Feature, Interviews
Global and local forces raise living standards: Shirin Ahmed
Samuel Getachew Toronto Shirin Ahmed is with Yale University’s Global Health Leadership Institute. She reflects with Generation Next on her biography, her travels to East Africa, gives her perspectives why international development is important and finally, shares her wisdom to those who may want to emulate such a fulfilling career as hers. Shirin – Tell [...]
Feature, Interviews
Bollywood is how I connect to India: Rohit Rumpal
Rohit Rumpal has been the darling of the South Asian community of the Greater Toronto Area. He has charmed the audiences of the GTA with his performances. A graduate ofYorkUniversitywith a degree in Information Technology & Management, Rohit hails from a Hindu Punjabi family. Born and raised inToronto, Rohit is passionate about “ëntertaining.” Here is [...]
Feature, Interviews
Tariq Azad leads the way to provide winning edge through technical and personal development tools
Tariq Azad is the founder, lead trainer and principal consultant of NetSoft Communications Inc., an IT (Information Technology) consulting and training company located in Ontario, Canada. As an IT consultant and an entrepreneur, Mr. Azad brings more than 15 years of management, technology, design and assessment experience, eight of which have been as a system [...]
Feature, Interviews
Patriarch of B.C. Sikhs, Jack Uppal fought for respect
When Jagat (Jack) Uppal was just 26, he had already worked for half his life, delivering firewood and putting in years of hard toil at B.C. sawmills to provide for his widowed mother and then his young family. Now he wanted a change. He applied for a job with B.C. Electric and was hired as [...]
Feature, Interviews
How three local comics found global fame
While most young comics spend years working the clubs trying to get discovered, three of the Golden Horseshoe’s hottest comedians have earned a global following without ever leaving home. Jasmeet Singh, Lilly Singh and Amandeep Kang – known on the Internet respectively as Jus Reign, Superwoman and AK aka Amazing – are three twentysomething Punjabi-Canadian [...]
Editorial
Obama-Modi ties reflect deepening relationship between US and India
Posted on 29 January 2015
US industrial interests took centre-stage at the start of Barack Obama’s visit to India as he and the prime minister, Narendra Modi, outlined a deal to limit the legal liability of US suppliers in the event of a nuclear power plant catastrophe. The Indian government has agreed to a state-backed insurance scheme that would cap [...] Continue Reading
Canadian Politics
BANK OF CANADA CONTRADICTS HARPER GOVERNMENT
Posted on 29 January 2015
The Hon. Ralph Goodale Ottawa Stephen Harper’s vaunted “management” of the Canadian economy is bedevilled by serious contradictions and mediocre results. Mr. Harper once spoke enthusiastically, at home and abroad, about the central importance ofCanada’s energy sector. We are a global superpower in oil and gas, he said. And he looked to that one sector [...] Continue Reading
Canadian Politics
Harper Government Focused on Lower Taxes for Families
Posted on 29 January 2015
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and the Honourable Denis Level, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec, welcomed the return of Parliament and set out the Government’s priorities in the House of Commons in [...] Continue Reading
Canadian Politics
Justin Trudeau out to represent true diversity
Posted on 29 January 2015
By Samuel Getachew Only a fool will underestimate Justin Trudeau in this year’s upcoming federal election. As the federal NDP solidifies the widely held notion that they are not government material by way of recent defections, lack of attractive candidates and distinct policies, the only viable options left for Canadians is a clear choice between [...] Continue Reading
South Asian Politics
Obama reveals nuclear breakthrough on landmark India trip
Posted on 29 January 2015
In a glow of bonhomie, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled plans to unlock billions of dollars in nuclear trade and to deepen defense ties, steps they hope will establish an enduring strategic partnership. The two countries reached an understanding on two issues that, despite a groundbreaking 2006 agreement, had stoppedU.S.companies from [...] Continue Reading
South Asian Politics
Is Pakistani military undermining civilian institutions?
Posted on 29 January 2015
Dr. Hasan Askari Lahore The increased role of the Army in internal security matters, especially the setting up military courts, has led to an interesting political debate inPakistan. A number of politically active people, including some lawyers, describe this development as a setback to democratic principles and values. That the military is gradually undermining elected [...] Continue Reading
Life & Style
Four key leadership lessons from top female executives
Posted on 29 January 2015
Recent studies have revealed something that many savvy women have known all along: women are good for business. With so many women-run startups cropping up and more companies looking to create diverse boardrooms, women are proving to deliver tangible and intangible advantages. A recent analysis by Fortune revealed that Fortune 1000 companies with female CEOs earn higher [...] Continue Reading
Society
Canadian banks on brink of mortgage price war
Posted on 29 January 2015
Canada’s major banks are heading into a renewed mortgage price war in the wake of the Bank of Canada’s surprise decision to cut interest rates. Mortgage brokers reported that Royal Bank ofCanadadropped its five-year fixed rate for qualified borrowers to 2.84 per cent over the weekend. While smaller, non-bank lenders have started offering even cheaper [...] Continue Reading
ShowBiz
Why was Evelyn forced to call off a party in her Dubai hotel room?
Posted on 29 January 2015
Evelyn Sharma was forced to call off a party in her hotel room in Dubai as the hotel staff objected to it as it was against the management’s rules Recently in Dubai to at – tend a function, Evelyn Sharma decided to host a party in her hotel suite and in – vited nearly a [...] Continue Reading
ShowBiz
When govt policy blocked Gauhar’s way?
Posted on 29 January 2015
Actress Gauahar Khan says entertainment event Mast Ka – landar 2015 won’t be held Jan 29 in Dubai as scheduled. The actress, who recently grabbed headlines after being slapped by a man on the sets of a reality show, said the decision to push the event ahead is due to government policies. “Mastkalandar 2015 has [...] Continue Reading
ShowBiz
Dolly Ki Dolie Review: Strange mish mash of a conwoman and Sati Savitri
Posted on 29 January 2015
DOlly’ is a strange mish mash of a conwoman and Sati Savitri and so is ‘Dolly Ki Doli’, which starts out with a lot of promise, but ultimately isn’t convincing enough. ‘Dolly Ki Doli’, a comedy about a runaway girl who mar – ries men only to loot them soon after, shows a lot of [...] Continue Reading
ShowBiz
Katrina Kaif looks beautiful in shots by a visually impaired photographer
Posted on 29 January 2015
Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif is no amateur when it comes to mesmerizing the camera lens. How – ever, the actress’ recent shoot for a soap brand was slightly more special. Katrina Kaif posed for visually-impaired photog – rapher Bhavesh Patel who has done an astounding job, shooting several beautiful pictures of the ravish – ing [...] Continue Reading
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