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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 …

Over the past few months, China has been under the economic spotlight over the People’s Bank of China’s intervention in the foreign exchange markets, the first ever corporate bond default, and Beijing’s mini stimulus package in response to fears of a “hard landing” of the domestic economy due to the collapse in real estate prices and the credit freeze. With …

Siddheswari Devi lies sprawled on the hard tiles under a flyover in East Delhi, one of the scores of people who keep swelling the ranks of the barricaded space that is now their home. Around her are swarming groups of other hapless people, many with children, who have left their villages to seek their fortunes in the Indian capital. It …

As we say, we cannot add days to your life, but we can add life to your days.” – Dr. Ann Thyle “WE are good at helping people coming into this life, but we are not necessarily very good at helping people be comfortable when they pass away.” Dr. Ed J. Dubland of Burnaby Hospital’s Burnaby Palliative Care Program pointed …

They anchored the rise of the BJP in the 1990s and guided it through the tumultuous years in the opposition but do not appear to have a role in the party’s first full-majority government. L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, both past presidents of the party, now appear to have a largely ceremonial role in the Narendra Modi dispensation though …

Nearly two centuries after Lord Macaulay championed the introduction of English as a medium of education in India in 1835, a debate is still raging on the suitability of what many describe as a “foreign language” in a polyglot nation that has 22 official languages and over 350 dialects. The debate was rekindled in the last few days as civil …

Hughes & Company Law Corporation was established in 1996. The company has its main office at 501 – 1128 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, just two blocks away from BC’s largest courthouse. Offices in major locations throughout the BC lower mainland are available for meeting clients. The company has always taken the view that meetings with clients should be close to …

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 …