Rama’s younger brother Bharata had been waiting, impatiently, to hand over the kingdom of Ayodhya back to her rightful king. Meanwhile over in Lanka, after ending the evil empire of King Ravana, Rama was busy concluding his obligations.  As a Vishnu incarnate, his primary commitment was restoring Lanka’s crown to its rightful head and establishing the rule of law (dharma). …

FIRST the good news. There’s been a significant decline in gang violence in B.C. Now the bad news. With an estimated 130 to 180 gangs or criminal groups in B.C. you would be fooling yourself if you think there’s going to be peace. But, as gang expert Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – BC, points …

On the fateful day, May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur, Rusy Karanjia, chief editor of the Blitz tabloid, was with Rajiv Gandhi for a few minutes. Gandhi disclosed to Karanjia that he had learnt from the mistakes of the past and that in the days to come, he was going to be really an enlightened leader – either as the prime …

My sisters and I are first generation Canadians.  Born in India, we came to Canada before my 4th birthday.  We grew up in a conservative Sikh family where dating is strictly forbidden. According to my mom, an Indian girl’s life belongs to her parents.  After marriage it belongs to her husband.  While I don’t subscribe to that belief, when I …

The ISIS threat has been around for months. Why was it not nipped in the bud? Obama’s response in the course of a conversation with Thomas Friedman of the New York Times is revealing. “We did not start airstrikes all across Iraq as soon as the ISIS came in because that would have taken the pressure off Nouri al-Maliki”, the …

“… since September 11th event, in many occasion I always come forth, with a defense of Islam. Islam is like any other major tradition. I think the very praising Allah means love, infinite love, compassion, like that. I understand Islam, they usually carry rosary, all 99 beads, different name of Allah, all refer compassion, or these positive things.” – Dalai …

DESI TODAY requested Councillor Linda Hepner of Surrey First, former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum and Councillor Barinder Rasode to present their take on why they should be the next Mayor of Surrey to our readers. All of them readily agreed. So here are their write-ups and our readers should go through them carefully to decide who they think would be …

AFTER winning the gold medal in the men’s 97 kg freestyle wrestling final over Satywart Kadian of India at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Arjun Gill, 22, is all fired up for the 2016 Olympics. “Well, obviously I want to go to 2016 Olympics. You know everyone’s got goals,” he tells Desi Today. But right now he’s undergoing gruelling …

Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, Gurbachan Singh, says that Sikhs should not take these matters to court. Instead, these should be “resolved within the religion”. “I appeal to all Sikhs across the …