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Issue 63 Vol III, May 15, 2008


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THIS OUR NORTH AMERICA

Pangs of hunger and pearls of wisdom
HERE is another pearl of wisdom from American president George W Bush amidst global food shortages, soaring prices and alarm over the environment. George W Bush, the most powerful president of the most powerful country, the United States has offered some food for thought. More

America: disturbing income divide

THE gap between rich and poor in the United States has widened exponentially over the past three decades. According to the Congressional Budget Office since 1979, the average income for the bottom half of American households has grown by 6 percent. More

Baisakhi Celebrations in Halifax

NOVA Scotia, Canada’s “ocean playground”, is a small province in eastern Canada. It started attracting Sikhs to its beautiful land in the early nineteen sixties. Most of the Sikhs who came here were teachers, engineers and doctors. More

Dump-truck drivers vow not to haul loads
DRIVERS of hundreds of dump trucks, members of the Ontario Dump Truck Association, protested in Toronto early this month to draw attention to what their leader called "inhumane working conditions”. More

Inequality rots social foundations
Canadians are increasingly becoming accustomed to the sight of sleeping bags on the sidewalk and panhandlers outside stores, restaurants and subway stations. More
 

ANALYSIS

Stifling Curiosity
THE memories of my tenth grade results are still afresh in my mind. Having been a mediocre throughout my schooling, a score in eighties was kind of an achievement. A wave of happiness had overtaken my family. More

Junta Holds Referendum in Cyclone Aftermath
BURMA, now known as Myanmar is one of the poorest nation in South-east Asia, with about 90 per cent of its population living in poverty. The cyclone Nargis this time made their life even more miserable. More
 

 

E D I T O R I A L
Tangled political web in Pakistan

Pakistan’s hapless people, suffering for long from an insensitive and cruel military dictator had hoped that the political class would learn some lessons and ameliorate their lot. They voted enthusiastically as they looked towards a new democratic dispensation that would take care of their economic woes and usher in peace and social development. It was not a tall agenda. They faced lathis; bullets and imprisonment to see democracy once again flourish in a country that has had long spells of military dictators. Their prayers and hopes seemed rewarded when most mainstream parties agreed to form a coalition government at the federal and provincial levels to avoid the pitfalls of a fractured verdict. More
 

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FOCUS

Towards social democracy
NOW that a transition to democracy has taken place, we need to start preparing for the next step forward: a progressive, enlightened and humane society. It is possible for societies afflicted by widespread poverty and squalor to surmount their dreary and dismal conditions without going to war and looting other countries. Through hard work, dedicated leadership and intelligent policies and planning spectacular success can be achieved. More

Punjabi: keeping faith in mother tongue
THERE is worrisome news about the demise of the languages in this era of globalisation. One language seems to be dominating, obliterating languages, dialects and cultures in the process. Mortality rate of languages and more particularly of dialects worldwide is very high. In April 2002 a UNESCO report had said, “Out of Kenya's 42 indigenous languages, 16 of them have either become extinct or are seriously endangered. At the end of 20th century the globe retained a rich linguistic heritage of an estimated 6,000 languages. Some placed the figure as low as 3,000 or as high as 10,000. More

Afghanistan: Imperialists are not winning
LANDLOCKED and mountainous, Afghanistan contuse to suffer from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people are refugees. A country with over 27 million people spread over a vast area of 6, 52,225 kms, it can not boast of any sing modern life. People are poor, they are not educated and lack of good food, shelter and health care and this in turn leads to lower life expectancy that stands at 44 years. More

Cyclone Exposes Junta's Anti-People Attitude
THE recent disaster caused by the cyclone Nargis in Myanmar has struck hard at the people already hard pressed under an oppressive military junta. Till now the cyclone has claimed around 40,000 lives and this figure may increase in the absence of aid. Many refugees are waiting for the aid but the government has failed to provide the sufficient help to them. The junta accepted the aid unwillingly, but is not allowing any aid workers, leading to threats from the British and American leaders. More
 

