TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akhund,Iqbal
TI  - Of pearls and pecks of straw: recollections, essays, after-thoughts 
SN  - 9780199407613 (hbk)
U1  - 327.2092 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Karachi : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Pakistan
N1  - 	Machine generated contents note: 1. `The past disappeared in one stroke ...' --
2. `Where are such men ...?' --
3. Time, like a dark wind ... --
4. `Wa raqs mi kunad ...' --
5. forgotten page --
6. journey of which I knew not the destination --
7. Reshmi Rumaal --
8. Purdah --
9. Emancipation --
10. Westernization --
11. Paris of the East --
12. Leftovers --
13. Solitary, not lonely ... --
14. Homebodies --
15. Tiffin carriers and hold-alls --
16. East is East and West is West --
17. Show-pang --
18. demon drink --
19. School --
20. Joe, Jim, Jam --
21. Two Nations --
22. Pakistan ka matlab kya --
23. Urdish/Hindlish --
24. Feudal interlude --
25. Veracity, loyalty, modesty --
26. When France was France --
27. And yet ... --
28. Sole superpower --
29. Latvia --
30. Law of the jungle --
31. Unusual encounters
ER  -