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Indian-origin youths on Know India tour
Published on 10 Oct, 2011 at 23:53 in Diaspora | Viewed 82 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: A group of 25 Indian-origin youths from various countries like Australia, Surinam, Fiji, Indonesia and South Africa is on a visit to India. This group of youths yesterday called on Lt Governor, Tejendra Khanna, and shared with him their feelings about India.
The group of 25 is visiting India as part of the ‘Know India Programme’ (KIP). The programme is sponsored by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
The…
Indian People Smell like Rice and Curry
Published on 8 Aug, 2011 at 12:14 in Diaspora | Viewed 475 views times | No Comments
Houston, TX: Indian American Author Leena Ceraveeni Documents Racial Experiences Indian Americans have to deal with people who tell them they smell like rice and curry. Indian Americans have been asked if they know the Indian people who work at the gas station down the street. If Indian people would eat the cow they wouldn’t starve.
Leena Ceraveeni’s debut…
Crossing caste lines, they cast off surnames
Published on 29 Jul, 2011 at 12:45 in Diaspora | Viewed 251 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Upon entering the cold room and extending the formal niceties, Reshma, 30, introduces herself to her prospective employer. A pregnant pause and a puzzled look later she’s asked the indispensable question – ‘Reshma what’? That she doesn’t have a surname always has the same effect on people-a long reluctant silence.
In a nation where identity comes in a rigid two column template, where a mandatory surname box greets…
From guns to Buddha to enlightening others, a monk’s story
Published on 24 Jul, 2011 at 10:59 in Diaspora | Viewed 124 views times | No Comments
Leh: He was a soldier who dropped the gun to be a monk – but even that didn’t give him peace of mind. So Bhikkhu Sanghasena decided to work towards educating the underprivileged in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to help them match steps with the rest of the world.
“I was a soldier and our instructors used to say, what do you know about the world? You…
At 100, Sikh marathoner yearns to read biography
Published on 21 Jul, 2011 at 5:21 in Diaspora | Viewed 337 views times | No Comments
London: At the ripe old age of 100, iconic Sikh marathoner Fauja Singh has one regret. He yearns to read his biography but cannot – he is illiterate.
As the book “Turbaned Tornado”, penned by Chandigarh-based author Khushwant Singh, was formally launched at the Attlee Room of the House of Lords here…
Child abduction by parents among Indian Diaspora raises concern
Published on 19 Jun, 2011 at 9:32 in Diaspora | Viewed 408 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Increasing number of child abductions by parents among the Indian Diaspora has become a cause of concern as India is yet to join the international convention on the issue, a British minister has said.
“The cases where a parent abducts their child and takes it away to India are problematic because India does not have laws to deal with parental child abduction,” British Minister for Equalities Lynne Featherstone…
India asks Diaspora to become partners in progress
Published on 10 Jun, 2011 at 10:42 in Diaspora | Viewed 262 views times | No Comments
Toronto: Calling the Indian Diaspora its bridge of friendship to the world, India invited the million-strong Indo-Canadian community to become a part of its success story.
Speaking at the opening of the fifth regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at a gala dinner here, Preneet Kaur, India’s minister of state for external affairs, said the Indian Diaspora has become “an important partner for India’s prosperity” by sending remittances back home, making investments,…
Tibetan Diaspora to meet ahead of Dalai Lama’s retirement
Published on 18 May, 2011 at 12:20 in Diaspora | Viewed 193 views times | No Comments
Dharamsala: A grand congregation of exiled Tibetans will be held in this Himachal Pradesh town this weekend, ahead of the community giving its stamp of approval for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to hang his boots.
The crucial meeting of Tibetan Diaspora has been called two days before the parliament-in-exile gives the green light with three-fourths majority in the house of 43 MPs to amend the Tibetan Charter (constitution)…
Tibetan Diaspora to meet ahead of Dalai Lama’s retirement
Published on 18 May, 2011 at 7:59 in Diaspora | Viewed 145 views times | No Comments
Dharamsala: A grand congregation of exiled Tibetans will be held in this Himachal Pradesh town this weekend, ahead of the community giving its stamp of approval for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to hang his boots.
The crucial meeting of Tibetan Diaspora has been called two days before the parliament-in-exile gives the green light with three-fourths majority in the house of 43 MPs to amend the Tibetan Charter (constitution)…
Nepal’s border battle film stokes anti-India sentiments
Published on 13 May, 2011 at 6:00 in Diaspora | Viewed 469 views times | No Comments
Kathmandu:
India’s home minister calls up his counterpart in Nepal and orders him to drop the demand for a new inspection of the border between the two neighbouring countries, warning that otherwise, the government in Nepal would topple. This is the plot…
