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the jx^war period, according to Canadian immigration St;:tjistics'. 102,000 people born in jndia and 16,Q60 people born in Pakistan immigrated to Canada/ | To this should be added about 10.000 (people of| Indo^PakrBangla^ pfe-jwajr period; |h recent year^^^a
came to Canada from South East Africa. Guyana, Trinidadrtobago, U.K., jVy. lndiejsV Fiji. Mauritiuk and many other countries. Approximately an estimated 100,600 children have been born to chem in Canada jsince their arriva|. After deducting an estimated 3(>,000;people Who might have retufnedv died or niigrated to another country, the'number of persons of |ndo-Pak-BanglarLahka origins' in Cahadf is about;268,000. vt-'l^
E^espite the riot*sp-insignificani numbers of these fcppte'-whji}'
speaksj for them. It is not in thelleasf-iurpW^ they arejthe least res*.ected and mo^t discriminated group in Canada todiiy, |To till this oovious void, ah organization is planning to be created at a Conference being heldjin Ottawa from^^ to 29.
We jib (hope such an organization;) when created, will repreient alt the people of these origins and ncjf just a group of hot heads who belicyponly in shouting slogans, bt^ fist (or two-byTfout) ftgbts: Also an c|rg^nization cjf this nature should take^i
not j explicitly, jhe cultural, im|uistic, regional and religious ; differences of thpsubcontirtenffr^m which they came. �
', 'Parity this can 'fee ensured by elejcting leaders Who are concerned but jnot conceited; sensible but n^ intelligent but
r Kiot prrogant. Injtheir approach to |>eople arid problems they should not jbej meek, but should seek solutions that ^p practical *nd pragmatic;. We need leaders who jare hot afraid of exposure to the; public and the n^edia, leaders who have vision thit is not blurred, voice that is jclear andjudgemjeht that is ^udicibusV
We d(o wish the conference weUJarid eagerly look forward to the pleasure of having a national, o/gfnization that is vc^al? vigerous and|vibrant. �'-
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New Delhi, August 15 (Samachar) Spmc prominent Hindi poets and writers j have.' especially been ! . iinyitdd to attend the threerday Secohd World Hindi Conference J beginnijng at Port .'Louis '.in ;'j Mauritius frotn August 28. ,f Mauritian Prime M contains ai^icles by 17 leading
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* exhibition df Hindi b^ will be organized there.
its form and style, the conference wn qbj
August 30 ajfoer a discussion on: j The Corteept of World Brother-hood and phdi. a multicolour j 150-page souvenir for the confer-! erice is being printed in India, it I
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Seewoo^agar Rajmgoolam inaugurate the (conference at Mahitnia Gan^hj^ institute^
Abou^ thirty-ftye pouhtries are expected to participate. India may jsend an official delegation, j �The first conference was held at i Nagpurilast year; . ��>.�' j
On (jhe first 4ay, leaders of | various ] delegations will present j reports � detailing- the 'status ^ '
New Delhi;;Aug 13 (Samachar): Export; of hahd-knitted Ihdian | earpets to the" nihe-hiembet'C European Economic Cc^ | .(ECM) markets next year is likely I
In their fespeetive; coun- f trjcs^ j � � ' y.^ y . I ,expected approval of a proposal of ;
Problems of H^ndi-teaching in 1 the European Coinniission by thej various | cduntriei are listed fbr^^iV^ dikcussfcns on the secon# August^. Another top
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ex curs jon, I desire to give vent to some of my bbservatipri^^ through your esteemed paper. Puring the last quarter of a; century many of pur brilliant stud ents. came to country for further study most of themstajyed on. Their life ; here is far morpj comfortable and lucrative; than what India cap-offers The [ bralndrain thus is depriving the hofnelahd of talents much in; need.] at the present ^'
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>.? Such immigrants haye children who, educates I in American schools, spealonly English forgetting their mot her-tongue. As they get:intc the high school grades, they are Americanized, /frpjpiyVmixi^ sex arid 'dating*, if they then visit India, they will be there as American visitors utterly ignorant of our culture, way of life/ an<i all that which ; even tbreigricri recognize as superior. They will hardly ever 1. know what thej Gita, Bhagwat, Ram ay an and lipnishads teach,
therefore; such be sent but for o the home!and.
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rmy childrch should their education
School education is in some places in India; ^ more, as in Am<:rica; it is on
t science extra faci The affinity wit!
and technology tics exist here-the motherland
w in thus not be j<>st .Besides, the parents may sonicday think of
returning to
eiijoycd lifp. am isscd� wealth and rciumod Uv thcii own
a. BritOns came.
have set aiv example for us to emulate. With tl c knowledge and
Vol u ritcer^ in Service to Education in In iia or V.SvE.I. is a non-profit organization devoted to working for the improvement of educatibn in Indi^. As ; a' representative {fef this area; j would like to enlist the cpopera^
tiim of ih&yidu^
th a t interested pe rsons may
contact uis: � � ^.v,' )';� \y � � 2
V.S.Et jis a npn-profitv tax-exempt, nclh-pblitical organi-
to working for the of education in
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j by contacting interested instifutiohs arid groups in India, and taking up work on projects relating to education. Somp of the groups we are �'� wptiin^^^ yy,y
1. A group Of . teachersv from schools in aud near Bhavnagar in Gujarat. 0ur work here started with ah e^
are working Jto make this a nucleus for lor:g-term work with, schools; in :d fterent parts of 'Gujarat.^.; >'-;;.'
