Moving out of India: Good or bad?

By Pradip Rodrigues I have a  Coptic Christian neighbor who is worried to death about her aged mother stranded in ...

Brampton townhome plan courts controversy

By Baldev Padam A story titled ‘Brampton townhouse development divides community’ appearing in Toronto Star, March 15 has unfolded a ...

Give an hour to Mother Earth

By Sabrina Almeida If you have been troubled by topsy-turvy temperatures with warmer than usual weather in winter and blistering ...

Volunteers make a positive difference in the community

  By Sabrina Almeida South Asians have often been seen as less than enthusiastic in matters of community service when ...

Immigration to Canada: An integral part of its history

By Baldev Padam The movement of people from other places of world to settle in Canada is eternal to its ...

Police forces are the favourite whipping boys

By Pradip Rodrigues Last week I came across an absurd headline in a national newspaper that urged Ontario to stop ...

What will South Asia be like when the US withdraws from Afghanistan in 2014?

By Baldev Padam President Barack Obama in early 2012, the year of his re-election, described his plans to withdraw from ...

Empowering men to respect women

  By Sabrina Almeida Today is International Women’s Day, a time when  countries all over the world (hopefully) will make ...

Integration is the key to happiness

By Pradip Rodrigues Many South Asians  mistakenly assume that only black, brown and other so-called visible minorities can be victims ...

Living the old way of life in the new country

By Baldev Padam Though South Asians are migrating abroad in large numbers these days, people from Gujarat and Punjab were known ...

Misplaced patriotism or plain disrespect!

By Sabrina Almeida Have you ever come across people who are ready to bite your head off at the smallest ...

Will your last name get you a traffic ticket

By SABRINA ALMEIDA If Shakespeare lived in our times he probably would have to rethink his famous words “What’s in ...

Why entrepreneurs may not come knocking at our door

BY PRADIP RODRIGUES April Fool’s Day which is celebrated in many countries falls on April 1. Many are victims of ...

Pope’s resignation catches Catholics by surprise

By SABRINA ALMEIDA As Catholics enter the season of lent (a 40-day period of fast and repentance), they have a ...

Sprawling family dwellings and now a monster home… in Brampton

By PRADIP RODRIGUES Ever since The Star broke the  controversial story about a 6,600 square-foot home being built in a ...

Clouds of uncertainty hover over Indian economy and politics

By BALDEV PADAM A great Parliamentary election in India is in the offing in 2014 but decline in growth of ...

Playing the waiting game at your doctor’s office

By SABRINA ALMEIDA Have you ever played the waiting game at your doctor’s office? I am not talking walk-in clinic ...

No India think tank in Global 50!

NEW DELHI Not one Indian think tank figures in the Global 50 annual list for 2012 released by the University ...

Canada’s First Nations: Justice delayed is justice denied

By  Baldev Padam Most immigrants don’t bother much about the events happening around unless it has an impact on their employment, ...

The library focuses on newcomers

By Pradip Rodrigues Last week I served as a panelist on a session titled “Newcomers and public libraries” at the Ontario ...

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