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- Sikh Youth Denied Entry Into Us Nightclub (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
A Sikh youth has approached the US justice department after he was allegedly denied entry into two nightclubs in California because he was wearing a turban.
- Us, Muslim Leaders Condemn Hyderabad Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
America's largest Sikh civil rights organisation, the Sikh Coalition, has strongly opposed new turban screening procedures put in place by the Transportation Security Administration earlier this month.
- Sikhs To File Suit Against Irish Police (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
A Sikh organisation in Ireland is planning to challenge a ban on Sikhs in a volunteer reserve police force from wearing the turban while on duty.
- ‘Report On Gurdwara False’ (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 25, 2007)
A visiting team of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC) officials says that a report that a Sikh place of worship in Lahore was forcibly occupied and closed down by “hooligans” is totally false, and that they have inspected the premises . . .
- The Miracle Of Faith (Hindu, Navin Chawla, Aug 25, 2007)
“The work goes on,” Mother Teresa answered when asked what would happen to the Missionaries of Charity after her death. “As long as we remain committed to the poorest of the poor and do not end up serving the rich, the work will prosper.”
- They Have Failed India (Pioneer, Jaya Jaitly, Aug 25, 2007)
The rot began with Indira Gandhi and is irreversible. Now, in the same month that we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Independence, the Left-Congress combine is reviving that infamy.
- 60 Killed In Lahore Incidents (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2007)
LAHORE, August 13, 1947: It is estimated that sixty persons were killed in today’s incidents in Lahore and over 100 injured were admitted into hospital.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 22, 2007)
A general election could occur any time. Seldom has a government appeared more fragile.
- Was Partition Our Destiny? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2007)
Partition created two independent sovereign states of Pakistan and India on August 14 and 15, 1947, respectively.
- How Realistic Is Tap Gas Pipeline? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Suddenly, after the oil and gas prospecting companies were driven out of the Tribal Areas by the Taliban-Al Qaeda combine, the Pakistan government has awarded the contract for the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) . . . .
- India's Silent Warriors (Asia Times, B Raman, Aug 20, 2007)
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are synonymous. Very rarely does the general public get a peek into the shadowy world of spooks and their death-defying deeds shrouded behind the iron curtain of state secrets.
- Last Train From Pakistan (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Aug 20, 2007)
In the past 60 years, I have never celebrated Independence Day. Nor will I do so in future as, to me, this day signifies a day of mourning.
- Supporters Oppose Paralysed Sikh's Deportation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Supporters of a paralysed Sikh refugee claimant, who is facing deportation early next week nearly four years after entering Canada on a fake passport, have sought his release on humanitarian grounds and urged the government to allow him to . . . . .
- Canada Stays Deporation Of Paralysed Sikh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Canadian government has granted a 60-day stay on the deportation of a paralysed Sikh refugee who was to be sent to India tomorrow after sympathisers launched a campaign urging the authorities to let him stay in the country.
- Other Travails (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Aug 18, 2007)
The literature on the Partition of India is driven by those who had to flee religious persecution, whether Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan or Muslims in India.
- Secularism Has A Long Way To Go (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 18, 2007)
IT is a straight question which should have been addressed long ago.
- Ostentatious Weddings Against Sikh Ethos (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Aug 18, 2007)
A code recently set out by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on how to avoid ostentatious weddings within the Sikh fold, needs to be not only lauded but propagated within a viable time frame, with the active backing and . . . . .
- The Caste System — India’S Apartheid? (Hindu, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Aug 18, 2007)
Having taken a principled stand in foreign policy against racial discrimination and apartheid, India should not hide behind a false sense of Third World sovereignty in discussing the real problems of how to effectively end caste discrimination in . . . .
- Collective Amnesia: Where Is The Cinema Of Partition? (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Aug 17, 2007)
India and Pakistan have celebrated another year of independence. Sixty years ago one of the greatest and most violent upheavals of the 20th century took place on the Indian subcontinent.
