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Archives for February 2013
Lifetime Achievement Grammy for Ravi Shankar: I am sure even his sitar is gently weeping with joy!
By Lachman Balani
TORONTO: I was jumping with joy as I watched Norah Jones and Anoushka receive the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award for their late father Ravi Shankar who died in December.
Afzal Guru read all four Vedas in jail, was very pious soul, says Tihar official
By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: ‘Al vida’, said Afzal Guru to his executioner, who had himself bid him goodbye with the same words a few seconds earlier. And then as the executioner pulled the lever, Afzal’s frame hung from the gallows. “He was dead in a minute, though”, as per the jail norms, the […]
Special 26: A thriller served sizzling hot to audiences
By Kanika Tandon
LONDON: Special Chabbis is hot sizzling thriller that will make you sit at the edge of your seat till the very end
Afzal Guru’s wife seeks permission from Tihar to perform last rites, Mehbooba Mufti wants his body handed over to his family
News East-West NEW DELHI: Afzal Guru’s wife Tabassum, in a letter to Tihar Jail director general Vimla Mehra, has sought permission to perform last rites. Guru, executed on Saturday for his role in the December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, was buried in the jail complex. “We are writing you to please permit the […]
`Der aaye, durust aaye,’ tweets Modi. `This is a very good decision,’ says Ajmer Durgah chief
News East-West NEW DELHI: Reacting to Guru’s execution, Gujarat chief minister, the mascot of Hindutva forces, tweeted, “Der aaye, durust aaye!’’ It is believed the UPA government was forced to take this decision as the Gujarat chief minister carves out a bigger role for himself at the national level before the 2014 parliament elections. “In […]
Controversial former Indo-Canadian MP Sukh Dhaliwal faces jail for tax evasion, quits poll fray
News East-West
TORONTO: Former Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal from British Columbia has resigned as the Liberal candidate in the provincial Surrey-Panorama Ridge riding as he faces charges of tax evasion.
Toronto’s BAPS Temple to last 1,000 years!
Toronto’s BAPS Swaminaarayan temple here is the only one of its kind in Canada to boast a hand-crafted design. It is expected to last 1,000 years
US Sikhs get Center for Sikh Studies at Claremont Lincoln University
News East-West
American Sikhs get the Center for Sikh Studies at Claremont Lincoln University to raise awareness about their faith
Mustard Fields: A poem by young Indian student
By Shireen Singh
MELBOURNE: Young Indian student Shireen Singh goes nostalgic about her childhood spent on a farmhouse in India