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As flowing rivers become one with the ocean by losing their identities, so do great souls become one with the Divine when their lives end.” –Mundakopanishada; Section-II (8). The 1st of January is that international date, when people, despite their faith and cultural differences, celebrate the birth of a new-year and wish each other A Happy New Year. But I …
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Gym Bag Must-haves
Excited about hitting the gym and cutting flab? Make sure to carry essentials like water bottle, hair ties and deodorant in your duffle bag. Experts shares what should be inside your gym bag: Water bottle: Hydration is the key. Keep water on hand with a sleek water bottle. Hair Ties: Black hair bands are boring. Liven up your hair tie …
Read More »Parliament of words: Politicians as successful writers
A British prime minister who was a novelist too, a US president known for works on history and nature, an Indian statesman who was a famous philosopher too… They make a compelling case that politics is not a full-time occupation and its practitioners can shine in other fields too. Writing – beyond autobiographies or political polemics – for one. Through …
Read More »Baban Gill Couture: Bringing elegance & sophistication back in style
Surrounded by fashion from a young age and with a stylish mother, who had a closet full of gorgeous Indian pieces, as her role model, Baban Gill has been living, breathing and dreaming about Indian fashion from an early age. Her mother, a talented seamstress and designer, stitched Indian outfits for Baban and her younger sister Kimi during their younger …
Read More »Teacher, student, parent offer opinions on B.C. teachers’ strike
British Columbia’s classrooms were barren mid-June as teachers escalated a six-month labour feud with their heftiest weapon yet: a three-day strike. The teachers, who are deemed an essential service, were granted permission for the walkout by the Labour Relations Board to back contract demands for improved wages and working conditions. The move comes as the provincial government continues to debate …
Read More »Jealousy is a wasted emotion
We all get jealous, don’t we? Actually, no, not everyone experiences jealousy as an emotion. I don’t get jealous. That’s a weird thing to read, isn’t it? Well, it’s a weird thing to say, too. But it’s true. I don’t experience jealously as an emotion. I experience sadness, happiness, anger, euphoria, and a plethora of other emotions, but not jealousy. …
Read More »Remembering India’s Forgotten Holocaust
The Bengal Famine of 1943-44 must rank as the greatest disaster in the subcontinent in the 20th century. Nearly 4 million Indians died because of an artificial famine created by the British government, and yet it gets little more than a passing mention in Indian history books. What is remarkable about the scale of the disaster is its time span. …
Read More »Killing of two girls angers Indians
Sohan Lal reached the police outpost at 11 o’clock on the night his daughter disappeared, he said, already desperate for help. He bent down before the officer in charge and clutched his feet, telling him to hurry, hurry. “I was on my knees begging them to come quickly, but they would not take us seriously,” Mr. Lal, 50, said. He …
Read More »Dr. Harry Dhanju creates dental centre for research
Dr. Harry Dhanju and the Board of Directors of his Pacific Oral Health Centre, a state-of-the art facility in Surrey, recently held an event to celebrate a visionary venture that Dhanju hopes will become a multi-faceted approach to providing dental services to low income (under $36,000 annual income) and poor families who can’t afford dental care at all. “For me …
Read More »Let Them Have Choppers
It seemed like the diplomatic version of an ambush. On 2 June, Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of the Russian State-run company Rostec, told Voice of Russia radio that Moscow was lifting its — undeclared — arms embargo against Pakistan and was negotiating the delivery of Mi-25 helicopter gunships to the country. While some strategic experts called it a landmark development, …
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