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WHILE 9/11 has become an easily identifiable
trigger point for the Western world that needs no
explanation some of the worst human tragedies that
happened much before the hijacked airplanes
destroyed the World Trade Center in New York
passed unnoticed if not deliberately ignored.
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| Karzai’s victory is Afghanistan’s
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Dr Sawraj Singh writes from Washington
KARZAI’S victory in Afghanistan’s
Presidential election is a complete mockery of
democracy and the electoral process. This also
shows hypocrisy of the West which is trying to
legitimize the sham election.
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| Did America really win the
cold war after the fall
of Berlin Wall? |
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Dr Sawraj Singh writes from Washington
 TWENTY years ago the Berlin wall fell and
Ronald Regan claimed victory in the Cold war. Regan
felt that he had destroyed “The Evil Empire”. Twenty
years later we can see the effects of Reaganomics,
the so called free entrepreneurship which means
unadulterated capitalism.
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| The lessons of fort
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Dr. Amrik Singh writes from
Sacramento
SHOOTING rampage at the largest military
installation has sent tremors all over the world.
Fort Hood was no combatant zone, it was no enemy
territory, but it was a 340 square mile military
base for more than 40, 000 fellow US soldiers. The
shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan was no teenager
brainwashed to act as a suicide bomber, but a high
ranked military officer in the medical corps who was
trained in etiquettes of the elite force that
educated and employed him. More
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| ANALYSIS |
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Why do GM scientists lie?
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Devinder
Sharma
EVERY time I meet an agricultural scientist, especially
those who are engaged in Genetic Engineering, I am
shocked at the blatant manner in which they lie. They
are not even remotely ashamed of telling a lie, although
they know they are not speaking the truth. More |
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| How the world would
feed its hungry? |
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MORE than 1 billion people suffer hunger
today, according to the UN. A crucial part of this
complex problem is food production and
distribution. Is it possible to increase food
production in an environmentally and socially
sustainable way? Can modernisation, research and
investment enhance food security? Is there
anything to learn from traditional knowledge? More
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| More food may not mean
less hunger |
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Paul Virgo
ACHIEVING ambitious Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) production targets to meet
growing world demands will not suffice to feed the
world, and focusing too much on churning out crops
may even be damaging, experts warn. The Rome-based
United Nations agency said earlier this month that
world food production must increase 70 percent by
2050 to nourish a human population likely to reach
9.1 billion. More
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| Kuala Lumpur
declaration to criminalise war |
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SHAD Saleem Faruqi of the Global Research,
November 6, 2009 wrote an extensive article on war
crimes of America and Britain in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Here are excerpts
Regardless of size or power, no country or
national leader is exempt from international
humanitarian law. More
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| Vinod – The brilliant
music director |
Harjap Singh Aujla
 OF
course Lata Mangeshkar was discovered by Music
Director Ghulam Haider, but somehow he did not
give his most soul inspiring tunes to her to sing.
As a result the tunes of Lata’s most brilliant
renditions were composed by other music directors.
Punjab born and Punjab bred music director Vinod
happened to be one of the first music directors
who gave his finest tunes to Lata Mangeshkar to
sing. More |
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| Insaaf (Justice): A
short story |
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Gurpreet Singh writes from
Vancouver
"Is anyone there?"
"Is anyone there to listen to my story?"
"Is anyone there who can give me justice?"
"I’m Gursewak Singh."
"I’m the grandson of a famous freedom fighter who
had served a life sentence for fighting against
the British invaders who had ruled our country."
"I’ve been on this wheelchair for the last 25
years." More
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India, China strengthen position on climate change
| Kaiga incident serious, inquiry on: Chavan |
SAD Badal to support Advani as NDA chairman |
UAE to back banks amid Dubai meltdown | Davydenko
downs Del Potro for world finals crown
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| India, China
strengthen position on climate change |
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Heated debates are expected to dominate the UN summit
on climate change at Copenhagen with developing nations
coming with their own draft to pre-empt developed nations'
likely move to insist on binding carbon emission cuts.
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Updated on November 30, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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- Kaiga incident serious, inquiry
on: Chavan More
- SAD Badal to support Advani
as NDA chairman More
- UAE to back banks amid Dubai
meltdown More
- Davydenko downs Del Potro
for world finals crown More
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Harper opposed to terrorism
and violence but not the separatist ideology
Exclusive report from Gurpreet Singh who is
traveling with Canadian prime minister to attend APEC
Conference and then visit India
Singapore: The Canadian Prime Minister,
Stephen Harper who is on way to India told
reporters that Canada is opposed to those engaged
in violence and threats. Replying to a SAP
question during a press conference in Singapore,
Harper said, ``we don’t in Canada question
peoples’ political views, what we strongly oppose
are people engaged in violence and threats. This
is our shared value with the government of
India’’. More |
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| Taking care of the farmers |
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 FOR the past some weeks, a two member
committee setup by the Punjab government has been
struggling hard to take Punjab put of the current
fiscal mess. These members are all powerful of the
ruling Akali BJP coalition. Mr. Sukhbir Singh
Badal is president of the Shiromani Akali Dal and
Mr. Manoranjan Kalia is a senior minister of
industries. The two have met a number of times
without coming to any clear solution.
