MORE than a third of the world's child brides are from India. This forces children to an increased risk of exploitation. It makes this Asian giant's growing modernity and economic wealth claims look susceptible. According to a UNICEF report nearly 25 million women in India were married in the year 2007 by the age of 18. the report released on recently noted that children in India, Nepal and Pakistan may be engaged or even married before they turned 10. More

Gobind Thukral
IS judiciary above the people who have given unto themselves a constitution? This question is currently being debated at several levels. India’s highest court, the Supreme Court has objected to the sunshine law, the Right to Information. In a strange manner it has appealed before Delhi High Court against the order of the Chief Information Commissioner that declared office of the Chief Jussive of India within the ambit of the transparency law and made it mandatory for apex court judges to disclose their assets. More

Vinod Anand
FISCAL Deficit (FD) is the sum total of the budget deficit, borrowings, and other liabilities of the Government. Budget deficit is the difference between the revenue receipts (tax revenue and non-tax revenue) and the capital receipts (borrowing from the market, disinvestments proceeds etc.) on the one hand, and the total expenditure (both plan and non-plan, and revenue and capital), on the other. More

Bal Anand
I can vaguely recollect that name 'Har Dayal' had firstly got registered into the 'hard disc' of my memory when, soon after my joining the school in October 1948 I had started paying 'child-like' keener attention in 'overhearing' and somewhat incoherently 'co-relating' the conversations among the elderly of the family and their friends. More

Gobind Thukral
EVERY Congressman in Punjab looks towards capturing political power by early 2012. They strongly sense that the present Akali- BJP combine has failed on all fronts and a victory at the polls is granted since there is no alternative except their party. This is not a bad wish by itself. But the way Punjab Congress leaders at all levels have been conducting, they ought to think twice before dreaming about power. More

An Open letter to S Parkash Singh Badal, CM, Punjab on GM Corn trials currently going in PAU Campus
To
Shri Parkash Singh Badal,
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab,
Chandigarh.
Dear Sir,
Subject: An MNC’s GM Corn field trial in the state of Punjab – request you to intervene and stop the trial immediately
Greetings! Your respected self might be aware of the serious concerns that many nations and citizens across the world have, with regard to GM (Genetic Modification) technology in our food and farming. More

Pearl V. Jasra
THIS essentially is the story of Tripta, who is 50 something. Born and married into poor families, like millions of women out there, poverty their perpetual shadow. Despite poverty everything seemed to go on very well with her life in a dingy, dark-lit room for many years. More

Vishal Gupta
Admissions to U.S. universities generally follow a long but systematic process that starts about a year before the first day of classes. The application process involves preparing for and taking some standardized tests like the GRE or GMAT and TOEFL, shortlisting universities, preparing applications, getting official academic transcripts and letters of recommendation, and securing funding for tuition and other expenses. More

Vaidehi Iyer
Questions play a large role in Githa Hariharan’s world. As a teacher and author of seven novels, Hariharan feels impelled to continually ask: “Shall we look at ourselves like this? How does it look? What is the view like?” Hariharan, who has taught in the United States and India, sees the fact that students are more willing to ask questions as a sign of their need for change. More