Harris' win latest in growing list of desi lawmakers

Kamala Harris, daughter of immigrants, scripted history as she broke the glass ceiling in the world's oldest democracy to be elected America's first Black and South Asian-descent woman Vice......

'My contact with S Asians was through movies'

Priscilla Uppal, award-winning poet, novelist, literary critic and professor of English at York University, was amongst the five Indian/Indo-Canadian writers invited to the 12th Blue Metropolis......

The Komagata Maru is also a Hindu issue

New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton has presented a petition, calling on the government to officially apologize inCanada's House of Commons for the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy. The presentation......

Diabetes in India worries North America

There is a growing concern amongst the medical community in India that if unchecked, India is likely to have 30 million diabetics by 2015 -- equivalent to diabetics in the rest of the world. This......

Hyderabad, Pune are India's best cities to live in

Image: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh for immersion in the sea in Mumbai. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters     A rapid rise in population has triggered a......

Why your tur dal has become so expensive

'If the money we spend on importing pulses reaches our farmers, there won’t be any suicides' 'There has been an overall increase in the prices of almost every commodity. But I don’t see......

Akshay in Deepa Mehta's next?

Deepa Mehta plans to make anambitious film on the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy thatdemonstrated the racist policies of the then Canadian Government.Toronto-based Hamilton-Mehta Productions announced......

Post-9/11 murder sparks feature film

Sweet Amerika, a feature film to be released on September 19 in seven cinemas in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, is inspired by the murder of Arizona-based Sikh businessman Balbir Singh......

'A rare, gay film to come out of India'

Mahesh Dattani'sMango Souffl was sold out at both showings at its premiere in London. "Not even Lagaan which was premiered in the same theatre got a full house," director Dattani toldrediff.com in......

NY cinema lovers have Company

The Hindi film, Company (Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi, Antara Mali) is all set to make a comeback in the New York area after being selected as the Indian entry for Subway Cinema, an......

Indian Winter Olympians divided over uniform issue

Trouble is brewing in the Indian camp at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with majority of the contingent denying luger Shiva Keshavan's claim that the team didn't have coordinated uniform for the......

Venkatesh, Alvito dropped for Saudi match

Stalwarts like former skipper S Venkatesh, forward Alvito D'Cunha and defender Mahesh Gawli found themselves out of the squad for India's next AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia at Jeddah......

3 foreign footballers report for U-20 camp

The search for talented foreign footballers wishing to represent the country received a boost, with three youngsters of Indian origin joining the junior camp in Goa on Friday.Simran Singh from......

All you must know about Gold Coast CWG

Facts on the Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia's Gold Coast: IMAGE: Dancers perform during the Team Australia welcome ceremony at the Athletes Village ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth......

Tiger Singh: Most feared man in Japan

When Tiger Jeet Singh goes to Japan, he cannot step out of his hotel without having to beat people off with a stick.In Canada, he is just another burly Sikh who lives near Toronto. But all that may......