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OUR NORTH AMERICA |
| Canada housing market
on the U.S. path |
Khushwant
Toor writes from Toronto
CANADIAN housing market is slowing down and seems
to be following the U.S. path. Not many economists
are openly predicting a U.S. type Canadian housing
market downturn yet.More
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| Diwali celebrated across
North America |
Khushwant
Toor writes from Toronto
THE festival of lights – Dewali was celebrated
all over North America with great enthusiasm.
A massive display of fireworks was organized at
Sikh Gurudwaras and the Hindu Temples.More |
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| Welcome to Mouseland |
Gurpreet
Singh writes from Vancouver
LAST year, I got an opportunity to translate the
late Tommy Douglas's Mouseland into Punjabi. The
tale is taken from a famous speech by the former
New Democratic Party leader who, as Premier of
Saskatchewan.More |
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| Bush favours the wealthy |
A latest analysis by
the Center for American Progress Action Fund shows
that President Bush's economic policies have "redistributed
wealth to the richest Americans and left the majority
with stagnating wages and declining household
incomes."More |
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| US Presidential poll:
Obama picks up momentum |
Harjap
Singh Aujla writes from New Jersey
THE feds have dropped the interest rate
to one percent, the lowest in years. That leaves
little scope for maneuvering another rate cut
in near future.More |
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| ANALYSIS |
Killing
fields of daughters
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| Gobind Thukral |
| MAN has made great strides
in science and technology. He has not only touched
moon, but has made tremendous progress in producing
food, inventing new medicines and with better health
care is increasing life span.More |
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Picking
up peace threads |
| Praful Bidwai |
INDIA and Pakistan are
trying to revitalise their mutual dialogue and
pick up the threads of the peace process they
launched in early 2004.More |
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Dalit
emancipation and Kanshi Ram’s captivity
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Dr
Amrik Singh writes from Sacramento
 IN
the modern context, Kanshi Ram’s name has
become synonymous with Dalit empowerment.More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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| Get rid of the black
sheep: Lok Sabha Speaker |
Joginder
Singh Toor
 LOK
Sabha speaker Som Nath Chatterjee and west Bengal
assembly speaker Hasim Abdul Halim have felt deeply
concerned about corruption in the judiciary and
how it was undermining the confidence of the people
in this pillar of democracy.More |
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| Indian Supreme Court
settles a case filed before Independence |
IN
a classic example of legal delays in a country
with three crore cases pending in various courts,
a civil suit that was filed before the country
attained Independence in 947 has finally ended
with the Supreme Court ruling in favour of one
of the parties.More
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| ART & LITERATURE |
| Interview with Anne
Murphy |
Ajmer
Rode
 Dr.
Anne Murphy is chair of Punjabi Language, Literature
and Sikh Studies department at the University
of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Harjot Oberoi occupied
that chair before her.More
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| A community's cathartic
call: 'Scattered Voices' bring forth the angst of
victims from Gujarat |
THE
first ever anthology of intensely cathartic poems
capturing the collective angst and deep anxieties
of Gujarat's Muslim community that fell prey to
the 2002 post-Godhra riots.More
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G20 leaders wary of protectionism
| US drone fires missiles into Pakistan, up to
twelve dead | Punjab governor administers oath
of office to newly appointed member of PPSC: Mahal
| DoCoMo makes open offer for Tata Tele | Davydenko
beats Del Potro to reach semis
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| G20 leaders wary of protectionism |
A downpour
in Washington has a new meaning at the G20. On a gloomy,
rainy afternoon, 20 heads of state including India,
the UK, the US, France and all other G20 members, will
meet to decide the future of the global economy. George
Bush set the agenda in a speech to Wall Street saying
free market capitalism will be the key message at the
G20 over the weekend.More
Updated on November
14, 2008 at 01:00 p.m.
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- US drone fires missiles into
Pakistan, up to twelve deadMore
- Punjab governor administers
oath of office to newly appointed member of PPSC:
MahalMore
- DoCoMo makes open offer for
Tata TeleMore
- Davydenko
beats Del Potro to reach semisMore
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| E D I T O R I A L |
| Elections in six states: a
test match |
WITHIN
couple of weeks, six Indian states; Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Mizoram and Jammu
and Kashmir would elect new assemblies. Out of
these three are ruled by the main Hindu party,
the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Congress, ruling
party at the Center controls the national capital
Delhi. Mizoram is ruled by Mizoram National Front
and Jammu and Kashmir is currently under central
rule.More
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| FOCUS |
Are elections a farce in
Jammu and Kashmir?
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Gobind
Thukral
 ELECTIONS
are concomitant to any democratic process. They
provide the people whom democracies call as masters
a chance to exercise their free will and elect governments
of their choice. This theoretical position is well
stated and most of the constitutions take note of
it. There is no other way to know the minds of the
people about the formation of governments. This
makes elections sacrosanct.More |
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| The US space missile defense:
arms race in South Asia |
Neha Kumar
 THE
US Congress has approved $ 5 million on 17 October 2008
for conducting study on space based ballistic missile
defense systems. Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican said
‘Approval of the study highlights the need to
provide comprehensive protection from growing threat
of missile attack and to limit the vulnerability of
vital satellites to attack.’More
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Birth of Guru Nanak, Katik or Baisakh |
Jagpal S Tiwana writes from
Halifax , Canada
 THERE
has been a controversy about the date of birth of Guru
Nanak. Traditionally it is believed that Guru Nanak
was born in the month of Katik(October-November) on
the pooranmashi (full moon) night in 1469 and hence
Sikhs all over the world celebrate Guru Nanak's birthday
in Katik(October-November). Modern scholars, however,
do not accept this date.More
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| FEATURES |
Environment:
shift to clean energy could start
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Wolfgang
Kerler
 AN
aggressive shift towards renewable power generation
and energy effiency could save the world from
the most devastating impacts of climate change,
and at the same time create a multi-billion-dollar
industry and save trillions of dollars in future
fuel costs, experts say.More
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Water privatisation: 'no costly consultants' |
|  Keya
Acharya
THE Indian corporate conglomerate,
Tata, says it is ready to provide water services in
this vast country and also prove that privatisation
does not have to involve expensive foreign consultants
and providers.More
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A billion hungry people need rescue plan too |
| Wolfgang Kerler
 TO
eradicate hunger in India, actions are needed: strengthening
of agriculture, social protection, poverty reduction
and the distribution of essential nutrition and health
interventions to women and children in the period of
pregnancy and the first two years of life.More |
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Fazilka: upcoming energy hub of Punjab |
| Navdeep Asija
MANY might not have even
thought about this, but this small town confronted with
political ignorance from the state government would
now be able to regain its lost glory, all thanks to
the new addition to its geography named, Energy. In
future this town would be known as "Energy hub
of Punjab".More |
| COMMENT |
Will the economic crisis
lead to a third world war?
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 WILL
the present economic crisis lead to a third World war?
If we look at the previous two World wars, then this
becomes clear that both the wars were the result of
economic competition and crisis. The First World War
was fought primarily because the rising economy of Germany
was challenging the monopoly of the British.More
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| India
ranks 66th on global hunger index |
| THE UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), which has acknowledged that bio-fuel
programme as one of the factors responsible for the present
global food crisis, however, has not called for a moratorium.
It has only suggested making an in-depth assessment of
its risks and possible benefits.More |
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