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It’s a case of strict tradition versus a highly taboo topic. In the year of 2014 it is safe to say teenagers of all backgrounds and ethnicities experimenting with alcohol and party drugs is nothing new. But only recently, as in the last ten years, has the shift began to occur in south Asian youth, in which they have become …
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Sukhbir Badal: Modi government very decisive, will change system
The “decisiveness” in decision-making and “cutting red-tapism” of the Narendra Modi government at the centre will change the country’s governance system, Punjab’s powerful deputy chief minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, feels. “He is moving in the right direction. He has shown two-three things – decisiveness and cutting off red-tapism in decision making. That alone is the biggest and the most visible …
Read More »Rape victims in India are always traumatised
How cruel the world can be for a rape victim, Suzette Jordan, the 2012 Park Street victim, can tell you but this hasn’t killed her spirit or made her give up her zest for life. “Victims in India are always traumatised. People pointed at my dignity. They did not even hesitate to call me a prostitute. But this hasn’t stop …
Read More »Rama’s Home Coming Dipavali
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). …
Read More »Is the most Powerful Gang also the most Dangerous Gang
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 …
Read More »The man who would have made India the most powerful country
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 …
Read More »Riots in US town prompt soul-searching on nation’s racial divide
Ferguson, the predominantly black small US town where a white policeman shot dead an unarmed black teen triggering weeks of protests has touched a raw nerve exposing America’s persistent racial divide. The protests, riots and looting of stores including some owned by Indian-Americans in the St Louis, Missouri, suburb of 21,000 people, nearly 70 percent of them black, but policed …
Read More »Arranged Marriage in the 21st Century
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 …
Read More »Terrorism a diplomatic asset: Fair is foul, foul is fair
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 …
Read More »The terrifying rise of ISIS
“… 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 …
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