Ram Nath Kovind, the BJP candidate has now won the elections and is about to sworn in as India’s new President after Pranab Mukherjee’s tenure which is about to end on July 25th of this year. The whole country is curious about the working strategy of Kovind. Right from the beginning, the decision on electing him as the president sounded unanimous. Being the former Governor of Bihar and the BJP’s […]
Jen Betz wondered where the neighbors’ children were during the summers. She knew several young girls lived with her middle-aged neighbor Lee Kaplan, who they assumed was their father. But for years, she had felt uneasy. The girls never came out to play in the yard, which was overgrown with weeds. On the rare occasions when Betz did see them, they all wore blue dresses. And there were so many […]
Emoticons have become a way of expressing feelings on social media. Not just the basic smileys, the bag of emojis on social media platforms brings a variety of expressions — from food to animals and nature! As the world celebrated World Emoji Day on July 17, the co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, shared an insight on the world’s top 10 most used emojis on Facebook. Revealing the countries that use […]
Earlier this month, when the Canadian government’s New Delhi Immigration Section sent out an acknowledgement letter to an Indian student who had applied for a visa, it began: “Thank you for choosing Canada! We know this is a very exciting time in planning an important change in your life.” That welcoming note is part of the overt attempt by Canada to attract more Indian students, even as many are chary […]
Lipstick Under My Burkha is about four women from Bhopal who are struggling to find and express their voice, in a world hellbent on muting them. There’s Rehana (Plabita Borthakur), a college student and wannabe musician who is forced to work at her family’s tailoring shop. Leela (Aahana Kumra) is engaged to a boy selected by her mother and she is dating a photographer. Shireen (Konkona Sensharma) is a burkha-clad […]
Amid simmering border tension over Dokalam in Sikkim, China state-controlled media has said that Hindu nationalism risks pushing India into war with China. An article published in China’s Global Times has hit ou at Prime Minister Narendxra Modi saying, “Nationalist fervor that demands revenge against China has taken root in India since the border war. The election of Indian PM Modi has fueled the country’s nationalist sentiments. Modi took advantage […]
The government in the southern Indian state of Karnataka recently set up a panel to explore if the state can have its own separate flag. The BBC explains why it has become such a contentious issue. A ‘Kannada flag’ The state has had an unofficial ‘Kannada flag’ since the 1960s – the red-and-yellow flag is popular with the local people and many Kannada activists also wear it as a scarf. […]
For all China’s belligerent talk on the standoff at the border in Sikkim, its army has not mobilised any additional forces or equipment over the last month, which has seen nearly 300 soldiers from China and India standing 150 metres apart, though with guns pointing down to indicate a lack of intent in escalating hostilities. With the tension sprawling over a month, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said yesterday that given […]
The trailer for Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon’s new film Bareilly Ki Barfi is out — and it looks great. Bareilly Ki Barfi is the story of Bitti (played by Kriti Sanon) who rebels against the conservative norms set by her family. Her parents want to get her married, but Bitti just doesn’t want to settle down. Enter Ayushmann Khurana, who is in love with her, and enlists […]
In collaboration with Young Canadian Alliance, School of Flavours celebrates CANADA 150 and presents Akshar Pavilion TASTE OF INDIA food festival on August 5, 2017 at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St W, Toronto M5H 2N2 from 12:00 Noon to 10:00 pm. FREE and family-friendly event perfect for this summer with more than 50 vendors attracting over 10,000 in attendance. Be a part of Bollywood style dances, classical temple dances, […]
