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Khushwant Singh escaped being murdered during Partition
By Khushwant Singh It was one day in mid-June, 1947 in Lahore. Hot, still and silent. People were rudely shaken out of their siestas by shouts and exploding crackers. Since March, their nights had been disturbed by sporadic gunfire and mobs yelling in the streets, hurling slogans like missiles. From one end Muslims armed with…
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Honour killing victim Jassi Sidhu’s mother, uncle gave threats to her husband
Jassi Sidhu husband Mithu was warned that he would be killed if he didn’t the marriage News East West TORONTO: During the final arguments at the extradition hearing for the mother and the uncle of Jassi Sidhu, who was murdered in Punjab in June 2000 for marrying a man against their wishes, the apex court…
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Hot yoga guru Bikram Choudhury faces another sexual harassment lawsuit
News East West NEW YORK: Indian-born, Los Angeles-based hot yoga guru Bikram Choudhury, who already faces rape lawsuits, has now been slapped with another lawsuit that charges him with sexual harassment, misogyny, threats of violence and racism. Choudhury, 67, who came to the US from Kolkata in 1973, is the master of a multi-millionaire `hot…