2, A Wpmfeix^
tibn in Secund&rabad in Andhr^i Pradesh. ; Wcare working to
; assist and extend their program in vocational education arid training for women. 11
� 3; �/ A groiip >f institutions iirt Karnataka. these include a Women and Cjhildrehrs Welfare Center, two eachers* training colleges, an ejiementary school; and a girls' riigh schboh Our work with them inclu projects in vo< ational education, adult educatioi, teacher training, eiementay education, and trying out new me :hods in science teaching. .�; J fy^^y-V Our current jvork also includes
, several projects with schools and teachers in otier parts of India and a scnoia rsnip scheme
accumtilated during stay! in Amenca, Indians can go hack home and ameliorate their .country's conditions, and raise India at par with the developed countries. -
I have regretfully noticed lack of brotherhood among the Indian imrn]igrants, unlike for insta^^ the Chinese The Tamilians, y Bengalis. Gujaratis and various other sects here have formed groups. Fissiparous tendencies, on the pretext of language, are already ruining India and several new,States have grown tip. Let us who'live abroad set an example. If there be one Indian club for each
rown, an automatic brotherhood
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appraised of a reason for bifurcation, i.e. only Hindi movies were being obtained for display. B;Ut why cannot movies in thjc other Indian jahguages on suggestions 'reeeiyed; be : ailsc> displayed and thus give to all ;S;n;di^;n:s-';^p^
the j Sister languages of their, co:u;ntry.� :^;\ 'X--':
Indians here, even if they have takejn American citizenship, deserve to take greater interest in the homeland. If the American Press be hostile and be found misrepresehting facts, the same have to be corrected. In � an editorial of the "Plain Dealer'- of Cleveland was a comment on bur .Prime Minister that, **She took away from the people theh^tignt ip moyc around the country. . .� .to choose any profession.''Such
flagrantly false statements, if hot set right, can effect the. tourist-
nepdy and promising stuaents.. New projects being initiated include a; proposed Vocational Training Center in Bulandshahr, jj. P., a project with sehools in an area in Rajasthanr and a scheme for [Setting up and assisting Child Care Centers in conjunction with pur] projects in the education of wopien and children. ;
Some ways in which; an individual or a group can help in this work are by contacting interested persons here and in India, by helping in obtaining educational materials and* infot-matibh, and by helptng in \ our fund-raising work. x;;Vv',:'-;^;'^-:i�.v Oheof our major needs now is to raise more funds, in order to enableviis tp contiriue and Pxtend biirj work with teachers |and;', schools in India. We Would
us towards this end. r
' C. Janakiraman 66-2605 Flahnerybr Ottawa, Ontario (613) 521-5791. 1
Srinagar, Aug 17 (Samachar): Inr a saga of collective human erideavour in face of calamity, hundreds of volunfeers braved gushihg flood waters to plug a major breach in the swollen Jhelum river which would; have caused death and destruction in large areas o^Baramulla district ofj the north western state of Jammu and Kashmir. The men erected a human wall when the river was about to cut throujgh the embankment at Shilvet bend; 22 km downstream from here.
[While the human barrier held back the waters, more volunteers ^-there were nearly 3,000 of them ct-^ hurriedL>L erected a; sandbag
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'.inflow and adversely tell upon business relations. Duty also lies in sending out suggestions to those, who are at the helm of affairs in the homeiand. The benefit of mature, minds seeing thihgs; bbjectiyely ^ should not be lost to our country.
Is it not possible that Indians too start making things in India like the electronic watches, 'the electronic typewriters or .the electronic sewing machines, may be With Arherican collaboration? India is pining for improvements all around.
Gajadhar Prasad Bhargava
y'\[^y-':/:'y,;^i2y yice-Pjresident, IMlgh Coaart Bar Association,. �
AJIahabad
The Indian Hockey Team's debacle at the recent Olympics in Montreal should act as a pointer, for the selectors in, picking up teams for future Olympics.
In view of the absence of some pertinent facts, it is not possible to pin-point all factors responsible for our team's failure to tackle
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various teams they encountered and this; calls for a thorough investigation back home.
One fact, however, looms large and that is the improvement '.� shown by hockey teams of various participating countries, erstwhile considered of little strength, arid their performance at the Olympics does not make a secret of the hard-work they must have put in to reach their preisent status.
It is on the basis of this acceptance of other countries * emergence as strong teams, that we should plan bur future strategy. This calls for a thorough soul searching and herein lies in a great responsibility on the part of; our:selectors and people responsible for training programs.
Let us hope that pur hockey team in the next Olympics in Moscow yvill ex on er ate our performance in Montreal, and let all arid sundry realise that we are still a force to reckon with.
".y' �;'\ )':� Yogesh Chadha
Toronto.
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New Delhi, Aug 13 (Samachar):[ Iridian Geologists have struck oil in a well along a fault structurie between Bombay High an '�Bassein;: � \ y&^b
Anriouncing Petroleum Minister K.D. Mala-yiya said the new find, cominjg barely five months after thje discovery Pf oil in Bassein North structure, brightens
of oil and gas production in thje '�'[� country.,;'.vv;.�/. .;��;-�� � �'
^Addressing the Parliarhentar|y Consultative Committee on Petrq: .leum. Mr. Malaviya said with the new strike, it was reasonable tjo J assiime that the pools of oil * arOurid Bombay High stretch r 1 quite a long distance: > ;NEW:; ;^ELHI--^ "
steps to set up a news agency pool of non-aligned nations as soon as the move is endorsed by the non-aligned summit in sri Larika,
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