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Gurpreet Singh writes from Vancouver
THE day Time magazine announced "The Protester" as
its person of the Year in 2011, my memories
drifted back to December 2007. That's when Indo
Canadians rallied in support of a paralyzed failed
refugee claimant outside Vancouver International
Airport. It was not because of the impact of the
protest, but because I was one of the
demonstrators.
Laibar Singh, a refugee claimant, was ordered to
be deported by the Conservative government despite
thousands who had petitioned seeking residency for
him on humanitarian grounds. More
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| Now, 4.5% reservation for minorities |
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Vinod Anand
IN a major decision ahead of the upcoming Assembly
elections in five sates, the Union cabinet
approved reservation for minorities under the
Other Backward Castes category on December 22. The
Union cabinet met in the evening to discuss the
contentious issues and decided to give 4.5 per
cent sub-quota to minorities to be carved out from
the existing quota of 27 per cent for OBC. The
reservation for the Muslims will be effective from
January 01, 2012.
The Union cabinet, at a meeting chaired by the
Prime Minister, took the decision that would pave
way for reservation in government jobs and
educational institutions for minorities as defined
in Section 2(C) of the National Commission for
Minorities Act, 1962.
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Protests and Repression: Struggles in the Forests
of India |
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SAP Bureau
THE last few weeks have seen struggles over forest
rights and forest control intensifying across the
country. On the one hand there are larger and
larger protests taking place, and on the other,
the continued use of force by central and state
governments is combined with total silence and
apathy on protecting people’s rights. The Jangal
Jameen Jan Andolan undertook a yatra in
Rajasthan, crossing Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswada,
Sirohi, Pali and Pratapgarh districts between
December 20 and 28. On December 29,
demonstrations were held in all block
headquarters.
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| Beauty with the brains |
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Harjap Singh Aujla
 MAHATMA
Gandhi was a totally non- glamorous
individual; a very simple frail looking man with
absolutely no attractive features, a total misfit
in today’s glamour-dominated world. Rather the
Mahatma was an exact opposite of what could be
termed as glamourous. But Mahatma Gandhi had
tremendous strength of conviction behind him. He
was a product of the 19th century, which was a
very conservative period in India.
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Air India pilots’ call off strike, Govt assures
payment of dues | Bid to blacken democracy, Anna
on Ramdev attack | Iraq suicide bombing leaves
50 dead | Expect good amount of dividend from
PSUs: Fin Min | I have learnt to plan to get a
batsman out: Pankaj Singh
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pilots’ call off strike, Govt assures payment of dues |
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The stir by a section of Air India pilots which led to
cancellation of 52 flights was called off on Saturday
night after the state-owned airline reportedly assured
them that their pending salary and allowances would be
cleared in phases before March. More
Updated on January 15, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
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Iraq suicide bombing leaves 50 dead More
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SouthAsiaPost wishes its readers a very
Happy New Year - 2012 |
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Good Bye 2011 |
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THE 2010 ended with a tragedy, when on December 17
after being harassed by police Mohamed Bouazizi,
the roadside vegetable vendor set himself on fire
in Tunisia. His fault was that he was doing
‘businesses’ without a permit. However, the flames
of Bouazizi’s self-immolation gave birth to Arab
Spring in 2011, which started from Tunisia,
engulfed Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon,
Jordan, finally it reached the Wall Street. And
slogans against economic and social inequality
were heard in over 95 cities across 82 countries.
These still pulsate. These were not sudden, but
had been in the making.
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Happy New Year to India
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Harjap Singh Aujla
 INDIA
deserves a very happy new year. Its poor masses
deserve food, clothing and shelter. We all deserve
an escape from the crippling blows of corruption.
Anna Hazare may be a non-glamorous, simple,
tactless, unsophisticated and rustic looking fighter
for the rights of the people of India. But his fight
is not devoid of merit. Sixty four years ago, India
was the slave of Imperial Britain.
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A heavy burden for this new born
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Vinod Anand
A poor state born from the womb of a
financially-wrecked mother, Uttaranchal will have
to carry the burden of some of the hefty
liabilities of its mother state. Loans taken by
the UP government from the World Bank under the
Joint Forest Management are being passed on to
Uttaranchal’s most of the forests of UP happen to
be in this hill region. The new state will not be
able to bear the burden of these heavy loans and
is sure to crumble under the weight. More
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‘J&K government has buried the report on unmarked
graves’
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SAP Bureau
CALLOUSNESS of the government continues vis-à-vis
victims of human rights abuses and in particular
against the family members of those who have
disappeared in the last two decades in Jammu and
Kashmir, said Association of Parents of
Disappeared Persons, Kashmir (APDP).
In a press release issued on December 28, the APDP
said that the relatives of more than 8000 persons
continue to wait for the government to probe all
the cases of disappearances, deliver justice to
the families of the disappeared and punish the
perpetrators.
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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Unjust Laws must go
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Joginder Singh Toor
 “LAWS
and institutions, no matter how efficient and well
arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are
unjust.” Says John Rawls in his ‘Theory of
Justice’. Long back the Supreme Court of India
declared the Urban Tenancy Laws as unjust although
the same were just and necessary when these were
enacted. “A fast changing society cannot operate
with unchanging laws and preconceived judicial
attitude,” said the Supreme Court of India in
Parbhakaran Nair etc. Vs State of Tamil Nadu and
others AIR 1987-SC-2117. More
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| BOOKS & BEYOND |
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The Reluctant Assassin: A Novel by Consul General
N. Parthasarathi
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Amrik Singh
N. Parthasarathi joined as Consular General of
India in San Francisco on October 13, 2011. He
came at such a time when the public, particularly
people belonging to Punjab, had been allegedly
complaining against inconvenience, discrimination
and corruption at the hands of the mission staff.
Some say it all started when one of the cabinet
ministers of Manmohan Singh’s government was
grilled in a New York court case for his
criminally inciting mobs against Sikhs after
assassination of Indira Gandhi. More
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From highway to Sahitya Akademi
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“IT is an award for a writer, who is sitting on
the periphery of mainstream Punjabi literature,”
said Punjabi writer Baldev Singh Sadaknama, when
his name was announced on December 21 for the
Sahitya Akademi Award. He has been selected for
his Punjabi novel Dhaawaan Dilli De Kingrey.
The award, he says, came after 35 years of long
journey. In these 35 years, Baldev Singh has
worked as a truck cleaner, helper, driver and
truck owner. More
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Sangeet Natak Akademi for two Punjabi artistes
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SAP Bureau
SANGEET Natak Akademi, the national academy of
music, dance and drama, the apex body of
performing arts in the country has selected two
Punjab artistes for Sangeet Natak Akademi 2011.
They were chosen from amongst total 36 artistes
from across the country.
They include Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa in
the category of folk music (Punjab) and
Patiala-based theatre actor Neena Tiwana for
acting. More
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A devastated Iraq stares at the super power
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EXACTLY after 8 years 9 months and 12 days after
America attacked Iraq, cooking up lies for alleged
weapons of mass destruction and support for al
Qaeda, the last America solider has left the soil
of the Mesopotamian country. It leaves behind a
devastated, deeply divided, and economically
mauled and torn into bloody Shia and Sunni
factions. American military might is present close
by in Kuwait and inside Iraq where it has the
largest embassy full of soldiers and military
advisors. More
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