Category: Opinion
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Muhammad Ali followed Gandhi, Martin Luther King for world peace
Muhammad Ali, the record-setting world heavyweight champion whose personality transcended sports WASHINGTON: People all over the world are remembering the life of world heavy weight champion Muhammad Ali and the Americans take special pride in US born Ali, as he stood for courage and peace. He was a torch bearer for equality and humanity and…
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Are Jats of India descendants of Scythians?
By Dr V.B.L. Sharma MICHIGAN: There is a process of globalization afoot (see Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat) which seems unstoppable. An undesirable part of it is the homogenisation of cultures, which deserves rigorous discussion. Societies, even whole cultures, are disappearing. Those that are at the margin, the brink so to speak, are fraying badly.…
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Pakistani women are breaking shackles, says Mrs Pakistan Noor Sheheryar
News East West TORONTO: Young modern Pakistani women are breaking all the stereotypes as Noor Sheheryar, a sizzling Toronto housewife, recently won the Mrs. Pakistan World 2015 organized by Miss Pakistan founder Sonia Ahmed. Looking almost like a modern-age Heer, the new Mrs Pakistan speaks out her mind on various issues: Q: Why did contest…
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Gandhi was British agent: Justice Markandey
News East West NEW DELHI: Gandhi was British agent? Justice Markandey Katju, former chairman of the Press Council of India, who is known for controversial remarks, says Mahatma Gandhi was indeed “a British agent who did great harm to India”. In his latest Facebook blog, Justice Katju says Gandhi was British agent because he injected…