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waning in the Punjabi community? |
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Gurpreet Singh writes from
Vancouver
AS the 2010 Winter Olympic ends, the
absence of the Punjabis at the anti Olympic rallies
held in Vancouver throughout the event has left many
wondering whether support for activism is waning in
an other wise politically vibrant community.
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| How moderate
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Gurpreet Singh writes from
Vancouver
AS the election of the Khalsa Deewan
Society, the oldest Sikh temple in Vancouver draws
closer, the conservative Sikh youth slate is gearing
up to give a fight to the incumbent moderates.
Encouraged by the victory in the Surrey Sikh Temple
election which the moderates have lost to the
conservatives.
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| Deepening economic crisis in America |
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 AS the Obama
administration and Congress deal with the country's
economic problems -- including double-digit
unemployment, a housing crisis, credit shortage, and
stagnating wages -- one issue that has fallen under
the radar is that states across the country are
facing serious budget crises.
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| Torture Whitewash |
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HOW American ministers and lawmakers sanction
savagery was revealed recently in Washington. Last
week, the Department of Justice's Office of
Professional Responsibility (OPR) released a
long-awaited report investigating whether the
legal advice in crucial Bush administration.
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| Some musings
of a ‘Gora Sardar’ |
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Fatehpal Singh-Tarney
I AM impatient with anything
autobiographical because there is usually some
self-promotion involved. On the other hand, I am
convinced that everything ever written, whether
so-called fiction or non-fiction, is
autobiographical to some extent.
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ANALYSIS |
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The burqa champions
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Ishtiaq Ahmed
 WHEN Field Marshal Ayub Khan introduced the Muslim
Family Laws Ordinance, he was assailed by all the
reactionary ulema because it regulated polygamy. More |
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| Education empowers children of sex
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Manipadma Jena
"MAY I come in, Miss?" asks seven-year-old Ajmiri
Khatun, her face beaming with her radiant smile.
Her teacher, Pujo Roy, gladly welcomes her into
the eight-square-foot educational facility designed
for Indian children like her. More
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| The neglected and
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Gobind Thukral
IT is true that increasingly the presentation
of annual budget by the union government is becoming
more of an accounting exercise. Since 1991 when the
so called reforms began and the pro rich bias became
pronounced, the budgetary exercise lost meaning for
millions of teem masses. More
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| 24 years, no final report: Eradi Panel faces axe |
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THE panel headed by an 88-year-old retired Supreme
Court judge to resolve the water dispute between
Punjab and Haryana -- the Eradi Commission -- is
being wound up 24 years after it was set up.
The dispute remains unresolved.
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| Media under the scanner |
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Sarbjit Dhaliwal
BE it terrorism, war or ethnic conflict, violence
has become a world phenomenon. From AK-47s to bomb
blasts, to mid-air hijackings and human bombs, the
world has seen rapidly changing phases and faces
of terrorism that has become a central issue
across the globe. More
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Pak-linked terror plot foiled; 3 held in Maharashtra,
Gujarat | Bareilly peaceful before BSP's Lucknow
rally | Punjab cabinet approves budget proposals
for 2010-11 | China oil firm takes $3.1B stake
in SAmerican firm | Alonso wins Bahrain season-opener
on Ferrari debut
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| Pak-linked terror plot foiled;
3 held in Maharashtra, Gujarat |
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suspected Pakistan-linked terror plot has been foiled
with police arresting two Mumbai residents, who were
planning to attack three targets including ONGC headquarters,
and a third man in Gujarat capital after busting a terror
module. More
Updated on March 15, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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- Bareilly peaceful before BSP's
Lucknow rally More
- Punjab cabinet approves budget
proposals for 2010-11More
- China oil firm takes $3.1B
stake in SAmerican firm More
- Alonso wins Bahrain season-opener
on Ferrari debut More
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| E D I T O R I
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| Growth of Indian Economy |
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INDIAN economy with an annual growth rate of 7
per cent is moving fast if not galloping and
beating the developed world where economic
meltdown is far from over. The economy could grow
by 9 per cent the next year. Economic growth is
supported by strong fundamentals. Gross domestic
savings stood at 32.5 per cent of GDP in 2008-09
and the gross domestic capital formation was 34.9
per cent.
