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Slavery, Torture and now Little Repentance
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FOR
decades Canada and its various governments mortified and
slighted early Chinese and Indian immigrants and denied them
basic human rights. They were no more than beasts of burden.
Chinese were burdened with an odious head tax. More
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Delhi
and Lahore twins?
Ishtiaq Ahmed
I spent a week recently in the
Indian capital, Delhi, in connection with the very last
interviews for my book on the partition of the Punjab in 1947.
Coming to Delhi has always been like coming back almost home.
Since my childhood has been spent entirely in Lahore. More
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English in India
Dr. Jaspal Singh
IN the first half of the last
century two American anthropologists Edward Sapir and
Benjamin Lee Whorf gave the idea of oneness of language
and culture. The peculiar world-view of a cultural
entity according to them is reflected through its
language and its language gives organization to cultural
categories. More
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A Century of Disenfranchisement of Indian
migrants
in B.C
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Gurpreet Singh reports from Victoria
ON March 26, 2007, New Democrat Surrey - Newton MLA Harry Bains recalled with
pride the sacrifices leaders of Indian origin made to get their franchise.
Speaking in the British Columbia Legislature on the 100th anniversary of the
passing of a legislation.
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Anti Terror Laws
in Canada
Gobind Thukral writes from Toronto
EVER since
Canada’s three opposition parties voted to kill the two extraordinary
anti-terror investigative powers, the ruling Conservative Prime Minister Stephan
Harper has been threatening to bring back the legislation. More
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Iraq: The
war that will not end and may yet expand
 ON March 30 alone suicide bombers
killed 108 innocent people in the city of Baghdad and elsewhere.
That was day when new U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker took office.
Earlier, there was a huge blast close to where U N Secretary
General was addressing a meeting in Baghdad and he ducked to
save himself. More
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Punjab: Old Stratagems and New Tantrums
A common Punjabi who enthusiastically
voted a new Akali-BJP combination must have been wondering as to
what has happened to the rosy promises presented just a month
back. Why the old favourite song of river water distribution and
Chandigarh should be transferred to Punjab is being repeated
with such vigour? More
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Learning
to Survive In Canada
Dr. S. S. Sodhi
 THE
lure of Canada for citizens from the developing countries
like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and many other countries
has no limits. All means, legitimate or illegitimate are
invented and used to be in the West, the land of honey and
milk. More
China
Breaks Rank With Traditional Globalization
By Sawraj Singh
THE just concluded National
People’s Congress gave a clear signal to the Western
countries that their conclusion that China has adopted
Western-style capitalism was pre-mature. China made it clear
that its priorities are fundamentally different from the
economic-only traditional globalization of the West. More
Biofuels
Boom Spurring Deforestation
Gobind Thukral
writes from Toronto
 MORE than two-thirds of the
world's large cities face threat of being swamped by rising
sea levels. Millions of people are at risk of being
inundated by flooding and intense storms. In all, 634
million people live in the threatened coastal areas
worldwide or those lying at less than 33 feet
above sea level. More
Legend of Bhagat Singh
Chaman Lal
IT was
be 76 years of martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on 23rd March,
2007. Last year at the completion of 75 years of their martyrdom and in same
year from 28th September 2006, birth centenary programmes of Bhagat Singh
started nationally, somewhat at governmental level but more at non-governmental
level. More
Rare Documents about Bhagat Singh
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HEART:
Nine factors that could save your life
 NO matter where you live,
how old you are or what you look like, health researchers
have recently discovered that 90 % of first heart attacks
(myocardial infarction) suffered by people can be attributed
to nine risk factors. More
Umbilical Cord
A few more minutes of maternal attachment may
give newborns months of significant health benefits, according to a new McMaster
University study that urges doctors not to cut umbilical cords immediately after
birth. More
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British Columbia
remembers its hero Darshan Singh Canadian
Gurpreet Singh reports Victoria
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NDP MLA Harry Bains created a history by remembering late Darshan Singh
Canadian, a towering communist leader from Punjab in the BC legislature.
Canadian who had been a star performer in the Punjab assembly for years was
a leader of the Communist Party of India, and was assassinated by the
Khalistani extremists in 1988 close to his village near Garhshankar in
Hoshirpur district of Punjab. More
Malik admits
supporting Babbar Khalsa
Gurpreet Singh
 Ripudaman
Singh Malik, the Sikh millionaire who was earlier charged in the Air India
bombing admits that he once supported the Babbar Khalsa, a banned terrorist
organization. Malik told www.southasiapost.org that
he once supported the group but never became its member. More
Text of judgment at:
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/05/03/2005BCSC0350.htm
Berlin Declaration,
Europe Moves Towards More Unity
Dr. Sawraj Singh
MARCH 25, 2007 marks 50 years of
the European Union, which was formed in Rome, Italy in 1957. The 27 members
of the European Union participated in the celebrations presided over by the
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Berlin Declaration sets goals and
directions for Europe in the newly emerging world order. More
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Judiciary
is not Above the Public
Joginder Singh Toor
"THERE cannot be more glaring case of
double standards" writes Prashant Bhushan a senior
lawyer, “ than when it comes to judges in matters of
information relating to them.” The only thing the public
has not been able to know and cannot in future too is about
the prudence and property of the persons holding judicial
positions. More
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Ghulam
Haider: Punjab Pioneering Musician-2
Harjap Singh Aujla
 PRIOR to
his first film job, Ghulam Haider was a freelance music director for live
music concerts for a few years. Janki Nath Kumar and brothers were a music
oriented business family in Lahore. They opened the first electrical music
recording studio in the city and a records selling store in historic
Anarkali Bazaar. More
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Mainstream Indian Press is
Controlled by Big Houses
By Jagpal S Tiwana
Gobind
Thukral, a senior journalist from India, was in our town, Halifax, Canada,
on a private visit. I knew Thukral through his writings in India Today on
the 1984 developments and then later in Hindustan Times, and The Tribune. He
had spent over three decades in journalism and had been recipient of several
wards; The Statesman award for Rural Reporting and Panj Pani life time
achievement award from the Door Darshan, India’s major public broadcaster/
telecaster. More
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Journalism Guru Professor H.S. Dilgir Passes
Away
WE have lost
the father figure of journalism, author, journalist, playwright, theatre
artist, film producer, and more importantly, a truly saintly Teacher, and a
great human being. Professor Dilgir, 85, was
admitted in Sector 32 Hospital on March 30 morning as he complained
about breathlessness, but on reaching there at 9:30am he had a heart attack
and his blood pressure also dropped suddenly.
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Work more and
remain poor
MORE than 80 per
cent of Canadian families are working more and earning less of the national
economic pie than they did 30 years ago. Only incomes of the richest families
are soaring, often leading to social tensions and crime. A study by the Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives, an independent research institute concerned with
issues of social and economic justice presents a disturbing picture. More
Honour for
Punjabis in House of Commons
 AT a ceremony in
the House of Commons last fortnight, Vaisakhi was celebrated and Punjabi
Cultural Awards conferred on organisations and individuals who had made
excellent contributions to Punjabi art, literature, sports, and values by the
All Party Parliamentary group, Punjabis in Britain. This was the
second year of the ceremony that began with the beating of a ‘Dhol’ [drum]
and was organised by John McDonnell, MP, chair of the House of Commons’ All
Party Parliamentary Group, Punjabis in Britain. More
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