First Nations People Feel Betrayed IT has taken two decades to draft a U.N.
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Canada is among the
countries that have actively opposing the declaration.
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Glory of India Award for Dr Swaraj Singh Doctor, writer and social
activists Dr Swaraj Singh was recently honoured for his contribution in
increasing understanding among people.
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Is the U.S. heading towards another depression? Khushwant Toor
STOCK markets across the world have had jitters in the past couple of
weeks. The free fall in the U.S. housing market is the trigger behind
these shock waves. More
ANALYSIS
Haryana: more you grow, more you suffer Gobind Thukral IT is worrisome even for a casual observer of
Haryana and more so for a seasoned and sensitive politician like the Agriculture
Minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha. More
Beijing Olympics, One Year to Asia’s Century
Dr Swaraj Singh A year from today, the most important Olympics
will start in Beijing, China. This will not just be the start of the Olympics,
but will be the dawn of a new century, Asia’s century.
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Labour Absorption: Strength of the Informal Sector in India-1 Vinod Anand THE end objective of a nation, notwithstanding
its economic, political, and social scenarios and the accompanying constraints,
is the “well-being” of its people. More
E D I T O R I A L
A
Totalitarian Rule Must End
PAST
many weeks have been significant for the march of democracy in
Pakistan. For the first time, the lawyers backed by civil society made
that country’s autocratic ruler who combines the civilian presidency and
with the position of the army chief eat dust. For decades the highest
court had been meekly putting its stamp on anyone in uniform subverting
democracy. No longer now. More
FOCUS
Survey tells Musharraf that he has no future in Pakistan
A clear majority of 54.5 per cent urban Pakistanis believe that military
should have no role in politics and 65.2 per cent want Gen Pervez Musharraf to
quit the office of the president. The survey, sponsored by DAWN NEWS, daily
Dawn, CNN-IBN and Indian Express, was conducted by AC Nielsen in 10 major cities
of Pakistan; shows that people are no more interested in elections. More
Pakistan's garrison state legacy Ishtiaq Ahmed IN
his seminal work, The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in
Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 (New Delhi and London: Sage Publications, 2005) Tan
Tai Yong, a prominent historian of the colonial Punjab era, at the Institute of
South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore advances the thesis that
Pakistan, not India, is the heir to the garrison state legacy of British
colonial rule. More
An Apology
for 1947 Crimes
THE partition of the Indian sub continent in 1947 saw a million innocent
lives lost to the marauding communal gangs. Over 15 million people lost
their homes and sources of livelihood in one of the biggest migration of
people in world history. All was the handiwork of roguish British
imperialists and our own nincompoop biased and ravenous political class. More
The Midnight Generation and India’s Tryst with Freedom Ambassador Bal
Anand (IFS Retd) Salman Rushdie, the literary lion
of the West with the umbilical cord firmly intact with the Indian sub-continent,
has crafted the magical phrase, ‘Midnight’s Children’ to refer to those who were
born to breathe in Free but Partitioned India. More
LITERATURE
Legendary Singer Surinder Kaur and the Trauma of
Partition of India Harjap Singh Aujla WE
are celebrating the independence days of Pakistan and India in August,
but there are bitter memories in the eyes of those who saw the events
unfolding at the time of the first independence-day. Surinder Kaur was
one such witness to the horrors of partition of the Indian sub
continent.
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MEDIA
P. Sainath: A Voice from the Rural India P. Sainath, Rural Affairs
Editor of The Hindu, is among the seven awardees of the prestigious
Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2007, it was announced in Manila on Tuesday.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said that Mr. Sainath won the award
in the category ‘Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication
Arts.’ The award will be presented in Manila on August 31.
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FEATURES
Subverting Wheat Procurement Gobind Thukral EVERY passing day, the people are reminded that India is an emerging
super power. In fact, recently the American government denied India
economic aid as it was no longer a developing country. It was close to
the develop world. It gives indeed a wonderful feeling and for the
moment forgets grinding poverty of over 30 crore Indians and daily run
of suicide of hapless farmers. Also forget the land grabbing not only
the rich and the powerful, but by the government. More
Partition of Punjab Ishtiaq Ahmed Scholarly works on the
partition of India are legion, but those focusing on the partition of the Punjab
are very few. Ian Talbot and Kirpal Singh indeed have pioneering works on the
Punjab partition to their credit, but much more research needs to be
done to shed light on the dynamics of that cataclysmal event. After all
the greatest forced migration in history with its gory tales of
massacres, looting, arson, rape, abduction of women and children and
other acts of savagery were essentially facets of a Punjabi tragedy. Why
and how this happened will be elaborated in my forthcoming book. More
COMMENT
Surrogate Advertising Needs to be Curbed Surrogate advertising is
corrupting the impressionable young minds in the country which needs to
be restricted, felt the professionals at the panel discussion held at
Chandigarh Press Club. Major panelists
included Pallav Mukherjee, Municipal Councillor, Hemant Goswami, President of
Burning Brain Society, Manmohan Singh Kohli, CEO of Hotel Aroma and President,
Tourism Promotion Society of Chandigarh; Capt (retd) Balwant Gurunay. More
LAW
& JUSTICE
New Law Maintaining Parents and Senior Citizens Joginder Singh Toor Government
of India, by an intended legislation, envisions additional provisions for
maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens. More
HISTORY
Akalis &
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central role in shaping society’s religious, social and cultural ethos. 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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IT is worrisome even for a casual observer of
Haryana and more so for a seasoned and sensitive politician like the Agriculture
Minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha. 
IN
his seminal work, The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in
Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 (New Delhi and London: Sage Publications, 2005) Tan
Tai Yong, a prominent historian of the colonial Punjab era, at the Institute of
South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore advances the thesis that
Pakistan, not India, is the heir to the garrison state legacy of British
colonial rule. 
WE
are celebrating the independence days of Pakistan and India in August,
but there are bitter memories in the eyes of those who saw the events
unfolding at the time of the first independence-day. Surinder Kaur was
one such witness to the horrors of partition of the Indian sub
continent.
P. 
EVERY passing day, the people are reminded that India is an emerging
super power. In fact, recently the American government denied India
economic aid as it was no longer a developing country. It was close to
the develop world. It gives indeed a wonderful feeling and for the
moment forgets grinding poverty of over 30 crore Indians and daily run
of suicide of hapless farmers. Also forget the land grabbing not only
the rich and the powerful, but by the government. 
Scholarly
Surrogate
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. 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. 
