poverty

http://theweek.com/article/index/253820/how-to-stick-it-to-the-poor-a-comprehensive-congressional-strategy The 113th Congress has stuck it to the poor at pretty much every opportunity. In fact, if you take all their past and future plans into account, it looks like they have accomplished that...

Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? By ANNIE LOWREY http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/is-it-crazy-to-think-we-can-eradicate-poverty.html?ref=magazine At a news conference during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in late...

Does Redistributing Income Reduce Poverty? Jagdish Bhagwati - Project Syndicate - 2011-10-27 NEW YORK – Many on the left are suspicious of the idea that economic growth helps to reduce poverty in developing countries. They argue that growth-oriented policies seek to increase gross...

Childhood poverty leaves its mark on adult genetics by Andy Coghlan - www.newscientist.com Genes can be reset during early life in profoundly different ways depending on whether children grow up in privileged or deprived households, a landmark study has shown. Although children in rich...

July 8, 2011 India's poverty will fall from 51% to 22% by 2015: UN report PTI - Jul 8, 2011, 07.58pm IST UNITED NATIONS/NEW DELHI: As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years, while India's poverty rate is projected...

Poverty, Caste and Religion to be Simultaneously Mapped by SMITA GUPTA A nationwide survey that will simultaneously map the economic, caste and religious backgrounds of the entire population was approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The survey marks two firsts: firstly, in a break...

MUMBAI — The newest and most exclusive residential tower for this city’s superrich is a cantilevered sheath of steel and glass soaring 27 floors into the sky. The parking garage fills six levels. Three helipads are on the roof. There are terraces upon terraces, airborne swimming pools and...

<table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji Ki Fateh!! Editorial: THE 25 crore man stepped in like a thief, eyes wary, searching for a sign that he must run. Jagbeer Singh. Farmer. Bus conductor. Father. Heroin smuggler. Jailbird. Nobody. After months of being a...

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HELP MAKE POVERTY HISTORY at the ARTISTS’ REVOLUTION PARTY 21st June 2010, London, UK Music is of the soul. It can communicate profound messages about who we are and who we want to be; this is something that the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Sahib Ji, and his constant companion...

Wealth & Poverty in Sikhism by SEWA SINGH KALSI The concepts of wealth and poverty are closely linked with the doctrine of social justice in Sikhism. In order to understand their significance for the development of ethical behavior we will attempt to reflect on some of the...

Socio-Economic Study of Wealth and Poverty in Sikhism Friday - May 14, 2010 Amritsar (IndiaVision Exclusive) - The concepts of wealth and poverty are closely linked with the doctrine of social justice in Sikhism. In order to understand their significance for the development of ethical...

YouTube- Sikhs Forced to Convert due to Poverty and Lack from Support of Sikh Community

Two Sikhs students beat shackles of poverty to study WSN Network PATIALA: Poverty did not hold them back from dreaming. And hardwork was something they had never shirked away from. With a Singh and a Kaur suffixed to their name, they had no option but to stand stand tall amid all odds and...

NEW DELHI: The way most governments measure poverty by basing it on income may be a flawed perception of well-being, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argues in his new book. Sen, a former Trinity master, economist, philosopher and mathematician, all rolled into one, in his latest book 'The Idea of...

The Great Poverty Debate Mansukh Kaur At a time when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh incessantly talks of inclusive growth, a concept that the Sikh community can only welcome because it is in perfect...

LAHORE (June 14 2007): Poverty level has declined while GDP growth rate has gone up in the Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said this in his pre-budget policy address here on Wednesday. More...

The rich life of an artist who was a pauper Gian Singh Naqqash, who painted the interiors of the Golden Temple, died in poverty but four generations after him have nevertheless devoted themselves to embellishing Sikh art, writes Varinder Walia Imagine a revered Sikh naqqash, who painted frescos...

A few years ago I was visiting Bahrain and sitting with friends in a fish restaurant when news appeared on an overhead TV about Muslim terrorists, men and women, who had taken hostages in Russia...

KATHMANDU, 18 May 2005 (IRIN) - Life has changed beyond all recognition for Sanchita Magar, 20, an illiterate woman from a poor village in Makwanpur district, 128 km east of the capital, Kathmandu...