New Battleground for Punjabi Men of Letters Dr Amrik Singh
IS Punjabi language and culture coming of age in North America?
From the glut of Punjabi magazines, more in Gurmukhi script than in
Shahmukhi and number of literary, social and religious organisations and
Internet sites, one could jump to the conclusion that Punjab counts. More
Canadian Loonie sits almost on top of U.S. greenback again Khushwant Toor
THE Canadian dollar, commonly known as the “Loonie,” (because of the
bird loon embossed on the one dollar Canadian coin) showed the American
greenback dollar its place by being at par. More
ANALYSIS
Policing the
Police Gobind Thukral
OUR daily brush with the state and its apparatus, to put it mildly, is
not a happy one. We are very often insulted, pushed around, humiliated
and forced to bribe and for very small kinds of work. At times, we
suffer much more than that; often subjected to barbarous behaviour at
the hands of the agencies of the state and denied basic human rights. More
An Islamist takeover Ishtiaq Ahmed
THERE is a widespread perception in the world that extremists are about
to gain control over Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Once that happens, they
will embark on a radically new level of terrorism: one truly involving
the use of weapons of mass destruction. More
War in
Iran Can be Extremely Dangerous Dr Swaraj Singh THE
French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, tried to get tough with Iran when he
warned the world to prepare for the worst that means war in Iran. Many people
thought that President Nicolas Sarkozy could take France to an Atlanticist
course and make the French policies subservient to the American policies.
More
E D I T O R I A L
Arms and
the Man
Increased military spending in south Asia will worsen security
and render poor more poor. This well stated fact, but increasingly
ignored by the ruling elites all over the world is haunting the people.
South Asia is one of the poorest and misgoverned regions of the world
where over 1.50 billion people live. Peace has eluded the region for
decades. More
FOCUS
Shocking Abuse
of Judicial Power Gobind Thukral
“IN February 2006, 26 Supreme Court judges faced a backlog of more than
30,000 pending cases; over three million cases were pending in the high courts -
350 years of work for the country’s 670 judges at the current rate of
resolution”. Transparency international. More
Assessing
Pakistani Democracy Ishtiaq Ahmed
THESE are very
exciting times for Pakistan. Despite my long absences, I can well imagine what
must be going on in our major cities, especially in the bar-rooms and the tea
and coffee shops where the ‘politics-walas’ congregate; one buzzword will surely
be heard all over: democracy. More
Pakistan on the Precipice Ek Dhaka aur do to see Musharraf
out Finally, much to the
chagrin of the opposition parties, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has
declared that Gen. Pervez Musharraf could wear his uniform and contest
for presidency. Side by side the court asserted and got the barricades
lifted from Islamabad and over 200 opposition leaders out of jail.
More
Myanmar: Bullets for Pro Democracy Monks TRUE
to its colours, the cruel military junta has once again resorted to
firing, arrests and torture to crush the pro democracy movement in
Myanmar. Over a dozen people have been killed and hundreds of peaceful
Buddhist monks hauled up from monasteries and towns and tortured. More
LITERATURE
A Tale of Turmoil and Trials Rabinder Atwal’s Do Desh— Ik Kahani
Dr. Jaspal Singh Rabinder Singh Atwal has
been living in California for decades now. He has seen scores of Punjabi
families moving to America, settling and disintegrating over a period of
time. This process of alienation and integration of the Punjabi
community in this part of the world has been waiting for a narrative
treatment for a long time. More
HISTORY
Bhagat Singh’s Birth Centenary Crafts a New Narration in Vancouver Gurpreet Singh writes from Vancouver THE celebrations of 100th birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, the India’s
towering revolutionary in this part of the world have created history. The past
week witnessed a series of events and proclamations to mark the centenary of his
birth in British Columbia. More
Thoughts on Bhagat Singh, Birth Centenary Bal Anand Bhagat Singh and his
comrades-in-arms, Sukhdev and Rajguru have indeed come to symbolize the rarest
example of the ultimate supreme sacrifice for the Independence of India
from the slavery of the British. The fact that the Trio was in the prime
of youth with a promise of rare intellect, courage and commitment had
fired the imagination. More
Shaheed – e – Azam Bhagat Singh India’s great
revolutionary and a living legend Bhagat Singh whose birth centenary is being
celebrated through out the Indian sub continent by one and all. Even by those
who do not share his ideology of a Marxist revolutionary are in the forefront.
