A Gift to Canada Khushwant Toor
ON July 22, 2007 several hundred Hindus living in the Greater Toronto
Area joined Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal Opposition Leader
Stephane Dion, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Toronto Mayer David
Miller, Consulate General of India in Canada.
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Migration to Western Canada adds $2-billion
Inter-provincial migration of workers at high speed currently
being witnessed in a Canada, particularly from East to West had added
about $2-billion to Canada's economy in 2006 alone.
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Treatment for breast cancer Launched last September, the Rapid
Diagnostic Breast Clinic provides women with answers in one day, instead
of weeks or months. Women referred to the clinic can have a physical
exam, a mammogram, an ultrasound, even a tissue biopsy – and get the
results from a surgeon, all on the same day. More
ANALYSIS
Messing up the Armed Forces Gobind Thukral There is an old Punjabi
song. “Mud aa lama to, sanu ghera bada rozgar, mud aa lama to, ve kanka
nissar paain …” [Come back from the battle fields, there is enough work to
live by; farms are full of maturing wheat]. The song was essentially for peace
and against war. More
India elects a female president Swaraj Singh Pratibha Patil will
become India's first woman president after winning a comprehensive election
victory, Indian officials say. Mrs Patil, 72, won nearly two-thirds of votes
cast in state assemblies and in India's parliament, they said.
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E D I T O R I A L
Politics
of Blood and Gore
K.R.Narayanan, India’s national security advisor finds in Pakistan’s
army chief cum President Pervez Musharraf, “a credible interlocutor with
whom India can do business.” Narayanan believes that “worst is over for
Musharraf as he has won international acclaim for his handling of the
crisis in the Lal Masjid, where militants were holed up.” More
FOCUS
Killing Fields of Pakistan Pakistan
is now a complete wild west. These are not the tribal areas of North West,
Blochistan, Waziristan or other tribal agency areas, but the capital city of
Islamabad and southern Punjab where life is under constant threat. One could
say it was reaping what it had sown in Afghanistan and Kashmir. More
Beyond the Lal Masjid showdown Ishtiaq Ahmed The ultimate showdown at
Islamabad's Lal Masjid took place on July 11 when the government ordered
a concerted assault on the militants barricading inside. For several
months now the Ghazi brothers had made headline news as the pivot of a
growing Islamist insurgency against President Musharraf and his
government. More
Western subversions of Muslim progress Ishtiaq Ahmed ONE
of the puzzles modern social scientists and historians have to address,
particularly of Muslim origin, is whether the current nihilistic, violent,
rabidly irrational behaviour of sections of Muslim societies is something to do
with an essential, intrinsic nature of Islam, or, if it is the result of western
machinations that have driven them towards patently destructive conduct. More
LITERATURE
Poet’s Quest for the Beyond Dr. Jaspal Singh
Baldev Singh Cheema, the newly appointed head of the Punjabi Department,
Punjabi University, Patiala is known for his contribution to Punjabi grammar and
lexicography. But of late he is grappling with his poetic ruminations and has
composed scores of poems which are brimming with existential alienation and
anguish of the human soul.
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CULTURE
Talat Mahamood’s Love for Punjabi Harjap Singh Aujla Talat Mahmood was a
symbol of finesse in manners, language and singing. During good old
days, in the Indo-Gangetic plains of Northern India there were three
great centers of distinctly different cultures. Calcutta was the home of
Bengali culture Lahore was the center of Punjabi culture and Lucknow
used to be the heart and soul of Urdu culture.
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Shiv Singh, the Blackrobed Painter and Sculptor Painter
and designer, but primarily a sculptor, SHIV SINGH was born in
Hoshiarpur in 1938. From 1958 to 1963, he studied in Punjab College of
Arts. From 1963 to 1968, he taught art at the Sainik School, Kapurthala.
In 1967 he was invited to participate in the Second National Sculptor’
camp, Delhi. More
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FEATURES
Non-Humans are More Rational than Humans Vinod Anand There is enough evidence
to support the hypothesis that human choices are neither limited to
market interactions nor do they fully meet the precept of rationality.
One can never be fully rational due to exogenous and endogenous reasons.
Under given circumstances, the degree of rationality (or irrationality)
may vary from person to person. More
Presence of Women in Political Process: Some
Impediments Manju Singh India’s decision to
include reservations for women, Scheduled Tribes, and Scheduled Castes
in the Panchayati Raj Institutions is groundbreaking. The closest
parallel is in Sweden and Norway, who implemented a 40% quota for
women’s representation in political parties. More
COMMENT
Law finally catches with the godman ‘Concrete’ evidence in rape and
murder cases against dera Saccha Sauda chief After five year long
faltering, the Central Bureau of Investigation has finally put a challan
in a special court at Ambala side by side has placed in a sealed cover
the tough evidence that the dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh was involved in rape and murder cases. More
Beant Singh killing: Death for Hawara, Balwant Singh Three others get life
imprisonment ON July 31, 2007, almost after 12 years, a special court in Chandigarh,
ordered capital punishment for Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh.
