This is our colorful America Khushwant Toor This is our notorious
America! Truly it is!, where once in short while a high ranked
politician makes juicy headlines getting busted in a sex scandal.
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Why is Prostitution there?
SO the New York Governor Eliot Spitzer facing ignominy has quite. But
has the prostitution suffered or gained in the process? The question is
of how and why prostitution, the oldest profession in the world is still
in existence and for what.
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America: rising number of hate groups
A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center released recently finds
that "anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the
number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos."
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ANALYSIS
Goa: Another Eden lost? Micky Sharma Tourism has been the life
line of Goa, ever since India rediscovered her. The New Year bash, the
shacks, the rave parties and the never-ending fun caught the imagination
of the tourists, domestic as well as foreign.
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Union Budget and Rural Poor: Inclusive Enough? Sukhpal Singh
THIS budget is the last budget of the UPA government and comes at a time
when Indian farmers (80% being small or marginal) are faced with a
sustainability crisis. More
E D I T O R I A L
The
puzzle of power
THE political circus in Pakistan that
began soon after the election results on February 18 goes on and on. The
game: the naming of the next prime minister is intertwined in a manner
that even Musharraf, the much discredited self appointed president must
be laughing. “Look I told anyone who listened that these leaders are
least concerned about the fate of the country and end up weaving their
cobwebs of power.” He ought to be saying and much more. More
Kuala
Lumpur: IT was a one sided affair. Unlike India and Pakistan, where elections
are fought bitterly and most political parties get a level playing field; in
Malaysia Barisan Nasional [BN], the ruling coalition enjoyed a privileged
position. It timed the elections one year in advance to checkmate a senior
opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim from contesting elections.
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Applying Marx to Pakistan Ishtiaq Ahmed IN
The Eighteeenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, published in 1852, Karl Marx made a
most incisive observation: “Men make their own history, but they do not make it
just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but
under circumstances directly found, given and transmitted from the past. The
tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of
the living.” More
Loan waiver: tinkering with the agrarian crisis Gobind Thukral Punjab assembly’s current
budget session is witnessing heated arguments on the quantum of the total debt
relief which the hapless farmers of Punjab would get. The UPA government has
announced a package of Rs 60,000 crore to lessen the burden on the debt
of millions of farmers across the country.
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Iraq: price of war now at three trillion dollars Only two winners have emerged from
the conflict: oil companies and defence contractors
L.K. Verma Bertrand Russell, the
famed philosopher, mathematician and an unchallenged pacifist cites a
case of World War II when Germany was defeated and punished with a very
heavy fine by the Allied countries. Since it had no money and only
factories to run and pay the debt, it offered that it could do that.
This arraignment was accepted. Now since it had little finance to produce
goods, it asked for loans. This was given. More
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The role of intellectuals Ishtiaq Ahmed
I don’t know how many times we who write in the public domain feel it is
time to wind up and do something else -- perhaps start a career in
buying and selling stocks, or float some ingenious business idea in the
hope of becoming millionaires overnight, or start growing a long beard,
look pious and marry a woman one-third our age. Wouldn’t it be good to
do exactly that and have a jolly good time, instead of being accused of
being in the pay of some foreign power the USA, India, Israel -- for
writing critical essays on Pakistani social and political events?
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Second
Freedom-1 Lekh Raj Nayyar FORTY
per cent of the poor in the world are Indians. Thirty crore Indian’s
daily income is less than RS 40. Ten crore Indian families have no
source of water at home. Eight crores Indians are homeless. One in
every four Indian goes to bed hungry every night. Five crore Indian
households have no electricity.
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Snowfall forces reclusive Himalayan pheasant to move Ajmer Alam Wani
Though many rare animal
and bird species have recorded a population increase in Jammu and Kashmir over
the years, the recent unprecedented snowfall in upper reaches has affected the
wildlife adversely. The snowfall has forced the beautiful and reclusive
Himalayan pheasant to move close to villages. More
LAW
& JUSTICE
Malaysia: more to it than meets the eye Joginder Singh Toor Kuala
Lumpur: Malaysia is a country distinct not only for its scenic beauty and
economic growth but also for its constitutional uniqueness. It is the residence
of 27 million people and was destination of 20 million visitors last year.
Malaysia constitutionally is neither a monarchy nor a republic. It is both but
with a distinction. It is headed by a king popularly known as Sultan,
constitutionally described as “YANG DI PERTUAN AGONG”.
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Pashmina goats losing their pastures Ajmer Alam Wani
AT least 1,00,000 rare Himalayan goats whose wool is used to make Indian
Kashmir's famed pashmina shawls are at risk of dying as heavy snow blankets the
entire region. The pastures in Jammu and Kashmir have disappeared under a thick
layer of snow and the temperature below — 25 degree Celsius is taking its toll
on the livestock. More
COMMENT
World Bank and India decide to
fight corruption
IT looks odd indeed. World Bank, a major donor in social sector in India
would help the Indian government fight corruption. It is odd as Indian
government reeks with corruption at all levels and World Bank officials at times
are hand in glove with the corrupt of the recipient countries. Yet the World
Bank and Indian government on March 14 agreed on steps to root out corruption
after a World Bank probe uncovered "serious incidents" of fraud and corruption
in India’s health projects the bank helped finance. More
Indians on the move Indians are growing more mobile by
the day; seeking better economic prospectus this fact can be observed in most
parts of the country, particularly in states like Punjab, Kerala and Gujarat.
What is true about people moving to foreign lands, any country across the globe,
particularly the prosperous west, is true about migration within India? Of the
3,000 employees surveyed by Kelly Services in India, around 79% were found
willing to move to a different city for work while 78% were prepared to relocate
to a different country to find work. More
Wheat crop under new threat in
Asia THE
New Scientist has claimed that a wheat fungus, which could potentially ravage
global breadbaskets, may have already spread to Pakistan two years sooner than
had been predicted. The deadly pathogen known as Ug99 is a form of black stem
rust that inhibits the plant from extracting nutrients. It first emerged in
Uganda in 1999, before spreading to Kenya and Ethiopia. In June 2007, cyclone
Gonu dispersed the Ug99 spores over a wider region. More
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Kuala
Lumpur: IT was a one sided affair. Unlike India and Pakistan, where elections
are fought bitterly and most political parties get a level playing field; in
Malaysia Barisan Nasional [BN], the ruling coalition enjoyed a privileged
position. It timed the elections one year in advance to checkmate a senior
opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim from contesting elections.
IN
The Eighteeenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, published in 1852, Karl Marx made a
most incisive observation: “Men make their own history, but they do not make it
just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but
under circumstances directly found, given and transmitted from the past. The
tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of
the living.” 
Punjab
Bertrand
FORTY
per cent of the poor in the world are Indians. Thirty crore Indian’s
daily income is less than RS 40. Ten crore Indian families have no
source of water at home. Eight crores Indians are homeless. One in
every four Indian goes to bed hungry every night. Five crore Indian
households have no electricity.
THE
New Scientist has claimed that a wheat fungus, which could potentially ravage
global breadbaskets, may have already spread to Pakistan two years sooner than
had been predicted. The deadly pathogen known as Ug99 is a form of black stem
rust that inhibits the plant from extracting nutrients. It first emerged in
Uganda in 1999, before spreading to Kenya and Ethiopia. In June 2007, cyclone
Gonu dispersed the Ug99 spores over a wider region. 
