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Clintons: Money Talk
WHO pays the already rich Clintons; former president bill Clinton and
his presidential hopeful Hillary.
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Olympic Torch - In Trouble
Khushwant Singh writes from
Toronto
SINCE the start of its journey around the globe the Olympic Torch relay
has been facing protest and has been extinguished a number of times. More
Visible minorities in Canada pose new challenges
VISIBLE minorities now make up more than 16 percent of Canada’s
population, according to 2006 census data released on April 2.
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Obituary
Pioneering Indian editor Gopal Raju is no more
 HERMAN Gopal Raju, the pioneer of ethnic Indian media in the United
States, and founder of the well known India Abroad newspaper as well as
IANS died in New York on April 10 after a brief illness.
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A Catastrophe Looms Large
Gobind Thukral
EVERYONE from experts to ordinary farmers agree that there is a serious
agrarian crisis in India. It is stated from housetops.
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The Right to Opposition
Ishtiaq Ahmed
I chose the title and topic for today's essay in the naïve hope that now
a transition to civilian democracy has taken place. More
Electoral politics to the fore in
Kashmir
Ajmer Alam Wani
AS the election tempo in Jammu and Kashmir gets charged, electoral winds
have started to blow down from the snowy peaks. More
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E D I T O R I A L
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NEPAL
has transformed itself into a democratic republic, ending 240 year
autocratic rule of the kings and feudal lords. That tyranny is over. And
much of the credit goes to what are popularly called Maoists or the
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) that waged a relentless armed
resistance struggle for ten long years that cost the hapless country
13,000 lives. More
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 Chronology of events in Nepal
THIS is how the Maoist war began and the journey so far is. 1994 - The Communist Party of
Nepal (Maoist) is founded by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known by his nom de guerre,
Prachanda. Feb 1996 - Maoists, who oppose the
Himalayan country's constitutional monarchy, launch a "people's war" to
establish a single-party communist republic. More
 Nepal: Rejection of Western Neo-Liberalism
Sawraj Singh
THE recent victory of the Maoists in Nepal is an event of great
historical significance. It clearly shows that the third world is
rejecting Western neo-liberalism. Gandhi became a model for Western
liberals for the third world.
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Inflation Strikes the Poor Hard
Gobind Thukral
CLEARLY inflation rising at 7.41 per cent last week has hit hard the
most vulnerable, the poor. The demon of rising prices has upset the
budgets of middle and lower middle income groups and everyone seems to
be nervous, more so when the prime minister and finance minister.
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New Beginnings
Ishtiaq Ahmed
NOW, with the process of transition to civilian rule complete, the
question many of us have in mind is: have we finally crossed the
threshold from convoluted paternalistic military rule to a genuinely
responsible democratic government? More
Pakistan: Is America Listening?
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like individuals rarely learn from their own experience. America may not
be an exception. Otherwise it should have known long time back from the
days of Vietnam and Cambodia that its modern vicious war machines, its
bombs and napalm gas and even.
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 Jalaluddin Rumi and his Journey from Persia to
Hollywood
Satya Paul Anand
AFTER centuries of enthralling the Muslim world, Jalaluddin Rumi has
arrived in the United States. What is it about the Sufi poet that charms
Americans? More
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The Seduction and Betrayal of Cat
Whiskers
LITERARY history tells of genial
satires that aim at laughing away the imperfections of the world.
Cervantes, for instance, with his Don Quixote, is said to have smiled
away the follies of Spain. More
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Genetic Engineering is detrimental to India
Umendra Dutt
FARMERS and environmental organisations of Punjab feel concerned over
the emerging crisis due to the heedless moves of pushing GM technology in
agriculture. The Agricultural technologies, unlike many other technologies, have
a major impact on human beings and other life forms. More
Travelogue: Siachin and its Rugged Beauty
Sonia G Handa
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splendor of snow covered mountains, perennial glaciers and the frozen
rivulets make even the harsh winter melt away. Contrast it with the
highest battlefield, its blood and gore with the warmth of jawans and
the travel from Siachin Glacier to Srinagar and then to Jammu on the
rugged hilly roads provides its own kind of adventure. It is a voyage.
It is an exploration. How beautiful could the nature be and how
bountiful. More
 Obituary
M.L. Koser, Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra is no more
FOUNDER of Pracheen Kala Kendra and a great artist of tremendous range,
Madan Lal Koser is no more. He breathed his last at Fortis Hospital in
Mohali on March 27 after a brief illness. He was 80. More
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What, If people loose faith in courts?
Joginder Singh Toor
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appeal may be dismissed. Counsel Raj Kumar Gupta makes an unusual request to a
High Court Judge. ‘My client says he “has no faith in the courts. He does not
want his appeal against his conviction for 7 years rigorous imprisonment decided
by the Court.” Why? The Judge asks astonishingly.
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dignitaries to present the charitable work he is doing in a small town of Bassi
Pathana. They can have a first hand view of the various
social service projects being executed by the Trust in the 128 villages it has
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 Sarkozy pushes Western decadence into deeper
morass
Sawraj Singh
THE French President Nicolas Sarkozy has joined President Bush in
becoming the greatest embarrassment for the West. Whereas President Bush
has made ignorance and crudeness virtues for America, President Sarkozy
is shattering the European traditions of dignity and aesthetics.
President Nixon lost one debate to President Kennedy and that cost him
the presidential election. More
COMMENT
Valley is Drinking and Happy
Ajmer Alam Wani
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the sharp fall in violence in Jammu and Kashmir, consumption of alcohol
has started picking up fast. On orders from separatist militant groups
after the outbreak of violence in the late 1980s aimed at driving India
out of the region liquor shops and cinemas were the first to close down.
But now the liquor traders are back in business. Kashmir Valley's first
liquor shop was opened on the boulevard along Dal Lake in the summer
capital, Srinagar two and a half years ago. More
Pakistan Sits on a Volcano
INFLATION is the real headache for the new national coalition government
in Pakistan. Rising process of food and its shortage stare in the eye of
an agriculturally dominated Pakistan this year. Food would be scarce and
its prices prohibitive for at least for half of Pakistanis; 80 million
people. Slowing economy and flawed deficit budget are the hard task
before the new national consensus government. More
India’s poor human rights record
Micky Sharma
HUMAN Rights Watch wants India to improve its human right record. Brad
Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch concedes, “India is a vibrant
electoral democracy yet with an abysmal human rights record.” While
Human Rights Watch welcomes the government’s efforts to properly train
its security forces and other officials, human rights violations remain
rampant.
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Sri Lanka: Unrelenting Violence continues
Micky Sharma
Colombo: Jeyaraj
Fernandopulle, 55, chief whip of the ruling United People’s Freedom
Party and considered by many as potential Prime Minister-in-waiting, was
about to wave a flag to start a marathon when a bomb went off at the
western district of Grampaha, about 25 kms from here.
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