Lakhwinder Singh, Gurmit Singh and Shamsher Singh were sentenced to life
imprisonment. More
UK Expulsion Deepens Rift between Russia & West Swaraj Singh The British government’s
decision to expel the four Russian diplomats because Russia refused to extradite
Andrei Lugovoi, an ex-KGB agent accused of murdering former KGB agent Alexander
Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in UK, has enraged Russia. The Russian
government has refused the extradition request because the Russian
constitution prevents extradition of Russian citizens.
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LAW
& JUSTICE
Mentally Ill and the Law Joginder Singh Toor Mental
health is not only the concern of the medical men but also of the men of law
men. Want of Mental Capacity renders one incapable of any legal activity, cannot
enter into any contract nor contest elections, nor possess properties rather has
to be taken care of. How does then law deal with persons of unsound mind. Is
there any infirmity or scope of improvement in the existing system? More
HISTORY
Akalis &
Khalistan-4 IN
the north west of India from the 16th century onwards Sikhism has played a
central role in shaping society’s religious, social and cultural ethos. It has
impacted politics too. Noted historian Professor J.S. Grewal whose research and
writings have shaped generations of scholars traces some of the aspects of
Sikhism and its influence in a five part article. More
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has demanded death sentence to people involved in the manufacture and
sale of counterfeit medicines and setting up of a special cell for
detection of spurious drugs. It only speaks for the gravity of the
situation where drug inspectors make big money being in league with the
drug manufacturers and sellers. It is normal in India, the drug stones
are either without licenses or if they have, matriculates employed by
the drug stores, called chemists supply and dispense drugs. More
Embassy of Oppression Imperialists are in Iraq
and with no timetable to withdraw. A country being pushed daily to Stone
Age, Iraq would soon have largest ever embassy of the government of
United States of America. According to Center for American Progress
Action Fund, the U.S. embassy in Iraq is set to open this fall.
Projected to cost $592 million, the embassy will employ a staff of 4,000
people and assume operating costs totaling $1.2 billion a year. More
HEALTH
Diabetes drugs double heart failure risk IN America a new study warns diabetic patients that two popular drugs
used to treat late-onset diabetes may double the risk of heart failure.
Researchers in Chicago who analysed data on 78,000 patients who took Avandia or Actos
to treat type II diabetes found that it increased the risk of heart
failure by up to 100 percent. The manufacturers were cautioning that the
drugs were not suitable for patients at risk for - or with a history of
- heart failure, and that patients who combined the drugs with insulin
treatments were at an increased risk for the complication. More
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Pakistan
ONE
of the puzzles modern social scientists and historians have to address,
particularly of Muslim origin, is whether the current nihilistic, violent,
rabidly irrational behaviour of sections of Muslim societies is something to do
with an essential, intrinsic nature of Islam, or, if it is the result of western
machinations that have driven them towards patently destructive conduct. 
Talat
Painter
After
ON July 31, 2007, almost after 12 years, a special court in Chandigarh,
ordered capital punishment for Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh.
Lakhwinder Singh, Gurmit Singh and Shamsher Singh were sentenced to life
imprisonment. 
The
Mental
health is not only the concern of the medical men but also of the men of law
men. Want of Mental Capacity renders one incapable of any legal activity, cannot
enter into any contract nor contest elections, nor possess properties rather has
to be taken care of. How does then law deal with persons of unsound mind. Is
there any infirmity or scope of improvement in the existing system? 
IN
the north west of India from the 16th century onwards Sikhism has played a
central role in shaping society’s religious, social and cultural ethos. It has
impacted politics too. Noted historian Professor J.S. Grewal whose research and
writings have shaped generations of scholars traces some of the aspects of
Sikhism and its influence in a five part article. 
THE Indian Medical Association (IMA)
has demanded death sentence to people involved in the manufacture and
sale of counterfeit medicines and setting up of a special cell for
detection of spurious drugs. It only speaks for the gravity of the
situation where drug inspectors make big money being in league with the
drug manufacturers and sellers. It is normal in India, the drug stones
are either without licenses or if they have, matriculates employed by
the drug stores, called chemists supply and dispense drugs. 
IN America a new study warns diabetic patients that two popular drugs
used to treat late-onset diabetes may double the risk of heart failure.
Researchers in Chicago who analysed data on 78,000 patients who took Avandia or Actos
to treat type II diabetes found that it increased the risk of heart
failure by up to 100 percent. The manufacturers were cautioning that the
drugs were not suitable for patients at risk for - or with a history of
- heart failure, and that patients who combined the drugs with insulin
treatments were at an increased risk for the complication. 
