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Bapsi Sidhwa was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and spent her childhood in Lahore. She has written four novels, including Cracking India, The Crow Eaters and The Bride. She now lives in Houston and travels frequently to Pakistan. The Crimson spoke recently with Sidhwa about her latest novel, An American Brat. Sidhwa will read from her book at the Cambridge Public Library tonight...
...Sharif reflects the regional divisons that have undermined national stability and independence since 1947. Bhutto's votes came largely from her native province, Sind, where her family retains large landholdings, and from the rural areas of populous Punjab. Naqaz Sharif scored a virtual clean sweep in the largest cities -- Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi -- and industrial areas of Punjab...
...dignity." And a backlash against the sex trade is taking form in several countries where it has long been entrenched. In Manila the new mayor, Alfredo Lim, vows "to eradicate prostitution," and has padlocked 300 bars. Under a new law, pimps and clients will face prison and deportation. In Karachi human-rights lawyers are mobilizing opinion against rackets that have kidnapped 200,000 Bangladeshi women into prostitution in Pakistan. In Negombo, Sri Lanka, a recent mecca for European pedophiles, Catholic priests staged protest marches until embarrassed authorities agreed to combat the trade...
...Karachi stressed that despite "substantialbenefits from stopping [smoking]," the best advicestill remains not to start...
...Karachi said he plans to continue his studieson other diseases. "We're going to be examiningsimilar things in terms of heart attacks, coronaryheart disease, and heart disease," he said