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3 Vol I,
November 15, 2005 |
About Us
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South Asia Post
IT is
pertinent to ask as to why a new website. In this information
age when we are bombarded from all sides with evocative or
obtuse information and opinions then why add another name.
Friends, after spending years in the field of journalism,
somewhere in the inner recesses of the mind, a thought
lingered and always troubled most of us who are involved in
launching this web opinion newspaper. |
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Law and
Justice
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Some Relief: NRI’s Rights to Retrieve Rented Properties
Joginder
Singh Toor
WITH the
advent of First World War, the rent on premises in Punjab,
particularly in Lahore started rising and the tenants were under
constant threat of eviction or to pay higher rent. Seizing the
alarming situation, government enacted a rent restriction law in
1941 forbidding the landlords from claiming rent above the
"standard rent" or ejecting tenants so long as they were willing
and ready to pay the permitted rent. |
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Analysis
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The Imperial Game: Indian Foreign
Minister Departs
Gobind Thukral
ON the quick
sands of Indian politics nothing seems to be steady. An
experienced foreign minister Natwar Singh is now without any
portfolio, a la Krishna Menon style in the mid sixties. He lost
his job for an unsubstantiated ex party enquiry report written
under a game plan and with an avowed political purpose. |
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Jihadis are
Shedding Crocodile Tears
Gurpreet
Singh
THE
earthquake victims of Pakistan not only got aid from the
Canadian government; they have also received a word of sympathy
from Al Queda, the international terrorist group.
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Second Green
Revolution: Transgenic Crops a far Cry in India
Jyotika J. Thukral
GROWTH in
the Indian farm sector has been hit by lower public spending, poor
agronomic practices, erratic weather and lack of quality seeds.
Farmers have always welcomed new technology to boost crop output
whether these were irrigation facilities through modern dams or
green revolution from quality seeds and fertilizers. |
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Features
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Nepal: Politics of
the Graveyard
Gobind Thukral
EVEN for a
country that has lived through the horrors of the feudalism for
centuries, the current ‘royal’ dictatorship surpasses all
brutality. Current King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev came to
power in 2001, took direct control and is ruling through
pro-monarchist henchmen. |
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Those who live by
guns, die by guns
One Dacoit Killed, another is born
Jyotika J. Thukral
INDIA lives through
many stages of civilization. If there is most modern technology
along with bullock cart in the same complex, there are also
gangs of white collar criminals and thugs masquerading as
gentlemen and the old fashioned robin hoods in the ravines and
jungles. They all kill and ravish. |
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Art & Films
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The Myth and Mystery of Amrita Pritam
Dr. Jaspal Singh
Amrita
Pritam, one of the best known Punjabi writers has just bid
adieu to this so called 'mortal world' after having stridden through
the bright and not so bright alleys of life for eighty six long
years.
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Harvest at the Box Office: Poor Aesthetics and
putrid stories
Jyotika J. Thukral
SKIN and romance is passé. As comedy
flicks rule Bollywood this year. Whether the script is original or
not, sensible or senseless, the movies are running to packed houses.
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Interview
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Washington
based Punjabi politician, Ganga Singh Dhillon for long has been
in the thick of controversies. Many in public life and some in
the media, wittingly or unwittingly, took him as a protagonist
of Khalistan. Controversy has chased him since 1981 when he
addressed a meeting at the Guru Gobind Singh Bhawan in
Chandigarh.
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Homage
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The Citizen President and his Rich
Legacy
Gobind Thukral
Former Indian President K R Narayanan passed away at the age of
86 on November 8, 2005, leaving behind a rich legacy of
statesmanship and personal warmth. He was a rare example of an
honest dedicated public man.
Kocheril
Raman Narayanan was a versatile
person. A scholar, academician, diplomat, politician and finally
as President of the Indian Republic from 1997 to 2001, his
intellectual honesty and courage of convictions made him as an
outstanding statesman. |
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Poetry
Corner
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Vinod Anand
WEB OF ILLUSION,
FACES OF MOON |
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Letters
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YOUR
southasiapost.org offers good reading material, particularly for the
diaspora in Canada. While there is good analysis of the situation in
India as are other well written aticles, we need more on Canada and of course on
Punjab. |
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