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E D I T O R I A L
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Punjab: Count Your Blessings
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THE venue is
Mohali’s sprawling cricket stadium, a few kilometers away from Punjab
government’s seat of power in Chandigarh. Punjab’s old political warhorse,
the new chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal has taken oath of office for the
fourth time. More
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With Compliments
from
Gogi Sidhu
President
Satish K. Jain
Executive Vice President
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| ANALYSIS |
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India
with a Shining Black Eye
Gobind Thukral
EVER since the reforms began in
1991, agriculture sector was pushed to the back. Our prime
ministers and finance ministers have made usual umpteen noises
about the growth, indulged in platitudes and finally did nothing
to move the farm sector on to the growth chart. More
| LITERATURE |
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Globalisation and The
Problematics of Punjabi Culture
Dr. Jaspal Singh
CULTURE is usually juxtaposed
with nature or the physical world which includes both
the organic and inorganic modes of existence. In fact
human intervention into the processes of nature produces
culture which usually manifests in the form of material
achievements. More
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FEATURES |
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The Dreadful
World of Women: Roll Call of Shame
 BRIDE burning,
feticide and rape besides other crimes against the fairer or weaker section as
you wish to call women are too common place in India and other parts of the
world. More
Canada: Whither
Women Equality
IN one way
Canada with its tolerance could celebrate how far the women have come in the
struggle for gender equality. But the agenda is long and still unfinished. More
The age of
rights
Ishtiaq
Ahmed
 THE present era
is celebrated as the age of rights. Human rights are proclaimed as self-evident
entitlements of all individuals to enjoy freedom, equality, dignity and
security. Ideas of collective rights of voluntary groups such as trade unions
also enjoy international recognition. More
Insurance
Companies and You
Amrit Chahal
 Insurance in the
west is big multi billion dollar business. It is emerging at the same level in
the developing world. From life to health to houses, to businesses and travel
and what not, all insured. Perhaps even marriages and social relations too
would be one day insured by the corporations. More
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| COMMENT |
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Britain hikes
visa fee to make more money from immigrants
 THE British
Government on March 7 sharply hiked the visa fee for non-European migrants,
including students and visitors. In some categories, it would cost twice as much
to get a visa than it does now, but the proposed increase in student and visitor
visa fee is comparatively modest. More
India: Open
Apartheid
India has failed
to uphold its international legal obligations to ensure the fundamental human
rights of Dalits, or the so-called untouchables, despite laws and policies
against caste discrimination, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and
Human Rights Watch said in a new report. More
BBC Survey: Public Hates Pursuit of Naked Power
Israel, Iran, USA and North Korea Top the List
A majority of
people from around the world hold predominantly negative views of Israel, Iran,
and the United States. A survey of over 28,000 respondents from 27 countries
sponsored by the BBC World Service revealed. More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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Pakistan:
Judiciary under Fire
Joginder Singh Toor
THE removal of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pakistan by Gen. Parvez Musharraf in a summary
fashion is too chilling even for a country governed by a
military ruler. This court is ostensibly the custodian
of country’s legal system, a supposed check on executive's
arbitrariness, a touchstone of countries' legislative output
and some hope for the hapless people seeking justice in a
country where arbitrariness’ is too common. On March 9,
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf summoned Chief
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to his office and
effectively dismissed him for alleged "misuse of
office." More
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| CULTURE |
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Ghulam Haider:
Punjab Pioneering Musician-1
Harjap Singh Aujla
 MASTER
Ghulam Haider was one of the all time greats amongst the pioneering music
directors of India. His life story is extremely fascinating. His meteoric rise
can be compared to that of a foot soldier, rising to the rank of a general. I
was perplexed to know that every write up about him starts from the age of 25 or
even later and ends up at his demise. No one has
cared to research about his roots, his illustrious parentage and his initial
grooming that blossomed into a genius. Even there are two stories about his
date and place of birth. More
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| THIS
OUR CANADA |
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Ladies of the
Lake
Nudity as Weapon
 TWO
years back, ladies who often strolled or lived close to Lake Simcoe, Toronto,
often wondered why no one cared for the growing weeds and other garbage along
with lake. Weeds and bushes were nearly choking the famed Lake Simcoe. Its blue
clean water was getting muddy. At times they felt helpless and debated among
themselves what could be done to create awareness among the government
officials, public men, business and the local citizens to rescue the lake.
Apathy was disturbing them. More
A Curse from
Modern Civilization
Eat, Drink and
get Diabetes
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have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, video games at all, 150 channels on
cable, video movies and DVD’s and we are surrounded by the sound of sound
or CD's, cell phones, personal computers, Internet and
chat rooms.......We require friends but do no go outside
to them. We do not leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we
wished and do not know when the stars shine and moon rise. But we eat and
when can not we still eat and still when we can not we buy and throw into
garbage bins. More
Brain
drain from China to British Columbia
 Chinese
government has raised an alert about a severe brain drain and has listed
Canada among the top recipients of its exported talent. But as much as the
talent war is raising fears in China, it has been a cause for hope in
British Columbia. A report by the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing says
China suffers the world's most severe brain drain. Since 2002, more than
100,000 students have gone abroad to study annually, with only 20 to 30 per
cent returning to China, the state-run newspaper China Daily reports. More
Canadian Population
Growth: Highlights from 2006 Canadian Census Report
Between
2001 and 2006, Canada's population grew by 1.6 million, a growth rate of 5.4%
which is up from (+4.0%) from the 1996 and 2001 censuses period. According to
the May 16, 2006, Census of Population, there were 31,612,897 people in Canada.
Fifty years earlier, in the first national quinquennial census, Canada's
population was 16 million, about half of what it is today. More
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