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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 […]
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 […]
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
PIFF – Toronto 2013
TORONTO: Punjabi International Film Festival Toronto on April 30, 2013, will focus on short films on Punjabi diaspora.
Mika Singh detained at Mumbai airport with $12,000, takes dig at customs officials
News East-West MUMBAI: Singer Mika, who is the brother of Daler Mehndi, was arrested by customs officials at Mumbai airport on Wednesday as he was in possession of US currency over the limit allowed for incoming passengers. Anyone coming into India with over $5,000 has to declare it on the declaration form which is filled […]
Priyanka Chopra’s aunt finds a suitable boy for the actress
News East-West
MUMBAI: Priyanka Chopra’s aunt chooses TV actor and handsome hunk Mohit Raina who plays Mahadev in the popular mythological series as a suitable boy for her
