TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akhund,Iqbal
TI  - Of pearls and pecks of straw: recollections, essays, after-thoughts 
SN  - 9780199407613
AV  - DS385.A48 A54 2017
U1  - 327.2092, AKH 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Karachi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Akhund, Iqbal.
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Biography
N1  - 

The past disappeared in one stroke (Page-1), 'Where are such men  (Page-9),Time, like a dark wind (Page-18),'Wa raqs mi kunad (Page-31), forgotten page (Page-36), journey of which I knew not the destination (Page-42),Reshmi Rumaal (Page-52),Purdah (Page-55),Emancipation (Page-60),Westernization (Page-66),Paris of the East (Page-73),Leftovers (Page-80),Solitary, not lonely (Page-86),Homebodies (Page-97),Tiffin carriers and holdalls (Page-117),East is East and West is West (Page-124), Showpang (Page-128), The demon drink (Page-132), School (Page-137), Joe, Jim, Jam (Page-142),Two Nations (Page-150), Pakistan ka matlab kya (Page-154), Urdish/Hindlish (Page-161), Feudal interlude (Page-166), Veracity, loyalty, modesty (Page-174), When France was France (Page-179), And yet (Page-183),  Sole superpower (Page-187), Latvia (Page-193), Law of the jungle (Page-201), Unusual encounters (Page-207)

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