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| FOCUS |
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Budget widens disparities
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 Vinod Anand
THE budgets in India only address the short-run
marginal issues relating to income and expenditure
accounts, and the expansion and liberalization of
the private sector in the context of globalization.
They do not focus on basic long-run issues with
seriousness. In fact, it is not only a question of
fiscal and monetary matters. More |
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Liquor flows in Punjab
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Gobind Thukral
 IT was written in bold letters on the back of a
truck: “tere bache jeen, sharab peen”. Another
truck had yet another slogan: “Tere bache jeen,
sharab peen, tera khoon peen”. Some Punjabi humour
indeed! We have immense capacity to laugh at
ourselves.
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South rejects Biotechnology Regulatory
Authority Bill
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EVEN while some of the most important legislations
such as the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Food
Security Bill are crying for an early passage in the
Parliament, the Government has shown a surprising
hurry, almost bordering on obscenity. More
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“Obtaining information under RTI wouldn’t be
possible under BRAI”
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ACCORDING to KHETI VRASAT MISSION, The proposed
Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (BRAI) as
introduced in this session of parliament will take
away the right to protest and speak against bullying
activities and illegalities by corporates,
corporations and government on genetically modified
food.” More
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| FEATURES |
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Conspiracy theories and theorists
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Ishtiaq Ahmed
CONSPIRACY theories and their authors become a
cause for concern when they begin to hallucinate
and can no longer distinguish between their own
flights of imagination and the world around them.
When they hijack a whole nation or community into
another world, then they ought to be held
accountable.
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Euro not for Europe's poor
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 David Cronin
FOR 329 million, people shopping with the euro is
a part of everyday life. Since its notes and coins
were introduced on New Year's Day 2002, this
single currency has made it possible to travel
across a 16-country zone stretching from Cyprus to
Ireland without having to change the money in
one's pocket or handbag.
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Resistance to Shiv Sena growing in Mumbai
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Gurpreet Singh
 IF the response to Bollywood’s latest film - My
name is Khan is any indication, resistance against
the Shiv Sena is consistently growing in the
financial capital of India. Bal Thackrey’s Shiv
Sena that virtually ran a parallel administration
in Mumbai for years.
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IveChildren Stories: Aarti’s Obituary
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 Pearl
Jasra
HOW do you say goodbye to a nine year girl
who died in your lap? Aarti, had two brothers and a
sister and was born in a very poor family. All four
have been coming to me for the last 3 years.
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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Limited Liability Partnership Act, a door to
foreign economic invasion
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Joginder Singh Toor
 “DOORS are opened to enter business in India”
claims a journal published by an association of
professionals in North America. The reason India
has passed the Limited Liability Partnership Act,
section 7 of which provides that every LLP limited
liability partnership shall have at least two
designed partners who are individuals and at least
one of them shall be a resident of India. More
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| COMMENT |
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Procrastination
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Vinod Anand
PROCRASTINATION is a type of behavior which is
characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to
a later time. The word itself comes from the Latin
word procrastinatus: pro- (forward) and crastinus
(of tomorrow). It refers to task avoidance or delay.
In fact, it is the thief of time where there is a
delayed action, and one keeps on putting off
something that requires immediate attention. It
means postponement of doing what one should be
doing; In other words, it means putting off doing
something, especially out of habitual carelessness
or laziness. More
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Government ready to facilitate return of
Sikh youth: Chidambaram
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the lines of the offer made to Kashmiri militants,
Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the Government
is ready to facilitate the return of Sikh youth
who took political asylum abroad during militancy
in Punjab, provided they give up violence.
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