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भारतीय संसद का मानसून सत्र यदि मुख्य रूप से आम आदमी को त्रस्त करने वाली मुद्रास्फीति और आवश्यक वस्तुओं की आकाश छूती कीमतों से उपजे गुस्से पर केन्द्रित रहा तो वर्तमान शीतकालीन सत्र भ्रष्टाचार मुद्दे पर केन्द्रित हो रहा है, और एक के बाद एक घोटालों से देश के नाम पर कीचड़ उछल रही है। अनेकों को शायद यह पता नहीं होगा कि सन् 2004 में संयुक्त राष्ट्र के ड्रग्स और क्राइम कार्यालय (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) Click to Read More

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If the Monsoon Session of the Indian Parliament was focused principally on Inflation and the anguish sky-rocketing prices of essential commodities were causing the common man, the current Winter Session has highlighted the issue of Corruption and how a string of scandals have besmirched the country’s fair name. Not many may be aware that way back in 2004, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime formally adopted a comprehensive Convention against Corruption.

This 56-page document carries a powerful Foreword by Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary General who says :

Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies.

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गत् शुक्रवार 19 नवम्बर को प्रधानमंत्री डा0 मनमोहन सिंह के साथ-साथ बड़ी संख्या में सांसद और पूर्व सांसद, संसद के सेंट्रल हॉल में श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी के चित्र पर श्रध्दांजलि देने इकट्ठे हुए थे।

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Last Friday November 19, along with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh a large number of MPs and ex-MPs assembled in the Central Hall of Parliament to pay floral tributes to Smt. Indira Gandhi before her portrait.

A question that had been on my mind since some weeks, was : when in 1971 Indiraji decided to help Sheikh Mujibur-Rahman carve out an independent Bangladesh for the Bengalis of East Pakistan, was she also simultaneously thinking of an operation in West Pakistan aimed to achieve two major objectives, namely :  

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भारत की दृष्टि से, बराक ओबामा की नई दिल्ली यात्रा अत्यंत संतोषजनक रही। केंद्रीय कक्ष में सांसदों को उनके सम्बोधन की विषय वस्तु और भाषण देने की कला-दोनों ही सर्वोत्तम रही।

उनके द्वारा दिए गए भाषण का संक्षेप रूप् में राष्ट्रपति के शब्दों में हीClick to Read More

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From India’s point of view, Barack Obama’s New Delhi trip has been very satisfying. His Central Hall address to Members of Parliament was really superb, both in content as well as in its style of delivery.

Let me quote below in president Obama’s own words a synopsis of the speech he delivered: 

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इस वर्ष में मुझे दो बार परम पूज्य दलाई लामा के साथ कार्यक्रम में भाग लेने का सौभाग्य और विशेष अवसर मिला।

पहला अवसर अप्रैल में हरिद्वार में कुंभ मेले के दौरान मिला। उन दो अवसरों के बारे में मैं पहले ही लिख चुका हूं जहां हम दोनों साथ-साथ थे। पहला, हिन्दू कोष के लोकार्पण और दूसरा गंगा को साफ करने के लिए उत्तराखण्ड Click to Read More

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Twice during this year have I had the good fortune and privilege of sharing the dias with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The first occasion was during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar in April. I have already written about the two events where we were together- one the launching of the Hindu Encyclopedia and the second the Sparsh Ganga project launched by the Uttarakhand State Government to cleanse the Ganga. Last week at the Suraj Kund near Delhi, the Tibet Support Groups across the world organised their Sixth International Conference.

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