Such is the pull of this icon of revolution, a la Cho Guerra.
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Reforms Crush Small-scale Sector in India Vinod Anand Small-scale sector is
greatly inhibited by a number of exogenous, endogenous, supply-side and
demand-side constraints. For example, the reforms process in India has gradually
generated a number of severe exogenous constraints and bottlenecks for the
small-scale sector. More
The Great Game of Cricket Ishtiaq Ahmed Monday, September 24 2007
was a day millions of South Asian cricket fans will not forget because
on that day some of the very best cricket was played in the final
between Pakistan and India in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the new
20-over world tournament. More
COMMENT
No place for Monarchy in Nepal A
series of parleys of the top leaders of the seven parties over the past
couple of days had ended inconclusively after Prime Minister Girija
Prasad Koirala refused to give in to Maoist Chairman Prachanda’s demand
for a fully proportional electoral system for the CA polls. These hectic
parleys have resulted into the picture of the king removed from the
Nepalese currency. More
LAW
& JUSTICE
India in Suicidal
Embrace of Hyde Act Joginder Singh Toor India
once leader of the non alignment movement led by Jawahar Lal Nehru Prime
Minister of India, Chou En Lai of China, Col Naseer of Egypt, Sukarno of
Indonesia and Nakruma from Ghana, leading more than 75 countries of the world
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South Asians Criminals in Britain Indians ranked eighth in
a list of the top 20 non-British communities engaged in crime in London.
The Metropolitan Police recently listed that they committed 748 crimes
in the city during the first six months of 2007, including 235 violent
ones. The sole consolation was that India’s position fell by one rank,
from seventh to eighth, compared to a similar list released for the
corresponding period last year.
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Corruption and Poverty South Asian countries are
world’s most corrupt nations. Nepotism and Corruption are rampant in
India, Pakistan and other countries Pakistan is rated at No 138 and
India at 72 out of the 180 countries analysed by an anti-graft watchdog
Berlin-based Transparency International (TI). Tragically as this annual
Corruption Perceptions Index covering 180 countries pointed out that
some of the world’s poorest nations were seen as having the most
dishonest political and business elites. More
The Most Expensive Year of the War
THE Bush administration is seeking from the American Congress an
additional $50 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan next year.
This is on top of $141.7 billion that has already been appropriated. The new
spending request is likely to push the cumulative cost of the war in Iraq
alone through 2008 past the $600-billion mark, more than the Korean War and
nearly as much as the Vietnam War. More
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French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, tried to get tough with Iran when he
warned the world to prepare for the worst that means war in Iran. Many people
thought that President Nicolas Sarkozy could take France to an Atlanticist
course and make the French policies subservient to the American policies.
Finally
TRUE
to its colours, the cruel military junta has once again resorted to
firing, arrests and torture to crush the pro democracy movement in
Myanmar. Over a dozen people have been killed and hundreds of peaceful
Buddhist monks hauled up from monasteries and towns and tortured. 
THE celebrations of 100th birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, the India’s
towering revolutionary in this part of the world have created history. The past
week witnessed a series of events and proclamations to mark the centenary of his
birth in British Columbia. 
A
series of parleys of the top leaders of the seven parties over the past
couple of days had ended inconclusively after Prime Minister Girija
Prasad Koirala refused to give in to Maoist Chairman Prachanda’s demand
for a fully proportional electoral system for the CA polls. These hectic
parleys have resulted into the picture of the king removed from the
Nepalese currency. 
