Sunday, March 31, 2019

How agriculture has been kept impoverished.

Soon after the Economic Survey 2016 brought out a startling fact – that the average farm income in 17 States of India, which means roughly half the country, was less than Rs 20,000 a year, a newspaper reported of the ongoing squabble between officers...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Global reporters discuss self-censorship, inflammatory contentI had an interesting exchange with journalists at the Global Sisters Report yesterday at their Kansas City headquarters.After my presentation on peace journalism basics, I opened up the floor...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

We know the New Zealand terror manifesto is full of hate. We don’t need the detailsBy Steven Youngblood--Originally published in the Kansas City Star at:https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article228094564.htmlThe terrorist...
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Friday, March 15, 2019

Punjab agriculture is crying for a change

Presenting this year’s budget, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal sounded an ominous warning. Not that it wasn’t known earlier but coming from him was yet again an official acknowledgement of a worrisome futuristic scenario that is fast pushing the...
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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Rural investments can change the face of India.

When Rooop Singh and his younger brother Basant Singh returned after performing the last rites of their father, they didn’t know that destiny too had the same pathway reserved for them. A decade after they cremated their father, Avtar Singh, who had...
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