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What these famous community personalities have to say about their favourite city they call their home SURREY   MERI   JAAN I have lived in Surrey for over 25 years. When I moved from Mumbai to Canada, Surrey welcomed me with open arms. I embraced it with ease, making this city the first choice for my family, my home and …

By Surbhi Gogia Yes the time has arrived the world gets to know what true Surrey is. Like every other big city it has its challenges with crime, but many are unaware of its treasure. Just a stone’ throw from downtown Vancouver but miles away from congested roads and rush hour traffic, BC’s second-largest city Surrey, caters to those seeking …

By Surbhi Gogia Surrey’s libraries go beyond the traditional role of serving as a place for books. They are important part of community building says Surrey’s new chief librarian Surinder Bhogal   “To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books,” says a famous journalist Carlos María Domínguez. Surinder Bhogal, Surrey’s …

Indian women have proved and earned their metals in Olympics after wrestler Sakshi Malik clinching a bronze in the Women’s Freestyle 58kg category and PV Sindhu winning a silver medal at the badminton final. This display of extraordinary talent of Indian women was big a slap on the face of those who criticize Indian athletes for their non-performance. Days before …

Eulogised, feted, doubted and criticised — Sania Mirza’s life is an example of how a girl with a dream reached her goal after scaling all odds. The 29-year-old’s battle on court — and with fringe elements off it — is the stuff legends are made of. Whether an innocuous picture of Sania putting her leg up after a match, a …

Jagpreet Bajwa, a 21 year old visually impaired boy from Surrey has became one of the top 5 finalists of popular Indian music show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. In the finals, held in Goa on Sunday, he ended up at third place. In the final round he sung song from Ashique 2 “Sun raha hai na tu.” The top …

Although the mobile game Pokémon Go is not officially available in Canada, many people have managed to load and enjoy the game on their smartphones before its official release. Pokémon Go is a combination of classic Pokémon themes and characters combined with geocaching, augmented reality, and social themes. Players utilize smartphone/GPS technology, travelling to different geographic locations in order to capture Pokémon and …

With less than a year before Punjab goes for polls, after the landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly elections in early 2015, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had set its eyes on Punjab. The AAP had entered the Punjab assembly poll arena with a bang in January this year when party leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed a …

Young students from Surrey fed up with media stereotypes have shot powerful films about their real lives By Surbhi Gogia Thirteen students from Princess Margret High School have redefined the word ‘shooting’ in context of Surrey. It is has nothing to do with gangs, guns and drugs.  It is related to lights, camera and action. The young students were trained …

By Surbhi Gogia The brighter side of the Surrey youth hardly gets any attention due to the stereotypical image that has dominated media headlines for decades Gangs, drugs and gun violence is the first and sometimes only image that dominates the mind of majority of Canadians when they think of young generation from Surrey, the suburban city of Metro Vancouver area. …