- Indian Identity Is Forged In Diversity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2007)
When India celebrated the 49th anniversary of its independence from British rule in 1996, its then prime minister, HD Deve Gowda, stood at the ramparts of Delhi’s Red Fort and delivered the traditional independence day address to the nation.
- After Partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In 1947, the jewel of the British Empire, India, was granted independence, divided along religious lines and two nations were born - India and Pakistan.
- Sunset, Sunrise: The Dramatic Birth Of Modern India (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Today, India is the world's most populous democracy, with a fast-growing economy that stamps Mohandas Gandhi's face on every 10 rupee note.
- Minorities In Pak Demand Law Against Forced Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Demanding equal opportunities "as promised" by Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, minority organisations have asked the Government and the judiciary in the Islamic country to ensure their rights in accordance with the UN declaration and sought . . . .
- Exercise In Inclusion (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Aug 14, 2007)
There are three vital political moments in Indian history that deserve to be contextualised for any sort of serious deliberation on Muslim education.
- Minorities In Pak Demand Law Against Forced Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Demanding equal opportunities "as promised" by Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, minority organisations have asked the Government and the judiciary in the Islamic country to ensure their rights in accordance with the UN declaration and sought . . . .
- ‘Because Of Ideology, Managing Contradictions Is More Difficult For This Coalition. The Left Sticks To Its Position’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2007)
My guest today is perhaps one of the most modern ministers in the Union Cabinet, from certainly the most ancient constituency (Chandni Chowk). Kapil Sibal, welcome to Walk the Talk. Life is full of paradoxes.
- Mixed Bag Of Tricks (Deccan Herald, Rajashri Dasgupta, Aug 13, 2007)
Let me confess right away, that to support each and every woman is not my kind of feminism.
- A Rough Passage To Independence (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 13, 2007)
Nothing can be more futile than an argument on who was responsible for the Partition of the subcontinent. With the sequence of events stretching back 60 years, such an exercise can only be an academic distraction.
- Appearance And Reality (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 11, 2007)
At a writers jamboree in Edinburgh some 40 years ago, I met a lot of celebrated authors including two who I vastly admired: Mary Mc Carthy and Norman Mailer...
- India's Yin And Yang 60 Years After Independence (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
India will turn 60 on Wednesday. In a speech that for Indians resonates as powerfully as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address for Americans, nationalist leader and founding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared that at midnight . . . .
- Britain Revisits Partition On 60th Anniversary (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2007)
LONDON — It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents’ past . . . .
- Sixty Bitter Years After Partition (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As the 60th anniversary of Indian Partition approaches, the BBC's Andrew Whitehead looks back at how and why independence from Britain meant the creation of two separate countries, India and Pakistan.
- India, Born In Violence, Celebrates Miraculous Survival (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Adrian Hamilton: The Sordid Truth: We Cut And Ran In India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents' past, but the 60th anniversary . . . . .
- Born In Violence, India Celebrates (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Now It Is Gen Musharraf's Fight For Survival (Deccan Herald, RANDEEP RAMESH, Aug 08, 2007)
Delhi remains silent, knowing its intervention will only make matters worse.
- A Bitter Pill (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2007)
India has had too many dates with destiny to be excited over a fresh one. She was duly prepared, through reliable press forecasts, for the actual announcement of the British government’s latest plan. Neither the prospect of British withdrawal . . . .
- Opening Doors To Other Cultures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
A freewheeling chat with Uma Krishnaswami, an author of Indian origin writing for children in the U.S.
- A Division Of Assets And Liabilities (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2007)
The last scene at Westminster found British statesmen ready to dispose of Indian claims serenely. On Friday, Lords and Commons met only to witness their King’s own formal approval of the Indian Independence Act.
- Cbi Charges Dera Chief With Murder (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
The Central Bureau of Investigation has charged Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in two murder cases and one rape case. The three cases came to the CBI four years ago, but resurfaced after the recent episode concerning the Dera chief.
