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On the Brink
IT
is now five years when the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] of the
United States started executing its brilliant campaign to oust the
Taliban and its al Qaeda allies from Afghanistan, yet the ground
reality is that the country is in tatters. More
F O C U S
Environment Degradation: No Food, No
Water in
100 Years
 IT
may not disturb American president Bush; yet it shakes any other
concerned citizen across the globe. 21st century will record worst
drought in human memory. One third of the planet will be desert by
the year 2100. Global warming will make the lives of millions a
virtual hell.
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Water Crisis in
Land of Five Rivers
Umendra Dutt
LAST
month Punjab was declared as the best state in the country by India
Today newsmagazine for the third consecutive year. It is good to
have a prize for Punjab. Capt Amarinder Singh patting his own back
launched a publicity blitz to drum his achievements.
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A N A L Y S I S
In the Line of Fire or Embarrassment
Gobind Thukral
 IT
is not unusual for presidents, prime ministers or army dictators to
write their autobiographies. But most of them indulge in this
pastime after they have retired from active public duty, if at all
they were performing that. It is also not unusual to get the books
ghost written as not many can wield the pen.
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F E
A T U R E S
FAZILKA’S EIFFEL TOWER
Harjap Singh Aujla
Fazilka
is a sleepy sub-divisional headquarter on the Southern tip of
Ferozepore district close to the border with Pakistan. Before 1947
partition of Punjab, it used to be a thriving business center, but
after the creation of Pakistan, it fell on bad days.
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Gandhi and
his 9/11[1906] Satyagraha - 2
 Satya
Narayana Sahu
WITH
the commencement of the first Satyagraha began the age of common
man. In South Africa it was Mahatma Gandhi who started consulting
the ordinary indentured labourers and illiterate people for
preparing petitions to the Government to redress their grievances.
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England: Diversity Defines the Nation
The Indian population is the
largest non-white ethnic group, accounting for 1.8 per cent
THE
most detailed map of ethnic and religious diversity in Britain has
been published, showing where different groups live - and how Muslim
minorities in particular are at a disadvantage.
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L A W
& J U S T I C E
Utilitarian
Angle of the Indian Penal Code
Joginder Singh Toor
Utilitarian
school of thought set up by Jeremy Benthem, later endorsed and
advanced by John Stuart Mill, left a definite effect on the elite
and thinkers including Lord Macaullay who headed the four member
Commission of Law Commissioners to codify the penal laws in India.
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C O M M E N T
 Bihar loves Bhagat Singh
FOR
many in India’s most talked about and the least developed state
Bihar it was an experience to see the response to Bhagat Singh
centenary celebrations, which began on 28th September this year.
These shall l continue for the whole year. More
L I T E R A T U R E
The Language Debate
English versus the Native Languages
Dr. Jaspal Singh
A
few days ago government of Karnataka announced that all the English
medium schools in the State be closed or they adopt Kanad as the
medium of instruction at the elementary level and introduce English
only after five years of schooling in the mother langue as it is
being done in the government schools of the State.
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H I S T O R Y
THE SIKHS AND PARTITION OF THE
PUNJAB- 3
 Professor J.S.Grewal
ON
20 February 1946, Prime Minister Attlee announced a special Mission
of three Cabinet Ministers to seek agreement on the principles and
procedures relating to the constitutional issue in India. On 9 March
1946, the SGPC passed a resolution in favour of a ‘Sikh State’.
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