By Nivedita Saini

The full term ‘Kharif’ crop of the food basket of India has gone into “labour pains”. In what appears to be the climax, the migrant population of Bihar, who till off late came in multitudes to plow the fertile lands of Punjab, has abruptly vanished.

By - Avinav Malhotra

Take a trip in and around Chandigarh. I do every other day and though there is currently only one fully functional mall in the tri-city and another one half open, one can not miss the construction work going on at full swing. Big beautiful buildings pulling themselves out of the earth left right and centre. An unofficial count says, 11 new malls and multiplexes (3 in Panchkula, 4 in Chandigarh and 2 in Mohali) are coming up in the near future. That makes it all the more places for people to hang out, but even by that standard – “eleven”! Now, that by any means, for a city like Chandigarh is a huge number!

By Nivedita Saini

The government of Pakistan has got in touch with many deposed judges of the provincial high courts with a proposal to reinstate them. They would however, have to compromise with their pre-November seniority. This is a very contentious move because if enforced, it would render a seniority loss to those judges of the provincial high courts who had refused to take oath under General Musharraf’s PCO on 03 November 2007. This out of the ordinary restoration formula, has however been turned down by almost all the ousted judges.

By Nivedita Saini

India may boast of getting close to becoming a super power on one hand; however another ugly truth is that India shares space with less developed nations like Swaziland, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria, as far as the condition of mothers is concerned. It is ranked at a disheartening 66th out of the 71 less developed countries. These statistics have been revealed by a worldwide review. the issue in question being-how thorny or how undemanding was survival for mothers.

By - Ishpreet Bindra

Drive by any deserted street of Punjab late night and a fear for safety is always at the back of your mind, but strange enough, the sight of a police gypsy or a couple of policemen on the round, is more worrisome if not fear evoking to many. Somehow, Punjab police and its men have over the years won a reputation that’s not so flattering at all and quite synonymous to fear, injustice and certainly not in over exaggeration - one of terror itself. Whether or not one is guilty of a crime, to meet their gaze, is best avoided. The reasons Punjab knows way to well. Since terrorism days till today, this ‘Khaki’ uniform is one that people of Punjab find difficult to trust.