The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 39

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March 30, 2018 | Toronto
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Guterres 'very concerned'
about return of Cold War
conditions
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
said on Thursday that he is "very concerned"
about the world returning to a Cold War situation
and suggested reviving mechanisms
that existed then to prevent escalation of
tensions.
Asked by reporters about the rising tensions
between the US and Russia and their
mutual expulsion of diplomats, Guterres
said, "I am very concerned." The world was
coming to a situation similar to what prevailed
during the Cold War, he said.
Guterres saw the situation now as more
riskier because unlike then there are no
mechanisms in place to prevent tensions rising
and there are now several actors instead
of just two superpowers.
During the Cold War, there were mechanisms
to avoid escalation of tensions but
they were dismantled after the Cold War
ended because it was thought that were not
longer needed, he said.
Such mechanisms are important and it
was necessary to revive them, he stressed.
While the US and the Soviet Union were the
only superpowers during the Cold War, Russia
is now a shadow of itself, China is a rising
global power and the NATO alliance that
stood behind US is starting to fray.
There have been signs of the arms race
resuming, this time between the US and Russia.
Russian President Vladimir recently unveiled
a new class of nuclear-tipped missiles
that he said can avoid anti-missile defence
systems and were capable of hitting targets
in the US.
In February, the US released a strategic
document, the Nuclear Posture Review, that
laid out a course of expanding nuclear capabilities
in response to Russian plans.
"Our strategy will ensure Russia understands
that any use of nuclear weapons,
however limited, is unacceptable," it said.
On a positive note, Guterres welcomed
the proposed summit between US President
Donald Trump and North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un.
He said that the developments showed
that a solution to the nuclear crisis in the Korean
Peninsula was now within reach, while
only a few months ago it had not seemed possible.
He added that he was encouraged by
the recent visit of Kim Jong Un to Beijing to
meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China has a very important role to play
in the region, he added.
Political discourse
hits a new low
by Eugene Correia
In recent years, the political
discourse in India
has slipped so badly with
foul language becoming
its integral part. In a parliamentary
democracy,
the viewpoints of both the
governing party or an alliance
and the opposition
parties are to be heard.
Members of the parliament,
both Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha, engaged in
shouting matches and, at
times, resort to using “unparliamentary”
language.
More than a decade
ago, there were lively debates
in parliament and
members conducted themselves
with respect and
decorum in the august
house. Members respected
each other’s opinion. At
the time of writing, the
deadlock of both Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha continues.
Modi has slammed
the Congress MPs for the
letting the business go as
usual.
Some time ago, there
was laughter in the house
and then followed a deluge.
The five-time Congress
MP laughed when
PM Narendra Modi was
giving a speech. A startled
Modi said she had
heard such a laughter
after the Ramayana, perhaps
referring to the TV
serial. Known for her robust
demeanour, Renuka
hit back, saying, “You
laugh.. and there is no
GST on laughter. I don’t
require plermission to
laugh after being a fivetime
MP.” However, Renuka
should have known
better with her long experience.
Laughing is no
crime, but it’s definitely
unbecoming of an MP.
India has seen worse
with members rushing
to the well of the House.
Ugly scenes have been
witnessed. This sort of
behaviour by the elected
represetatives brings
down the honour and significance
of parliament.
There was a time when I
enjoyed the speeches of
Piloo Mody, the Swatantra
Party MP. The MP was
full of wit and he had the
house in splits.
As his party was pro-
America, Mody was often
accused of being a “Washington
parrot”. But despite
the attacks against
him, he stood his ground.
He once told an MP to
stop “barking” and when
the MP said Mody was
using unpaliamentary
language, the speaker got
the word expunged from
the records.. However, not
to keep still, Mody said,
“stop braying.” The word
stayed on the records,
possibly because the Congress
MPs didn’t know
what the word meant.
Just to take the political
language used in Punjab
is indeed shocking.
Leave aside the “murder”
of the English language
by the cricketer-turnepolitician
Navjot Singh
Sidhu, now the Deputy
CM of the state. That he’s
in back in court to defend
the quilty verdict on the
road rage case that happened
in 1999. He was a
medium-pace bowler but,
as far as English was concerned,
he was a howler.
Those who heard his commentary
were both aghast
at his choice of words and
also had fun listening to
him. He has brought his
characteristics of being
funny at the drop of a hat
or all of a sudden during
his presence at the Kapil
Sharma show. Saw him
back again, sitting on a big
golden seat, like a king, as
the show is back on TV.
Sidhu is in the forefront
of the brigade engaged
in name-calling.
Reserving his best to
the former Deputry CM,
Sukhbir Singh Badal,
calling Badal “Sukha
Gapodi. In turn, Badal
calls Sidhu “pagal banda”
or a “maadari”.
He changes his political
parties as fast as
he perhaps changes his
colourful turbans. Now
with the Congress, he
has apologized to ex-PM
and fellow Sikh, Manmohan
Singh, who he called
many things when Sidhu
was in the rival camp as
BJP MP for the prestigious
seat of Amritsar.
Well, I find Punjab politics
very rustic, fierce
and colourful in the use of
words and tone.
Aadhaar Card not necessary for NRIs,
OCIs on short-term visit to India
Joginder Singh Toor
The requirement of linking
Aadhaar Card for various
financial services have
made Non-Resident Indians
(NRI) angry and frustrated.
The Aadhaar Card
system was conceived under
the Aadhaar Act, 2016
aimed at (providing Targeted
Delivery of Financial
and Other Subsidies, Benefits
and Services). The idea
was the brainchild of the
Planning Commission in order
to ensure that each resident
of India should have a
unique identification ensuring
that welfare services are
delivered efficiently and effectively.
The Parliament of India
passed Act No.18 of 2016 on
March 25, 2016 and got the
assent of the President after
it was published in the Gazette
of ndia extra ordinary
Part-II, Section 1 on 26th
March, 2016.
In order to know whether
it applies to non-resident
Indians and if so to what
extent, it is necessary to
know certain provisions of
the Act.
Section 3 of the Act is
relevant to know as to who
is entitled to obtain an
Aadhaar card, it reads as
under:-
“3(1) Every resident
shall be entitled to obtain
an Aadhaar number by submitting
his demographic
information and biometric
information by undergoing
the process of enrolment.”
Section 2 (v) defines the
“Resident” who is entitled
to obtain an Aadhaar Card,
it reads:-
“2(v) “Resident” means
an individual who has resided
in India for a period
or periods amounting in
all to 182 days or more in 12
months immediately preceding
the date of application
for enrolment.”
Section 7 of the Act provides
that the Central Government
may provide for
the purpose of establishing
identity of an individual as
condition for receipt of subsidies,
benefits or services
shall be required to undergo
authentication or furnish
proof of possession of Aadhaar
number. As a result
any person who wants to obtain
any monetary benefit,
or service for which the expenditure
incurred from or
the receipt therefrom part
of the consolidated fund of
India, requires such unique
identification by obtaining
an Aadhaar Card for which
he has to submit his biometric
and demographic information
regarding which a
case is pending before the
Hon’ble Supreme Court of
India on the point that it
amounts to interference in
privacy of an individual
forcing him to provide biometric
and demographic information
which he wants
to keep secret.
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