Category: Indians Abroad
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Baba Gurdit Singh: My great-grandfather who brought Komagata Maru to Canada
The Brampton great-grandson recalls the life of Baba Gurdit Singh By Tejpal Sandhu Komagata hero Baba Gurdit Singh was my great grandfather. Born to Sardar Hukam Singh and Gulab Kaur at Sarhali village in Amritsar district in 1859, he received only a little education at the gurdwara as there was no school in the village.…
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The Black Prince aims to do justice to Maharaja Duleep Singh, says filmmaker Kavi Raz
Black Prince Duleep Singh was put through so much tragedy in his life of 55 years, says the director By Gurmukh Singh Punjab-born film actor, director and writer Kavi Raz, who was the first Punjabi to enter Hollywood, is all excited about the release of his epic film The Black Prince about the last Maharaja of…
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Kuldip Deepak – the father of Punjabi radio in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh MISSISSAUGA: Kuldip Deepak is a familiar 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. In fact,…