Warm Weather Chills Canada Khushwant
Toor Winter started with full
fury this winter and painted everything in white (snow) much earlier
then the usual time. Temperatures dipped to -20’s with the wind chill in
December of 2007. but surprisingly, 2008 started with warm temperatures
in the + double digits. More
ANALYSIS
Populist Measures Cheat People
“IT'S the moral duty of a welfare state to look after the poor and the
destitute. Sunil Jakhar, a young energetic Congress Party legislator from
Abohar in Punjab argues against the doles and advocates structural changes to
make people self dependent. More
Schooling and Illiteracy co-exist in Punjab Gobind Thukral
TO say Punjab’s education system is in a gaping mess is to state the
obvious. Even the chief Minster Parkash Singh Badal admits that state’s
education system is severely afflicted. He had pronounced at his 81st birthday
celebration at Bhatinda: “I know many schools in Punjab are without proper
buildings or toilets. More
China, Balancing Western Materialism with Eastern
Spirituality Sawraj Singh China’s attitude towards
Confucius and traditional spirituality may be changing. The Chinese
communists want to build a new culture in China. During the sixties,
Confucius was considered feudal, old fashioned, and a part of bourgeois
culture. Now, attitudes toward Confucius are changing. What is the
reason for this change? Chinese society is now feeling the impact of
globalization and material progress.
More
The
rising graph of violence worldwide Gobind Thukral Historians tell us that
20th century has been the violence century inhuman memory. Two world
wars and numerous other deadly wars marked that fateful century which
could otherwise should have been known as the most creative times of
human history with its s big p leaps science, technology and arts.
More
Mayhem in Malaysia Saru Goyal
THE movement of capital in the 21st century faces far less restrictions
worldwide. However, in this globalised world, the labour encounters
fresh barriers each passing day. Interestingly as the governments in the
developed world and in some near developed countries place new
restrictions. More
E D I T O R I A L
Democracy at gunpoint
GUN and democracy can not exist together
and the military’s boast of being the only institution holding Pakistan
together has no meaning. In any case, a corrupt armed force can hardly
inspire any people. Political parties and civil society offer the only
alternative and must assert clearly and confidently. Pakistan is in dire
need of getting rid of an ambitious military, the greedy feudal
politicians and the obscurantist mullahs. More
FOCUS
Punjab turns Pervasi Gobind Thukral LAST week, the Akali BJP government hosted with great funfair, the
Punjab Pervasi Samelan. It left no stone unturned to welcome around 250 Punjabis
who had left the Indian shores and made some mark in the respective fields in
various countries of Europe, North America [Canada and America] and many other
countries. More
Ms Bhutto's
Will Ishtiaq Ahmed I
was badly shaken by the news of the brutal assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto.
It brought back sad memories of the way Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his descendents
have had to pay in blood for coming into conflict with the establishment. In the
several interviews that followed on Singapore television, I was constantly asked
what implications this would have for democracy and the survival of Pakistan. More
Iraq: The Imperial
Plan America
has no plans to leave Iraq to the Iraqis, of whatever political hue they may
be. It would want to keep its control and exploit its oil wealth for long long
time to come. This is becoming clear every day. It is another matter that the
imperialists like the British in India and elsewhere had a million year plan to
keep their occupation, but were forced out.
More
MEDIA
Liberty and the Monster State- 3 Chaitanya Kalbag Globalisation
has brought tremendous benefits to billions of people. It has freed
trade, made information easily accessible, and encouraged the freedom of
thought. But globalisation has also meant the strengthening of
authoritarian and repressive regimes at the cost of the individual’s
rights and the individual’s privacy. It may sound like an exaggeration
but it seems that everything you speak or read or write can now be “Googled”. More
LITERATURE
Unbounding of Ruskin Bond Jaspal Singh Ruskin Bond is a
celebrated Anglo Indian writer from Mussorie. He has written hundreds of short
stories and half a dozen of novellas such as Landour Days, A Handful of Nuts,
Scenes from Writers Life, The Room on The Roof and so on. A number of
critics and researchers have commented upon him.
More
A Bond with a Pastoral Writer O.P.Sharma
SOM Ranchan is a versatile writer with a mind that is clear, sensitive
and penetrating. He has written poems, folklore, critical studies and
many other subjects including mysticism and refuses to be confined to a
single subject matter because he has the renaissance mind which takes
the whole of existence as of interest and concern for him.