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| FOCUS |
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Corruption as way of life
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Gobind Thukral
 EVERY one- common or not so common Indian
confronts corruption in some form or other every
day. It is a harsh reality of our public life. Even
those who take bribe in one way, bribe others to
make things work. All walks of public life are
vitiated. We learn quite early in life. A child is
told do home work and in reward is offered an ice
cream. But that is not always at the roots of
corruption. More |
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Alarming fiscal deficit
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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
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Preserving the open Internet
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WITH the way the Internet is
structured right now, it is just as easy for Americans
to visit a tiny website about knitting run by a young
mother in Ohio as it is to visit a site run by the
federal government or a major corporation. This feature
is part of the reason that in 1999, John Chambers,
president and CEO of networking giant Cisco, called the
Internet the great "equalizer between people, companies,
and countries." More
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| FEATURES |
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Policies are alienating the tribals
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Devinder Sharma
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh often expresses his
side of the dormant human face that lies somewhere burried deep inside him. A day before yesterday,
as a Maoist bandh began in Orissa and in parts of
West Bengal, Prime Minister acknowledged there has
been a 'systemic failure' in ensuring the progress
of tribals. "We've failed tribals, want to rectify
that." More
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Hindu spiritualism: A study in contrast – 3
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 Om Prakash Sharma
THE Vedic system came to have two schools of
thought: of the gyan-kand (Upanishadic path of
knowledge) of the uttar-mimasa, and karma-kand
(path of ritual) of the Poorva mimasa of Jamini.
Differences at times were acute but never violent.
They called karama-kandis as ‘devam priya' which
according to Panini meant idiot. More
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Pakistan: Vibrant city loses colour, verve amid
escalating attacks
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Irfan
Ahmed
LAHORE, known to the world as "the city of the
live-hearted" has been in the grip of extreme fear
since Oct. 15, the day when three suicide attacks
took place here simultaneously.
Suicide bombers targeted two police training
centres and the regional office of the Federal
Investigation Agency, leaving 17 people dead and
22 others injured. More
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Haryana Day
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 ON
the 44th Haryana Day falling on November 1, 2009, Mrs
Usha Sharma was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
by the Haryana Government for the promotion of Haryanvi
dance and culture in the state and abroad. Mrs Sharma,
who was born in a humble family in a Gurgaon village,
started her career by learning Kathak under Birju
Maharaj at Kathak Kendra, New Delhi. Later, she joined
Shri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra and became the star of
their ballet, RAMA, where she played the role of Sita. More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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Judicial transparency an unwanted controversy
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Joginder Singh Toor
 A
controversy which should not have at all arisen is
not only becoming unending but getting day by day
complicated also. Should Judges be open to public
scrutiny? Why not:- is one voice. When every other
public servant including the highest one is
subject to the provisions of the Right To
Information Act, the Supreme Court says “We cannot
expose our Judges to public scrutiny or inquiry
because it would hamper their functioning and
independence. More
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| COMMENT |
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Afghanistan: The options of military exist
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Mr Brahma Chellaney’s ‘An Unwinnable Battle’ (Times
of India 03 November 09)
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is based on flawed logic.
He has recommended US military exit from Afghanistan
based on it’s inability to call the Pak bluff of
aiding militants while pretending to be on America’s
side. The contention being that thereby the US would
be able to free it’s foreign policy from being held
hostage by Pakistan and the need to supply aid to it
– which he feels is benefiting the militants more
than the nation. More
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A historic attendance at 30th Yuba City Sikh Parade
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Dr. Amrik Singh writes from
Sacramento
 ON November 1, 2009, a mild sunny day with
moderate temperature kept a promise for several
thousands of Sikhs to congregate in Yuba City for 30th
Sikh Parade . First Sunday of every November remains
scheduled for holding one of the largest events in
Northern California. Over the last 30 years, the Sikh
event has outgrown in its importance as well as in
number of participants. More
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'Sikh Heritage in Lahore: The Dera Sahib Complex'
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Varoon Prateek Anand
 UPON arriving in New Delhi after a gap of almost 5 years
I was treated by my father to accompany him to the Bhai
Chanan Singh Memorial Lecture held at the Bhai Vir Singh
Sahitya Sadan. I was born in New Delhi, but was raised
outside my entire life and was, for the first time in my
life, adapting myself to live in my native country after
having undergone this process in several countries
abroad. More
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