E D I T O R I A L
Nepal Moving Forward
LAST month Nepalese people achieved what they have been dreaming for decades and their huge sacrifices and hard struggle was apparently not wasted. A revived parliament made some momentous pronouncements.   These include clipping the powers of the king, establishing control over the armed forces and declaring Nepal a secular state besides granting women better positions in the governance of the country. More

F O C U S
The world is now eating more food grains than farmers grow
Gobind Thukral
INDEED it should be good news for the hapless and harassed farmers in India who grow grains of different kinds and yet suffer due to the absence of an honest market support system. All over the world the growing population of people is eating more of grains that it was eating six years ago. More

India’s Food and Nutritional Security
Dr Joginder Singh & Gurinderjit Singh
Availability of adequate and quality food to all sections of society should be the first and foremost concern for every country. The basic objective of the economy, therefore, is to provide food for all and thereafter consider nutritional security with still greater importance. More

A N A L Y S I S
Canada Meets its Shadows
Gobind Thukral
CANADA as every immigrant knows is by and large a country that prides its cultural diversity. It is more generous and secure and its multi cultural ethos and placid environment helps each of the 60 odd nationalities from across the world to co- exist. More

L A W  &  J U S T I C E
Canada: Democracy in Search of Electoral Reforms
Joginder Singh Toor
FOR an increasing number of Canadians, the imbalance in the system of democracy is unacceptable because elections play a central role in the modern democracy and are the source to translate votes into seats, allowing the political party that wins the elections to dominate the political agenda. More

F E A T U R E S
India’s Caste Cauldron and the Quota Business
Gobind Thukral
CAN we not appreciative what the Union Human Resources Minister, Arjun Singh had done to India’s polity. Though his 27 per cent reservation proposals for Other Backward Castes in education of higher along with other institutions of education, he has pushed the questions of equality, equity and the state of the poor on the national agenda. More

C O M M E N T
Professional Immigrants may get Suitable Jobs
ONCE again the professionals who migrated to Canada and wasted themselves in odd jobs have a new hope. The trained doctors who are forced to drive taxicabs instead of working in hospitals could become a thing of the past in Ontario if proposed legislation becomes law. More

L I T E R A T U R E
Stale Waters of Punjabi Letters
Dr. Jaspal Singh
THE first decade of the present century has not been very fertile for Punjabi Literature. There is no dearth of books. Punjabi publishers are overbusy in minting millions without making any investment worth the name. Most of the authors are small time practitioners and writing for them is a casual hobby that they carry more as an addiction rather than a commitment. More

M E D I A
How Many More Reporters Will Die?
WAR coverage of Iraq has been skewed and thus clouding the real situation. It was so as major mainstream media played the American tunes of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction and was home to al Qaeda an later the actual war was covered by a new breed of embedded journalists or journalists in bed with the America led forces. More

D O C U M E N T
Joint Press Statement of Prime Ministers of Nepal and India
THE Rt. Hon’ble Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal, paid an official visit to India from 6-9 June 2006 at the invitation of His Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. More