President of India seeking justice and the State Home Minister has appointed a team led by deputy Commissoner of police Mr Madhu Sudan Reddy IPS to investigate the case as promised by the Minister in the Assembly .The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen on Tuesday took the Congress government to task for its alleged failure to control kidnappings and trafficking of young girls in the State, particularly Hyderabad.
Armed with statistics MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said Hyderabad city alone records seven cases of missing youths, including five girls, every day. As many as five children are kidnapped every day on an average. The MIM leader said 1,118 cases of kidnap and missing of children were registered in Hyderabad during 2004 and of this 353 cases were registered within Cyberabad police limits. In 2005, 511 cases of kidnap and missing of children were recorded.
With regard to missing of youths, particularly girls, Mr Owaisi said 3476 such cases were registered during 2005. Of these only 1714 cases were traced. About 80 per cent of all missing persons are young girls who are kidnapped by professional human trafficking gangs. “There is a heavy demand for Andhra girls in other States. The kidnapped girls are sold in brothels outside the State. The CID has reported the existence of as many as 32 such gangs in the State. Andhra Pradesh has now become number one State in the country in terms of missing children,” the MIM leader pointed out.
Answering supplementary during the Question Hour, Home minister K. Jana Reddy said the AP High Court had observed the man missing cases are not cognisable offences and police need not register them. A note in the general register will suffice. However, as a social obligation police are tracing the missing persons.
The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen on Tuesday took the Congress government to task for its alleged failure to control kidnappings and trafficking of young girls in the State, particularly Hyderabad.
Armed with statistics MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said Hyderabad city alone records seven cases of missing youths, including five girls, every day. As many as five children are kidnapped every day on an average. The MIM leader said 1,118 cases of kidnap and missing of children were registered in Hyderabad during 2004 and of this 353 cases were registered within Cyberabad police limits. In 2005, 511 cases of kidnap and missing of children were recorded.
With regard to missing of youths, particularly girls, Mr Owaisi said 3476 such cases were registered during 2005. Of these only 1714 cases were traced. About 80 per cent of all missing persons are young girls who are kidnapped by professional human trafficking gangs. “There is a heavy demand for Andhra girls in other States. The kidnapped girls are sold in brothels outside the State. The CID has reported the existence of as many as 32 such gangs in the State. Andhra Pradesh has now become number one State in the country in terms of missing children,” the MIM leader pointed out.
Answering supplementary during the Question Hour, Home minister K. Jana Reddy said the AP High Court had observed the man missing cases are not cognisable offences and police need not register them. A note in the general register will suffice. However, as a social obligation police are tracing the missing persons.
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