By Marianne Arens (wsws.org)There has been a steady stream of protests in Italy in recent weeks against the so-called manovra—the austerity package proposed by the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, aimed at saving €25 billion over the next three years. The Italian parliament, in which the Berlusconi coalition parties form the majority, is...
By Avinash Pandey The author is an Indian research scholar stationed with Hong Kong based NGO,Asian Human Rights Commission The recent verdict of the Bombay High Court in the Khairlanji massacre case convicting all the accused to life imprisonment could have been a welcome one and gone a long way in restoring ordinary people’s...
Dr. Surendra Bhatnagar Indian face of Islam is Sufi. Love is the only form of religion to a Sufi. There is no religion greater than the love of God, the love of Man and the love of his creation. In fact, all of these are the manifestations of God’s love for man. For this...
At Ajmer, a famous pilgrim centre about 130 km from Jaipur, Hinduism and Sufi Islam co-exist in glorious harmony with their shrines, the unique Brahma temple at Holy Pushkar and the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in the heart of the city. Situated amidst enchanting surroundings, Pushkar and its Brahma temple whose...
THEY may call it the “Land of the Pure”, but Pakistan turns out to be anything but. The Muslim country, which has banned content on at least 17 websites to block offensive and blasphemous material, is the world’s leader in online searches for pornographic material. Google ranks Pakistan No.1 in the world in searches...
Is International Community’s confidence in Colombo eroding..? (www.poreg.org)The United Nations and the Sri Lanka government are locked in a public spat for over a fortnight. Now it has taken a curious turn with a minister, Wimal Weerawansa, on protest fast unto death and the Secretary General recalling his chief representative Neil Buhne from Colombo...
There is a historic chariot in the possession of Gurchet Singh at Bhai Roopa village near Rampura Phul in Bathinda district of Punjab. It is believed to have been taken there in 1744 by Bhai Gian Chand, a devotee of Ram Rai, son of Guru Hari Rai. Legend has it that Muslim craftsman from...
By Mohammad Vazeeruddin Peeping into the life of Sohail Singh was not unlike opening the door of a china shop: the wind might, very often did, blow violently, and before I realized what had happened, some vase of immense proportions seemed to descend on my innocent head , knocking out pre-conceived notions about Partition....
By John Chan Growing uncertainty over the Chinese economy has contributed to sharp falls in global share markets. There are mounting concerns over frenzied property speculation and the sustainability of the government’s stimulus measures, compounded by a series of strikes focussed in the country’s burgeoning auto industry. The immediate trigger was the release of...
(Poreg.org) Punjab province, the largest of the four provinces of Pakistan, and traditionally the dominant player on the country’s political scene, is in the news these days, for all the wrong reasons. It is ruled by the Pakistan Muslim League faction led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. His brother, Shahbaz Sharif, is the...
