Category: Indo-Canadians
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How Indo-Canadian housewives made Indian food famous in Newfoundland
By Swati Sharan ST JOHN’S (Newfoundland): As the current Indian elections make top news on our television channels, my family members here in this eastern-most part of Canada watch with suspense who the next Indian leader will be amid all the mud-slinging. In between all this, my parents debate whether Indian elections are being handled…
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Canada India Foundation honours Narayana Murthy with CIF Chanchlani Global Award
CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award honours a prominent Indian each year By Ajit Jain TORONTO: The Canada India Foundation on Saturday honoured Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy with the $50,000 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award at its annual gala at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto. Canadian finance minister Joe Oliver presented the award…
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Racist flyer targets Brampton Sikhs
News East West TORONTO: Just a day before Brampton, the south Asian-dominated city just outside Toronto, declared April as Sikh Heritage Month on Friday, a racist flyer appeared at people’s doors targeting the Sikh community who make up about 20 percent of the city’s population.
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Komagata Maru heroes remembered at IIT Kharagpur, Budge Budge
Komagata Maru Budge Budge ceremony to remember heroes, IIT Kharagpur workshop draws academics from all over India and abroad KHARAGPUR (India): Even as Indo-Canadians commemorate the centenary of the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914, the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur remembered the heroes of the event by organizing a big workshop and paying tributes…