Category: Opinion
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My personal memories of Sardar Ganga Singh Dhillon: Dr Harbans Lal
Ganga Singh Dhillon was my friend from his student days in India where we both were activists for the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) By Harbans Lal DALLAS: Sardar Ganga Singh, popularly known as Ganga Singh Dhillon, left for his timeless journey, as we call it in Sikh tradition, on September 23, 2014, at…
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Dynasties are real threat to Indian democracy, says Prof Ramesh Thakur
Indian dynasties has got a dangerous grip on the country’s politics, argues the Indo-Canadian academic By Ajit Jain TORONTO: The most striking feature about India’s elections currently taking place is their sheer scale, with 814 million voters exercising their franchise at 913,000 polling stations and four million election personnel and two million security personnel ensuring smooth…
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Canada is not that important for India, says Prof Ramesh Thakur
By Ajit Jain TORONTO: After his university education and research work in Canada, Dr. Ramesh Thakur took up a teaching job in Australia and then went to New Zealand. A few years ago he was the Rector of the UN Peace University in Tokyo when Jim Balsillie, co-founder of Research in Motion, makers of the…
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page
By Ashok Bhargava VANCOUVER: Like Sage Ved Vyasa, Shankaracharya, Guru Ravidas, Mira Bai, Kabir and Guru Nanak, Saint Augustine was a famous 4th century missionary who was a passionate seeker of truth, beauty and adventure. He was a thinker who peacefully influenced philosophy and theology of Christianity. He was made a saint by the early…