ART & LITERATURE

Birth of Patiala Gharana
Harjap Singh AujlaTHUMRI is the most romantic form of classical music. Most experts term it as a semi-classical form of North Indian Music. Although “Khayal Ang” of classical music originated from the time of Guru Gobind Singh (1675 – 1708), but after its inception it appears that it stayed dormant for more than a century. During the reign of the last Mughal Emperor of India Bahadur Shah Zafar, the rendition of “Khayal Shaili” overshadowed the “Dhrupad Shaili” completely. It was around year 1850 that “Thumri” (Thum-ri) became popular, though it originated earlier. More

Red Earth
We take pleasure in introducing young talented modern Indian artists,
courtesy: Red Earth. These paintings are a treat for an aesthetic eye and as great work of art, are a source of joy and understanding. More

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FEATURES


Feudalism


IN a debate article in the Dawn of April 30, 2008, Haider Nizamani seeks to dispel the widely held view that feudalism exists in Pakistan. He asserts that feudalism never existed in South Asia. To consider honour killings and exploitation of peasants by mighty landlords as indicative of feudalism he finds untenable because according to him, by 1999, 88 percent of cultivated land in Pakistan was in farm sizes below 12.5 acres. Just over half the total farms were less than five acres in size. "This would hardly be the hallmark of a feudal society," he asserts. More

Reorganising India
THE demand for the creation of news states is as old as independent India. In fact, it should be considered older as the Congress party during the peak of the freedom movement, much before 1947 had promised to create linguistic states. Yet it has been a painful struggle for people and political parties like in Punjab, Andhra, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam and other north eastern states and Uttrakhand. People lost their lives, spent years in jails and after much blood letting, new states were created and still leaving contentious issues that boil blood even now. We in Punjab know the hard grinding times and the blood letting on boundary and river waters. There have been inordinate delays and colossal wastage of money and time for a poor country. More


 

LAW  &  JUSTICE


A Crumbling Panchayati system
Joginder Singh Toor“Indians must shape their own destiny, that only in the hands of Indians could India become herself” and that “Swaraj would not be the gift of British Parliament, but must spring from the wishes of the people of India as expressed through their freely chosen representatives”. So said Mahatma Gandhi in 1922. More

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THE Bhartiya Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan (BKU) has finally lifted 100 days old "Pucca Morcha" from the Kundal-Bhangala link road in Abohar sub division of border district Ferozepore believing that the Punjab Govt. had dropped the idea of acquiring 2050 acres of agricultural land for installing 1100 MW thermal plant in the private sector here. More

COMMENT
Kashmir: Rights watchdog voices concern

Ajmer Alam Wani

A recent report by the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) documents the systematic Human Rights abuses carried out by the Indian security forces in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. HRW conducted a survey, titled ‘Everyone Lives in Fear: Patterns of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir,’ from 2004 to February 2006 in Indian-controlled Kashmir. More

PunjabiKhoj: First Multi-lingual Search Engine for Punjabi
PUNJABI University Patiala launched the first multi-lingual customized search engine for Punjabi on April 30 2008. The software suitably named as PunjabiKhoj can search the Punjabi terms in Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi documents. Punjabikhoj uses the Google custom search engine for searching all the Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi documents encoded in Unicode. More
 

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GOVERNORS in India, a legacy of the old British system kept alive at huge cost to the exchequer are either the dumping ground of old unwanted and defeated politicians or as rewards for ‘useful’ civil servants. Exceptions are always there of the governors who stood up powers that be and discharged their role in a befitting manner. Many have neither been eyes or ears of the Center nor worthy of the exalted positions. More

Final tally of results from Nepal vote
FORMER Maoist rebels won 220 seats in the 601-member assembly, results showed on Friday, making them the largest party and giving them a chance to form a minority government. Voting for a special assembly meant to write a new constitution was a mix of a first-past-the-post system, for 240 seats, and proportional representation, for 335 seats. More
 


 

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