Baithak World May 12: Sunday Books, Headlines, RealNews

Death has failed to take Qurratulain Hyder away from us. Annie Aapa lives through her works. And, no, she is no prisoner of Urdu ustaads to communicate with posterity. In life she chose Urdu as the preferred way of expression. But when she wanted — as in the wonderful translation of Fireflies in the Mist — she could communicate with those who could not make out a rafiq from a raqib. Trenchant but inspiring An expose of the relationship between Indians and British, it is vintage Qurratulain Hyder. Fireflies In The Mist


THERE must surely be some rational explanation for a politician whose recollection of matters of which he was personally aware is constantly wrong, who makes misstatements, utters palpable untruths and, where these do not suffice, makes convenient inventions. It is a weird collage and explicable only by the fact that this is a politician whose ambitions make him disregard the truth completely. Here is a list. It is illustrative, not exhaustive.In his true colours review article by A.G. Noorani


Origins of hatred review by A.G. Noorani
Man in a Black Turban by JAMES GLANZ on Basra (Iraq)
Bring Us ApartBy GEORGE F. WILL on McGovern, George S
ON POETRY; Vendler’s Yeats By DAVID ORR
Styron’s ChoicesBy DAVID LEAVITT on Baldwin, James
All the Difference By JONATHAN MILES on Fall of Frost (Book)
The New New World By JOSEF JOFFE on Post-American World, The (Book)
ESSAY; Recipes for Disaster By PAUL GREENBERG on Global Warming


Headlines


Archaeologists find Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia
Jaswant Singh says Advani may have a short memory
Ben Cohen: Time Magazine Advocates invading Burma
Kal Penn: Open Letter to Two Undeclared College Superdelegates
Ahmad Samih Khalidi: Israel's celebration remains a Palestinian catastrophe
Generation Faithful: Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love’s Rules
Clinton and Obama on Al-Jazeera
Who's the superpower now?


Paul Jay presents RealNews

When did the US "lose" Latin America? Forrest Hylton: The US is promoting secessionist movements to break up countries it cannot control view AP Lebanon update view Update on Myanmar cyclone relief effort view