Category: Features
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Barj Dhahan business success story in Canada
Barj Dhahan business story began when still a student at the university in Vancouver, he leased a gas station (petrol pump) in 1979 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…
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How Punjabis came to dominate trucking industry in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: When you think of cab and truck driving, you think of Punjabis. Canada is no exception. In fact, Punjabis claim to dominate the trucking industry in Canada. Nachhattar Singh Chohan, Toronto area’s known community leader who is the founder president of the Indian Trucking Association, is one such typical success story…
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Indian Mutiny and the role of Sikhs
Principal Sawan Singh Gogia The Sikhs are generally blamed for collaborating with the British in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Some enthusiastic patriots treat them as traitors and consider their non-cooperation the main cause of the failure of their so-called War of Independence. Perhaps they forget the ground realities, real situation of the Punjab and…
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How ancient Hindu wisdom makes so much sense in modern world
Dr. Subhash Kak is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He is also a renowned authority on ancient Indian science and technology. Originally from Kashmir, Dr. Kak has worked at the IIT Delhi, Imperial College, Bell Laboratories and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He has authored…