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Editorial

Peace Beacons in South Asia Building bridges of peace is always a tough job, particularly between the two warring nations where a section of politics has been fed on the staple diet of hate and animosity. It has to be brick by brick as efforts show to bring India and Pakistan closer to settlement of their intractable disputes, particularly Kashmir where they have fought only wars since independence.

Comment

U.S Canada Relations: Canada’s New Man in Washington may help AS immediate neighbours Canada and the United States are always not at best of terms. Their worldviews differ, as do domestic policies. Canadians cherish their country for being more tolerant, multi cultural and the one that follows state operated welfare programmes about health and education. America is into neo conservative mode these days, rushing for privatisation of everything and cutting down on welfare services. Their economic interests too clash at times. Our Ottawa Correspondent Bernard Nunan details one such area.

A Toxic Budget Vinod Anand Budget is a continuum of government accounts in the sense that, apart from looking at the income and expenditure accounts, and the accompanying issues of fiscal and current account deficit, and other facets, it is supposed to focus on what has gone by in the preceding year(s) and what it is going to be in the succeeding year(s).

Analysis

Immigration: Cheap Labour for Rich Economy Jyotika J. Thukral THE issue of immigration is high on the political agenda for governments around the world and has taken a new course lately as different countries resort to more stringent legislations for immigrants. While western governments are often under pressure to restrict the entry of migrants, developing countries find themselves losing high skilled professionals to these nations, significant revenue from emigrants notwithstanding.

Agrarian Crisis and Sustainable Farming Gobind Thukral DID it require Prince Charles to tell the Indian and particularly Punjab farmers to adopt sustainable farm practices to meet the ever-growing agrarian crisis? Perhaps not. Farming in India has been practised for centuries and Indian peasants have been irrefutably practicing this ancient art than their European counterparts. Even coming from the scion of a British royal family that ruthlessly ruled for two centuries, the advice is not bad.

Focus

Water Scarcity: Dark Shadow Looms over India Gobind Thukral Nature’s bounty knows no bounds. Water, air and sunshine are all a plenty as other resources. Man too as an inventor nearly rivals nature.  Science and technology have given enough tools that these sources are exploited to meet the needs of not only human beings, but of the plant and animals life. Yet look around and people are routinely denied these basic necessities.

Features

Ecological Balancing for Life Umendra Dutt Punjab is going to have a state policy on organic farming very soon. The Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh declared this in the just concluded Assembly session. Though such announcements have to be taken with a pinch of salt, as these are always political.

Newsbag

Tardy Indian Criminal Justice System: Samba Spy Case is Back to Delhi High Court ON march 22, the Indian Supreme Court directed the Delhi High Court to re-examine the three-decade-old much talked about Samba spy case afresh to find out if the General Court Martial (GCM) proceedings against a number of army officers and some Junior commissioned officers were based on correct facts or not.

Indo-Canadian Water Man Bags 2006 Stockholm Water Award Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who made United Nations agencies, national governments, professional associations and others delve on how to improve delivery of water and sanitation services has won Stockholm Water Prize Laureate got 2006.  This prestigious award is in recognition of his contributions to global water resource issues in both developed and developing countries.

Art & Films

Celebrating Creativity: Silver Jubilee of Punjabi Akademi Dr. Jaspal Singh, our Associate Editor Punjabi Akademi, Delhi was set up in 1981 with a specific purpose of promoting Punjabi language, literature and culture. During these twenty-five years, the Akademi has organised scores of seminars and cultural events in the national capital. Many Punjabi theatrical performances were staged in Delhi under the auspices of this Akademi.

Being Cyrus: Get to know him! Jyotika J. Thukral Formulaic plots are passé. The thriving Indian film industry has come a long way as filmmakers now strive to work on challenging and bold subjects even with a small budget. Of late these budget films have managed to make a mark in the global market as they jostle for fame along giant mega blockbusters.

Culture

Indian Society and its Moral Dilemmas O.P. Sharma Education for democracy is any form of intentional learning aimed at instilling the skills and knowledge necessary to function effectively and thereby contribute to the democratic process and thus enrichment of society. This is essential to check the all around degradation of social and moral values. Former Nagaland Governor, O.P. Sharma who traces the history of moral education and ethical value system over the centuries draws attention to the ever-worsening situation on the moral front in India and what needs to be done.

Homage

Log Live Bansi Lal THE passing away of   Babu Bansi Lal, four times chief minister of Haryana and India’s defence, railways and transport and shipping minister at the age 79 after a cardiac arrest in New Delhi on March 2 7 brings to an end an era of leader whose commitment for development and welfare of the people is already a legend.

Poetry

By Vinod "NAZAR" DISTANCES MAN OF TODAY WOMAN

Letters

A young student Gopal Krishna from IIT Kanpur is full of enthusiasm and   has sent this message: Dear brothers and sisters, the 75th anniversary of the great martyrdom day of our legendary revolutionaries, Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru is great day. Glory to such fearless patriots, who were matchless in idealism and exceptional in valor and self-sacrifice.

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