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Village takes on IPH department over tubewell

Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 18:37 in Citizen Voice, Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: Vijay Samyal Fatehpur: Highlighting the chaos and conflict that prevails in the implementation of developmental schemes at grassroots level, a village panchayat in Fatehpur sub-division of Kangra district has given an ultimatum to the irrigation and public health department to... (Continue reading)

Needed, timely action on complaints

Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 14:08 in Citizen Voice, Daily news | viewed times | 1 Comment

By: Vijay Samyal Fatehpur: Irregularities in the working of Panchayati Raj institutions are not new, but delay in solving cases of favoritism and corruption that surface from time to time may harm the institution of grassroots democracy to a great extent.... (Continue reading)

Hand-pump water on sale, for drinking

Written on 15 Feb, 2010 at 13:49 in Citizen Voice, Daily news, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 1 Comment

By: Vijay Samyal Jawali: While the Himachal Pradesh government may boast of having provided drinking water to each village, in fact every house, across the state, the ground reality may be bit disturbing. In fact, in absence of government water... (Continue reading)

Sowing the seeds of hatred

Written on 14 Feb, 2010 at 13:54 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 4 Comments

By: Satyakam Bharti No longer would we Hiamchalis be termed lethargic, living a laid-back life, uncaring for the rat race. Yes, the rat race because one fine morning we decided to burn our own house watching our neighborhood on fire. Perhaps,... (Continue reading)

Fighting the ‘Darbar Raj’

Written on 5 Feb, 2010 at 13:49 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 7 Comments

By: Satyakam Bharti This photograph tells an age-old story. A story we all missed to hear from our parents and grandparents while growing up. But we anyway very well understand the underlining message – that this earth is an unequal place... (Continue reading)

RTI: Himachal among early starters

Written on 3 Feb, 2010 at 23:32 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: Dr Amit Sharma Since the end of imperial age, human beings all around the world have increasingly enjoyed certain basic rights, but as democracies developed, a need was felt for a legislation to bring more transparency into the democratic process.... (Continue reading)

Trial and an ‘error’

Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 12:24 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 3 Comments

By: Satyakam Bharti The Queen of Hills has a history, or rather is an important chapter in the history of a nation state called India. From being the summer capital of British India, to signing of the India-Pakistan agreement, every Shimalite... (Continue reading)

Live positively -Meeting of PLHA at Dharamshala ...

Written on 10 Dec, 2009 at 21:44 in Citizen Voice | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: Rajesh Sood Empowerment of positive people is essential to facilitate a constructive & enduring HIV/AIDS response. A meeting of the positive people was held at Dharamshala on 6th Dec 2009 as part of the World AIDS Day Campaign celebrations in... (Continue reading)

भाषा भी झर न जाए ...

Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 10:15 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 3 Comments

अनूप सेठी चित्रकार सिद्धार्थ ने एक कार्यशाला में कला के बारे में बात करते हुए बताया कि वे जब विदेश में थे, तो अचानक उन्हें मातृभाषा की इतनी हुड़क हुई कि वे पंजाबी बोलने लग गए। पहले उन्हें अपनी बोली के... (Continue reading)

Catching the corrupt a mockery in Himachal

Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 1:43 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 8 Comments

By: NITYIN The recent anti-corruption drive of the Vigilance department touched a new low when the Himachal Government recently reinstated the infamous drug inspector Sher Singh and IAS officer Sanjay Gupta. Both were caught red handed while accepting lakhs in... (Continue reading)

Case for a second opinion, Mr Mankotiaji

Written on 18 Oct, 2009 at 15:16 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 1 Comment

Dear Vijay Singh Mankotiaji, Welcome back to public life, if ever you were out of it. In the cold and often insipid political environment of Himachal Pradesh, you have always ensured midsummer sweat to your political opponents, but now that you... (Continue reading)

Wake up Siddu!

Written on 8 Oct, 2009 at 15:50 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 12 Comments

By: Vivek Mohan Yes. Thanks to the film which gave me an apt and timely title to talk about something that has been bothering me for some time… The ‘Dev Bhoomi’ is also the land of ’siddus’- an integral part of... (Continue reading)

Lessons in ‘racial abuse’ for ...

Written on 2 Oct, 2009 at 1:52 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 4 Comments

By: Akhilesh Last week an Indian ‘student’ (Gurjinder Singh) committed suicide in Australia. The reports which flashed on various news channels and newspapers alleged ‘inability to find a job’ as the reason for Singh’s extreme step. If that is the case,... (Continue reading)

Unplanned schemes and the risk-taking farmers

Written on 25 Sep, 2009 at 15:41 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 2 Comments

By: Vikram Rawat Close to half of India’s land is fertile for agriculture as compared to less than quarter in China and the US, according to US Central Intelligence Agency Factbook. Yet, 40% of Indian farmers want to quit agriculture, a... (Continue reading)

Faith healing: Why should the ‘Baba’ not be ...

Written on 22 Sep, 2009 at 16:16 in Citizen Voice, Featured | viewed times | 43 Comments

By: Tikender Panwar One of the lessons I learnt during my initial days with Marxism on the subject of philosophy in the course of study classes from Prof Kashyap was that we must view things not in the sense they... (Continue reading)

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