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...mouse and a keyboard and how to navigate Windows. Now it's time to learn about the Web. It takes about half an hour before the women are surfing sites showcasing the latest fashion designs from overseas. "We're surprised how quickly people learn," says Ahsan Ashraf, a research officer with the National Computer Board, the government agency that runs the mobile-education program. "Some people have never seen a computer before. But they seem very enthusiastic to see what is happening elsewhere...
Mohammed Rashud Ashraf is trapped deep inside enemy territory, and he's about to blow his cover. A mob of flag-waving Sri Lankans, dancing to the hypnotic beat of bongo drums, has surrounded him. Undaunted, Rashud rises from his seat, his country's colors proudly displayed on his T-shirt, and stands defiant. "Pakistan is the greatest," he screams...
...soldierly "aggression" and reckons his own organization is mired down by bickering bureaucrats. Pakistani officials say the Indians are way ahead of them in propaganda and psychological warfare. "We don't have the resources to carry out all these operations," says a former ISI chief, Javed Ashraf Qazi. "RAW has a budget 10 times that of the ISI's and it is more effective than the ISI." This mutual admiration may, of course, be nothing more than a sly way to lobby for a bigger budget. The scarier these agencies make the enemy appear, the more cash they can claim...
Even though the concept of a meditation room might be foreign to some students, Ashraf said she hopes they grow to appreciate...
...Ashraf said she hoped the Tranquility Room, with its bright walls, sky-blue ceiling and green plants, would be a peaceful refuge from the “sharp” feeling of Mather’s gray concrete...