The Pride festivities in NYC were a little different this year since they came just after state lawmakers voted in favor of legalizing gay marriage in New York last week. While some Sikhs (and Sikh institutions) have been outspoken about their opposition to allowing same-sex couples to marry,...
“The courses in religious studies are run completely free of cost. We provide education, training, clothes, lodging and food to the students. Former Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti is the patron of this institute and he comes to teach the students three times a week.
Fauja Singh either walks or sleeps. He doesn’t sit. The 100-year-old oldest marathon runner from Jalandhar, believes he’ll die if he sits...It is this zest for life, and indomitable spirit that Chandigarh-based author, Khushwant Singh, strives to capture in his recently released biography, 'Turbaned Tornado'.
What is guts? To me guts, or gut feeling is your inner dialogue, it is when your soul or something beyond your mind is telling you something. Your mind may be rational and have fight or flight response....
Scientists, health workers and community outreach officials in India believe they're finally on the cusp of a major milestone, the defeat of polio throughout the country.
“Kulvir has proven himself in many ways as a dedicated supporter of Osler’s Etobicoke General, Brampton Civic and Peel Memorial, and his strong links within the community make him the perfect person to serve in this capacity,” said Heather Picken, Gill’s predecessor as board chair.
There is discontent within us, under the calm exterior an interior full of duality. Duality is the cause of many of our challenges, we feel one thing but do another, we do something but feel something else. If a human was to go through a shake down all sorts of issues would be evident.
In grade 12, he earned 100 per cent in math, calculus, physics, biology and chemistry, and in 2009 received the Governor General’s Academic Medal for Excellence. Currently a second year business student at the University of British Columbia, he was offered full scholarship from the university.
The spread of sex-selective abortion is often framed as a simple case of modern science being abused by patriarchal, misogynistic cultures. Patriarchy is certainly part of the story, but as Hvistendahl points out, the reality is more complicated — and more depressing.
“We want everybody to know these were world leaders. They wanted peace for the world, and they started in India, but they wanted peace for the world,” the Brampton resident said.