- Death For Hawara, Balwant Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
Ending three days of animated suspense over the quantum of sentence to be given to the six convicts in the Beant Singh assassination case, the special court today ordered capital punishment for Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh.
- Story Of A Pioneer (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Aug 01, 2007)
An impression has been created that Monty Panesar is the first Sikh cricketer to represent England.
- Tokenism As Official Policy (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 01, 2007)
Should we take the installation of Ms Pratibha Patil as the President to be an effort in the direction of empowerment of women in India?
- On Collision Course In Kerala (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
LEADERS of the powerful Catholic Church in Kerala are up in arms once again over what they describe as the “anti-minority” provisions in the education policy of the communist-led government in the State.
- What Haneef Should Do (Deccan Herald, PRAKASH NANDA, Jul 31, 2007)
Dr Mohammad Haneef's homecoming from the Australian prison is a vindication of his innocence in the global terror plot that he was accused of being involved in.
- Indigenous Sanskrit Theatre Form (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
An excerpt from the last chapter captures the subtlety of ‘Abhinaya’ in Kutiyattam. “Mani Madhava Chakyar was performing sikhinisalabha... Butterflies fly all around.
- Cut, Wounded And Still Reeling (OutLook, Navtej Sarna, Jul 31, 2007)
Tabish Khair’s Filming draws a unique connection between photography and barbed wire: both inventions, intended to freeze movement, were perfected in the year 1880.
- Dera Head Arrested, Released After Questioning (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
A police team from Punjab on Monday arrested and quizzed Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs.
- Uk Asians Don’T Feel British (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Jul 30, 2007)
More than a third of “British Asians” do not feel British, according to a survey conducted for the BBC Asian Network to coincide with the 60th anniversary of partition.
- Making Of The Prez (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jul 30, 2007)
India would have had its first woman Head of State three decades ago — in 1977 — if Morarji Desai had his way.
- ‘I’M Driven By Ego. Offer Me A Role & I’M Not Excited. But Plant One Little Challenge, And That Does The Trick’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 30, 2007)
From being a photographer who also acted in plays, Boman Irani has come to be recognised as one of the most versatile actors of Bollywood, as much at ease with comic roles like Dr Asthana and Lucky Singh in the Munnabhai series as with tragic ones . . . .
- Our Own Shangri-La (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Imagine yourself at a height of 18,000 feet on a rocky ledge overhanging a precipice.
- Wine Of Words (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 30, 2007)
FIRST impression may not be the best impression. This was literally true in the case of Dalbir Singh, Deputy Editor of Punjabi Tribune.
- Intelligence Cooperation Has A Long History (Deccan Herald, B Raman, Jul 28, 2007)
Prince Hassan of Jordan suggested that the ISI and R&AW chiefs meet in secret and discuss issues instead of levelling open allegations against each other..
- Canada Drops Policy On Sikh Surname (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
The Canadian government has reversed a decade-old policy that forced Indians with the last name Singh or Kaur to change their surnames to apply to immigrate.
- Teenager Held For Killing Sikh Cabbie (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
A teenager was charged with the murder of a Sikh cab driver whose burnt body was found early this month in Seattle.
- Us, Isi Had Interest In Punjab Militancy: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
The US had an “interest” in Punjab militancy and hatched a “covert action plan” in collusion with Pakistan’s ISI in 1971 to encourage a separatist movement in the border state, says a new book by a former top Indian Intelligence officer.
- The Binge (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Jul 27, 2007)
I was part of a student-teacher exchange. The plane dipped and I looked down and saw the blue dome of the mosque in Samarkand.
- In The Heart Of Europe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Behind all the commercial goings-on, Germany has a leisurely side to it as well, discovers Vinay Kumar
- Sikhs Protest Against Wwf Star (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
A group of Sikhs today protested against World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestler Booker-T, objecting to his wearing trunks with the design of a 'khanda', a Sikh religious symbol.
