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By Gurmukh Singh
MISSISSAUGA: Kuldip Deepak is a familiar Punjabi radio voice among Indo-Canadians. He is the man who runs North America’s longest-running Punjabi programme called Punjab Di Goonj.
“We have completed 37 years and we could possibly be the longest-running Punjabi radio programme outside of India,’’ says the man with the booming voice.
By Surekha Vijh
WASHINGTON: India’s Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia were in Washington DC to meet their counterparts in the Capital for the first time since the Trump administration took over.
They met with Speaker Mr. Paul Ryan, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
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Toronto Raptors Superfan Nav Bhatia, who has joined hands with Canada’s largest charity World Vision to launch an initiative in Punjab to better the lot of school-going girls, says he also plans an adoption centre India soon.
Called Daughters of India Initiative, this joint programme by Nav Bhatia and World Vision will first build washrooms in Faridkot district of Punjab.
By Gurmukh Singh
At the age of 90, Washington-based Dr Shamsher Singh Babra is the grand papa of the three-million-strong Indian community in the US.
Indeed, when young Babra landed in Washington DC in September 1955, there were not even one hundred Indians in the US, barring the old Punjabi settlement of Yuba City in California.
By Surekha Vijh
WASHINGTON: A highly-spirited gathering of more than 200 members of the diaspora, Indian embassy personnel and their families celebrated India’s 68th Republic Day on the Indian Embassy premises here in Washington DC.
New Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna paid floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Embassy.
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Former Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla, who is known for her ties with the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab, is currently campaigning for her Akali friends as the election day of February 4 looms.
Addressing a rally in Ropar in support of the outgoing education minister and Akali candidate Dr Daljit Singh Cheema on Saturday,
MISSISSAUGA: Rich tributes were paid to actor Om Puri here by a large number of theatre artists and writers from India and Pakistan at a gathering organized by the Parvasi Media group on Sunday.
They recalled his deep association with Toronto as some of Om Puri’s English movies such as Such a Long Journey and West is West premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
By Gurmukh Singh
VANCOUVER: Few first-generation Canadian immigrants have succeeded like Barj Dhahan (Barjinder Singh Dhahan) of Vancouver.
And even fewer have benefited their home state Punjab in India with charity work in education, health care and employment as much as him.
Dhahan is also the man behind the biggest award for the promotion of his native Punjabi language –
By Gurmukh Singh
VANCOUVER: Indian (read Punjabi) food is going mainstream in Canada thanks to the growing diaspora in this country.
Not surprisingly, tandoori kebab, butter chicken, dal makhani, etc, are increasing become the delicacies of choice for Canadians. And the ever mushrooming Indian restaurants in cities are a testament to the popularity of desi food.
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TORONTO: Canada, which has one of the best universal healthcare systems in the world, is an ideal partner for India in the latter’s quest for better and more accessible healthcare for its citizens.
On the flip side, Canada can reduce its ballooning costs of providing universal healthcare by availing of India’s well-trained medical manpower,
