Category: Opinion
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When first Indian American doctor was told: `You n*** sit at the back’ of the bus
First Indian American doctor Rajendra Desai became independent India’s first doctor to get the Fulbright Scholarship for further studies in the US in 1952 News East-West LOS ANGELES: As the gunman behind the massacre at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Sunday has been identified as a white supremacist, the incident has triggered fears that…
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John Macdonald, Lord Macaulay demeaned native peoples
News East West TORONTO: Denigrating the Indian education system and favouring the ‘superior’ English education system for colonial India, Lord Macaulay in his ‘Minutes of Indian Education’ in 1835 said, “…English is better worth knowing than Sanskrit or Arabic; that the natives are desirous to be taught English, and are not desirous to be taught…
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Punjabi now third most spoken tongue in Canada!
By Balwant Sanghera VANCOUVER: Punjabi is now the third most spoken language in Canada with at least 460,000 speakers.
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Doug Ford can win if Ontario elections are held today
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: If provincial elections were held in Ontario today, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives would retain power. Which is great news for the Premier who has been criticized for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of Ontarians by the polling firm Leger shows that 38 per cent voters will vote…