- The Threat From Within (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Sikhs may be just 2 per cent of the population but in their self- image and deportment, it is as if they constitute 200 per cent of India’s one billion.
- Feel Free To Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2007)
Your wordcager left Los Angeles airport for Britain last week in a state of spitting rage.
- Musharraf Dares Jihadis (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 25, 2007)
When Mrs Indira Gandhi was asked by Gen K Sundarji who planned Operation Blue Star, the storming of the Golden Temple on June 5, 1984, why she had taken so long to call in the Army, she replied she had been advised not to do anything to . . . . . .
- Shooting By Dera Follower; 6 Injured (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Six persons were injured on Tuesday when a Dera Sacha Sauda follower fired at them from his weapon in a village in Sirsa district of Haryana, leading to tension in the area.
- Can’T Find A Nominee? Dial Najma (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Until Saturday, the BJP had no candidate for Vice-President in sight.
- Uk Finds Art Trove And The Passion Of An Indian Prince (Indian Express, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 23, 2007)
At a time when Indian artists are beginning to warm up the international art market, comes a story of a princely Indian connection to a discovery in British art.
- Woman Elected President In A First (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
India chose its first female president yesterday in an election hailed as a victory for women in a country where gender discrimination is deep-rooted and widespread.
- Essence Of Islam (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 23, 2007)
If Islamist terrorism is to be overcome, the role of the Quran in influencing Muslim minds must be understood
- Case Against Postal Dept Staff For Insulting Sikh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
A court has directed the police to register a case against three postal department employees for allegedly insulting a Sikh lawyer at Khatouli town.
- Democracy Is Only A Means To Achieve Secularism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2007)
In any vibrant society, there would be many schools of thought, and the fact that they dont agree with each other does not indicate that there must be a bloody battle between them, driven by some imagined clash of civilisations.
- Young, Male And Deadly (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 21, 2007)
The explanation made sense. The protesters mostly came from the western, and older, parts of the city, which are Kannada-speaking, and which have escaped the boom that Bangalore has been experiencing for some years now.
- The Prayer For All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
None would imagine that the piety-filled prayer that emerges from the tomb of the Prophet in Makkah has its roots in Bidar. It was written by Hazrat Ishqui, a poet from Bidar
- Faith And Conflict (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
ORIGINALLY a place of belonging - spiritual, temporal or literal - Dera Sacha Sauda is now something that causes fear and anxiety among many people in Punjab.
- ‘Our Way Of Life’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Quite a few of my trips to London have been shadowed by death, or the portent of death. On September 11, 2001, I was about to board a non-stop flight to London from Singapore when my phone rang.
- Education, Independence Not Sufficient For Empowerment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2007)
We need a re-think on what contributes to individual and group empowerment. A strong personal belief that you have the right to say, particularly in matters affecting you and respect from others regarding this fundamental right.
- Musharraf’S Genie Of Religious Chauvinism (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 17, 2007)
Islamabad is a city with wide roads and deep runs of thick trees and green grass.
- Dera Chief Escapes Unhurt In Clash At Sirsa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Monday escaped unhurt when his vehicle came under attack in a clash between his followers and some members of the Sikh community at a village in Sirsa leaving five persons injured and fomenting . . . .
- Dera Chief's Vehicle Stoned In Clash Near Sirsa (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
The vehicle carrying Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh was stoned and damaged on Monday following a clash between his supporters and agitating Sikhs at a village near Sirsa town in Haryana. At least six people were injured in the clash.
- Till A Party Do Us Part (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 16, 2007)
The big fat Punjabi wedding is all set for a make-over. If the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC) has its way, the community’s shaadis will assume a new, quiet avatar.
- Cracks Begin To Show In Tory Charm Offensive On Safe Seat (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
Ealing Southall stretches from the BBC dachas and their Tory neighbours around Ealing Common in the East to Little Mogadishu at the far end of Southall in the West, and more than a third of the voters are white.
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