Commentary by: Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver, BC It’s likely Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saw events playing out differently than how they actually turned out for…
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Faith a Big Factor in Giving by New Canadians
By: Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver, BC New Canadians from South Asia, China and the Philippines are more likely to donate to charitable causes than the…
View More Faith a Big Factor in Giving by New CanadiansPunjabis Sign up for Nanny School to get Visas
Canada’s commitment to boost its live-in caregiver program as a pathway to citizenship has boosted the business of “nanny institutes” in Punjab. Traditionally, people from…
View More Punjabis Sign up for Nanny School to get VisasBlack Prince Rescues Duleep Singh, but Does Not Set Him Free
By: Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver To be the “last king” of anything means you left this world either a legend or a tragic figure. Maharajah…
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Former B.C. Premier Must Understand Identity Does Not Equal Skin Colour
Commentary by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver It was inevitable the success of Trumpolitics would generate imitators. Stephen Harper dabbled with its tactics in the last…
View More Former B.C. Premier Must Understand Identity Does Not Equal Skin ColourVancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa Singh
by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver Depending on whom you ask, the actions of Louis Riel, and Dr. Norman Bethune, along with others who lived through difficult…
View More Vancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa SinghIndo-gangster Film Shoots Blanks
by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver Splashy, colourful and loud as a tie-dyed turban, Beeba Boys is an arranged marriage between a Bollywood drama and Reservoir Dogs,…
View More Indo-gangster Film Shoots BlanksA Willingness to Elect People Not Born in Canada
As the federal election campaign goes into high gear, a distinct Punjabi flavour is permeating Canadian politics with some 40 Punjab-origin men and women in…
View More A Willingness to Elect People Not Born in CanadaUBC Profs Offer Explanation for Gupta Departure
by Leah Bjornson (@leahjuneb) in Vancouver, British Columbia With both the the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) faculty…
View More UBC Profs Offer Explanation for Gupta DepartureSikh Community Celebrates a Harvest of Goodness in B.C.
by Jagdeesh Mann (@JagdeeshMann) in Vancouver For Vancouver publisher, Harbinder Singh Sewak, the dream was four years in the making. This week, as millions of…
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