E D I T O R I A L
Pakistan on the Brink
NAWAB Akbar Khan Bugti met a violent death at the hands of the Pakistan army in a targeted military operation on August 26, 2006 in a mountain cave. This has given Balochistan the martyr that it needed at this hour to rally people round the nationalist movement and inject fresh vigour into it. More

F O C U S
Right to Information: Some Reprieve
Gobind Thukral
WHO has finally won the battle? Those who uphold that the Right to Information as a fundamental instrument in the hands of the citizens to rein in an inefficient and corrupt government or those who wish to keep the government working under a cloak. There is no clear answer. More

Punjab Agriculture - Need for a Balanced Approach
Sukhpal Singh
DR. H S Shergill argues forcefully, in his latest and coherent monograph 'Diversification of Cropping Pattern – A Re-examination', IDC, Chandigarh, 2006, that the wheat–paddy rotation is optimal for Punjab and its farmers and for other stakeholders in Punjab's farm sector like commission agents, farm labour, transporters and mandi labour. More

Monsoon Runoff: Lakes for Tourism and  Plenty of Ground Water
Harjap Singh Aujla
IN the past few weeks, we have been observing the fury of monsoons in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. These are the states, which suffer from acute shortage of water during the post winter dry months prior to the onset of monsoon season. More

C O M M E N T
BJP attacks Punjabi Poet Paash
THE bigoted mindset of the right wing Bhartiya Janata Party is full display these days. It had been trying hard either to communalize cultural issues by attacking artists and their creations or showing its intolerance towards any dissent. More

Britain: a Regimented Society in the Making
'Frenzied law making’: one law a day for nine years
IT is indeed a frenzied approach to tackle law and order by the British establishment. Independent, a respected daily from London has counted that the Tony Blair's government has created more than 3,000 new criminal offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been in power. More

Doordarshan goes international
FROM August 21, 2006, Doordarshan International became available for the first time on direct to home dish network in America. This 36 inch diameter dish so far carried only five Indian channels including "Star Plus", "Star News", "Star One", "NDTV English" and "Desi MTV". More

Nawab Akbar Bugti — Whose body was finally buried at Dera Bugti?
A shroud of mystery surrounds the manner in which the Dera Bugti administration on September one quickly buried a wooden, padlocked coffin said to contain the body of Nawab Akbar Bugti in the ancestral town of the slain tribal chief once known as the ‘Tiger of Balochistan’. There were only a handful of mourners. More

A N A L Y S I S
Indian consulate stops celebrating Independence Day in Surrey
Gurpreet Singh
THE Indian consulate in Vancouver has stopped celebrating the Independence Day at the Surrey Sikh temple ground. The practice was started by the previous Consul General Dr. George Joseph. More

F E A T U R E S
Remittances Support Families and Boost Development
Gobind Thukral
HOW much of India’s  and in that sense Punjab’s prosperity is  contributed by  remittances sent through formal or an informal channel from foreign lands, is yet to be fully grasped. More

L A W  &  J U S T I C E
Indian Industrial Policy Astray
Joginder Singh Toor
THE task before the Govt. of India after independence was to have its own industrial policy. The Constituent Assembly was ceased of the drafting the constitution. It was not having drafting of the industrial policy in its ambit. To any of its eight Sub Committees, industrial policy drafting or its making was not entrusted. More

L I T E R A T U R E
Anatomy of Life
Gurdial Dalal’s Autobiography
Dr. Jaspal Singh
Biography is not a very popular genre in Punjabi. Sometime a stray writer does make an attempt to pen an autobiography which usually ends in an exercise in panegyric self glorification. Even biographies are equally eulogistic and more often than not obfuscate the chronological life-line of the narrative. More

A R T  &  F I L M S
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Jyotika J. Thukral
AFTER a bold portrayal of live-in relationships in Kunal Kohli’s Salaam Namaste, Karan Johar’s latest venture Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna goes a step ahead to justify extra-marital relationships. More

Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Jyotika J. Thukral
ACE filmmaker, Hrishikesh Mukherjee or Hrishida as he was fondly known, who could make his audience laugh or cry through his character portrayal passed away on 27 August leaving behind a rich and memorable legacy of films. He was known not merely for the clean and wholesome entertainment they provided but for the standards that he as a filmmaker set for the industry. More

P R O F I L E
Through the Eye of a Lens: Profile of a Photo-artist
FOR years, Dr. Bahadur Chand Khanna, a psychiatrist by profession has traversed the hills Dhauladhar on foot and in buses to record its various facets of beauty. His mode is the lens of a camera. More

H O M A G E
Uri, my dear son
A eulogy for a dead son in the war
AS another senseless war raged in Lebanon, David Grossman, the celebrated Israeli writer, publicly urged the Israeli government to accept a ceasefire. He was among many other courageous people to urge for sanity and political dialogue instead of destruction and bloodshed. Tragically a few days later, his soldier son was killed by one of Hezbollah’s final anti-tank missiles. More

 

L E T T E R S
Narmada Oustees Cry for Justice
An urgent appeal from NBA supporters
WE are all witness to the long, long battle on issues related to the Narmada dams and the Sardar Sarovar Project affected, in particular. More

 

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