More
Whither Went Sovereignty? Debated Dr. Amrik Singh writes from Sacramento THE
operation Blue Start of June 1984 created turmoil in Sikhs’ relationship with
the Indian nation state. If 9/11 attack on twin towers rocked the whole world
especially the western, in the same way Indian military raid on Harmandir
Sahib(Golden Temple) precipitated an upheaval in Sikhs’ socio-political world.
More
CULTURE
Dev Anand’s Impressionist Years in Punjab Harjap Singh Aujla DEV
Anand is an icon in Indian film industry. Born in 1924 in Gurdaspur, a
district headquarter town in Lahore Division of undivided Province of
Punjab. He is in his mid eighties, but is still going strong and
healthy. He has never put on excessive weight. He has been a “Casanova”
for over half a century. Even today he has several admirers amongst the
women film goers. During his hey days, from late forties to late
sixties, he was a rage amongst women and his films did very well. More
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Increasing polarisation threatens development Manju Singh
20th century onwards technology centric development has formed the
mainstay of human development, enabling scale of economy, surging
nations and population on a high growth path. The results - inequity and
increasing polarization across the world due to lack of access to these
very technologies and information that drove the industrial revolution
leading to an increasing gap between the developed and the so called
developing countries. More
A Healthy Life Style
and Longevity Sawraj Singh A
study carried out by the University of Cambridge and the Medical
Research Council in England has just been released and shows that the
most important factor for living longer is a healthy living style. The
research was done in the county of Norfolk between 1993 and 2006. The
study concluded that exercising, not drinking too much alcohol, eating
enough fruit and vegetables, and not smoking can add up to 14 years to
your life. More
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Journalists face death in South Asia
EXCEPT Bhutan, that tiny kingdom now struggling to become a democracy
under a monarch, seven other South Asian countries proved too dangerous
for the journalists. Last year saw at least 25 of them lost their lives
in order to create a better informed world. “Barring Bhutan, no member
country of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) had been free of attacks on
the freedom of the press”, the South Asia Media Commission said. More ENVIRONMENT Slow and Collective Suicide
IN the land of five years, sorry two and half rivers, the water that
excelsior of life is contaminated in fourth fifth areas of Punjab.
Studies reveal that the ground water is not fit for drinking.
Milk, vegetables, fruit, grains and pulses bear the over doze of
chemicals, pesticides and insecticides. Umendra Dutt, an indefatigable
campaigner against pollution and contaminated food wants Punjab to return to
organic farming using modern technology. More
Endangered Hangul Deer Ajmer Alam Wani THE
Hangul Deer or Kashmiri Stag, which is an endangered species of Red
Deer, are finding a safe haven at Dachigam National Park near Srinagar
despite heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of Kashmir Valley. Due to
the special arrangements made by the wildlife department for the Hangul,
one of the most famous animals of Jammu and Kashmir, are comfortable.
More
LAST week, the Akali BJP government hosted with great funfair, the
Punjab Pervasi Samelan. It left no stone unturned to welcome around 250 Punjabis
who had left the Indian shores and made some mark in the respective fields in
various countries of Europe, North America [Canada and America] and many other
countries. 
I
was badly shaken by the news of the brutal assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto.
It brought back sad memories of the way Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his descendents
have had to pay in blood for coming into conflict with the establishment. In the
several interviews that followed on Singapore television, I was constantly asked
what implications this would have for democracy and the survival of Pakistan. 
Ruskin
THE
operation Blue Start of June 1984 created turmoil in Sikhs’ relationship with
the Indian nation state. If 9/11 attack on twin towers rocked the whole world
especially the western, in the same way Indian military raid on Harmandir
Sahib(Golden Temple) precipitated an upheaval in Sikhs’ socio-political world.
DEV
Anand is an icon in Indian film industry. Born in 1924 in Gurdaspur, a
district headquarter town in Lahore Division of undivided Province of
Punjab. He is in his mid eighties, but is still going strong and
healthy. He has never put on excessive weight. He has been a “Casanova”
for over half a century. Even today he has several admirers amongst the
women film goers. During his hey days, from late forties to late
sixties, he was a rage amongst women and his films did very well. 
COMMENT
THE
Hangul Deer or Kashmiri Stag, which is an endangered species of Red
Deer, are finding a safe haven at Dachigam National Park near Srinagar
despite heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of Kashmir Valley. Due to
the special arrangements made by the wildlife department for the Hangul,
one of the most famous animals of Jammu and Kashmir, are comfortable.