Category: Indo-Canadians
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Joys of Stillness
By Ashok Bhargava Within you there is stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself – Hermann Hesse VANCOUVER: The state or an instance of being quiet or calm is called Stillness. It is like a perfectly centered top, spinning so fast it appears motionless. Therefore Stillness is…
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Former Akal Takht jathedar’s son jailed in Canada for sex assault on girl
News East West TORONTO: In a big embarrassment for the Indo-Canadian community, Ajai Singh, son of former Akal Takht jathedar Giani Purna Singh, was on Thursday jailed for 90 days by a court in the city of Abbotsford near Vancouver for sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl. Ajai Singh, 38, who was visiting Canada with…
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Harleen Malhans of Toronto crowned Miss India-Canada 2013
News East-West TORONTO, Aug 17: Harleen Malhans of Toronto won the Miss India-Canada 2013 crown and drove away in a brand-new Chevrolet Spark on Saturday night. At a sold-out pageant at Hilton DoubleTree Hotel here, the 23-year-old girl from the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke beat out 15 other contenders to win the crown. Nikki Shah…
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Reason why many Canadian immigrants prefer trucking as profession
Many Indo-Canadian truck drivers are getting mixed up with drug cartels who operate through brokers in the Indo-Canadian community to lure truckers to become a conduit for smuggling across the border.