| • ‘ This collection of [Aijazuddin's] pithily written prose is like a mosaic of artistically assembled pieces of various shades and hues […] Since he is working on a vast canvas, and painting on it with so many brushes. He makes sure that no subject of his gaze gets out of focus, or overspills to tarnish his landscape's harmony. It is a difficult task to maintain such a precarious balance. But Aijaz does it with great finesse, for two reasons. One, his grip on his subject, or object, is firm and unrelenting; and two, his training as a chartered accountant has instilled in him a habit for precision and crafted efficiency. Both these characteristics come out with crystal clarity in his pithy columns. ' Karamatullah K. Ghori, Dawn Books & Authors , 29 Jan 2002 |
| .• ‘I marvel at the talent of Aijazuddin, which has helped him to divide himself neatly between business management and his favourite philosophers – Russell and Radhakrishnan. And how adroitly he has struck a balance between the two.' Intezar Husain, Dawn , 7 April 2002. |
| Contents of The Bark of a Pen. A Miscellany of Articles and Speeches |
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| PREFACE |
CULTURE |
| POLITICAL |
Many Unhappy Returns |
| Pokhran changed the face of history |
Culture and Tourism: Role of a Collector in Society |
| Our Raiwind Ronnie |
Language of the Needle |
| An Indigestible Animal |
On Miniature Painting |
| Climbing down from Kargil |
The Resourceful Fakirs |
| The Chinese Fortune Cookie |
Art, Archaeology and Design |
| A Leap into the Light |
Brickbats and Cricket bats |
| A Change of Clothing |
ON BOOKS & FILMS |
| Gifted Amateurs |
The Bark of the Pen |
| An American Requiem |
When Familiarity bred Contempt |
| BANKING & FINANCE |
The Indus Saga |
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Only the dead escape their dues
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The Unsinkable Mr Jinnah |
| Daylight Dacoities |
From Chaos to Catharsis |
| Mother Hubbard's Cupboard |
Shadows of Time |
| Another Milky Way |
A Flawed Inheritance
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| When Power turns sour |
Arms and the man |
| A Closing Down Sale |
REQUIEMS |
| The Rear View Budget |
C. H. Barry |
| The Financial Services Industry: The Role of Financial Institutions |
Begum Kishwar Abid Hussain |
| BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & TAXATION |
Bashir Mirza |
| IBM's Annual Congress, 1997 Information Technology |
Theodore Phailbus
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| Imperatives of Business Management |
Dr C.A. Qadir
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| Security Investment Protection Fund |
INDEX |
