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Fake Marriages By Students 

To Get Immigration To Canada 

BRAMPTON 

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By Ravinder Pal Singh Walia 

BRAMPTON: 'Paper marriages' 

is the latest trend 

that is plaguing middle 

and lower middle society, 

especially in Punjab. A 

prospective groom’s family 

undertakes to bear all 

the expenses of the girl’s 

education and settlement 

abroad. The girl is generally 

from the economically 

weaker section. But she 

meets the eligibility criteria 

(such as more than 

6.5 Bands score in the International 

English Language 

Testing System or 

IELTS) to study abroad. 

The bride is accepted 

only as a paper wife, and 

she does not move to her 

husband’s home after the 

wedding. 

On the other hand, 

the groom i s 

someone who is not able to 

study abroad because he 

has not cleared the IELTS 

exam to meet eligibility 

criteria. But he is desperate 

to settle abroad. 

This 'marriage of convenience’ 

is a fraud on the 

sacred institution of marriage 

and immigration 

policies of foreign countries 

where these people 

want to emigrate. Once 

these so-called couples are 

settled abroad, they can 

What are paper 

marriages? 

Paper marriage are, in fact, 

"marriages of convenience" 

under which families marry 

off their daughters to fake 

grooms so that the boy can 

settle abroad. It is a contract 

entered between the families 

of a boy and a girl with utmost 

privacy. 

divorce after the fulfillment 

of the contract. 

In Punjab alone, thousands 

of such marriages of 

convenience have already 

been contracted in recent 

years. These marriages 

are being contracted with 

the active connivance of 

dubious travel agents and 

immigration consultants 

who insert fraudulent advertisements 

for brides 

in vernacular newspapers. 

These immigration 

consultants charge hefty 

amounts of money for 

their illegal services to 

ineligible boys who otherwise 

can’t go abroad. 

That’s how these crook 

immigration consultants 

trap people desperate to 

go abroad. 

It has become a thriving 

business in Punjab. 

When any case is brought 

to the notice of NRI Police, 

they say they cannot 

investigate without getting 

a formal complaint. 

Interestingly, contracts 

for marriages of convenience 

are kept a closely 

guarded secret between 

the families of the boy and 

the girl. 

Continued on page 10 

With a summer that is 

bringing us recor- breaking 

temperature, Brampton 

has something bringing 

the heat. The city has 

always been the butt of 

jokes across the GTA. 

Now there is a Facebook 

page that seems to be stepping 

on some toes, including 

the city itself, to the 

point where the city has 

requested that it refrain 

from using the city’s logos 

and copyrighted imagery 

from its memes. 

So what is a meme? 

Lifewire describes it as 

captioned photos that are 

intended to be funny, often 

as a way to publicly 

ridicule human behavior. 

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July 21, 2017 | Toronto 

NEWS 

Durga, Hanuman 

yoga mats anger 

American Hindus 

The Canadian Parvasi 

After the controversy over the use of Ganesha images 

over leggings by a Texas company, now yoga mats have 

appeared with images of Hindu 

deities Ganesha, Durga and Hanuman. 

These yoga mats have been 

produced by Spiritual Revolution, 

a company based at Gladwyne 

in Pennsylvania. 

Angry Hindu groups have 

asked the company to withdraw 

the mats as they offend Hindu 

sentiments. The company is 

selling the `Durga: The Great 

Protectress’ yoga mat for $85. The 

`Hanuman: Devotion in Action’ yoga mat also sells for 

$85. The other yoga mats by the company are being sold 

under various Hindu symbols - such as the third eye or 

the heart chakra, etc. The company claims its “yoga mats 

are the greatest tool to aid you in your journey to optimal 

health, happiness, success, and peace.” It says its yoga 

mats are toxic-free and `èach mat is designed to raise 

your vibrational frequency”. As if this was not enough, 

the company boasts, ``You can't buy happiness, but you 

can buy a Spiritual Revolution yoga mat and that's basically 

the same thing”. 

Calling its a company of artists desiring to bring inspiration 

to yoga practitioners, it says, `Òur vision is simple: 

put amazing, gallery-quality artwork on eco-friendly 

yoga mats. Our images are one-of-a-kind. They look just as 

good hanging on your living room wall as they do under 

your feet in Warrior III. Awaken to the Revolution and 

live your yoga days filled with artistic inspiration!’’ 

Indo-Canadian man 

arrested for making fake 

school report cards 


BRAMPTON: Police have arrested and charged an 

Indo-Canadian man for running a fake school report 

cards racket. 

A police statement said 

Pavanjit Sohal, 28, allegedly 

issued fake report cards 

that several high school 

students used to apply for 

university enrollments. 

Disclosing his modus 

operandi, police said Sohal created a website posing in 

the name of a legitimate private school called The Canadian 

Higher Learning Academy and accepted payment 

from unsuspecting students. Many unsuspecting 

students fell into his trap because The Canadian Higher 

Learning Academy is a private school approved by 

the Ontario Ministry of Education. "The accused would 

then produce bogus report cards and send (them) to the 

secondary schools and the Ontario University Application 

Centre on behalf of the students,” police said. 

"These fraudulent report cards have now put the 

students’ post-secondary education enrollment in the 

fall of 2017 in jeopardy as the credit(s) will no longer 

be accepted.’’ 

Sohal will appear in court on July 31. (from press 

release) 

2 Indo-Canadians Jinny Sims and Harry Bains 

become cabinet ministers in British Columbia 


TORONTO: Two Indo-Canadians 

- Jinny Sims and 

Harry Bains - have been 

appointed Cabinet Ministers 

in British Columbia 

which saw the New Democratic 

Party assume power 

after 16-year rule of the 

Liberal Party. 

Jinny Sims, 65, who 

was born Jogendra Kaur 

in Jalandhar and left for 

Canada when she was nine, 

has been named Minister 

of Citizens' Services. 

Harry Bains, who has 

won four consecutive elections 

from Surrey-Newton 

since 2005, will hold the Labour 

portfolio. 


A Syrian refugee couple Muhammad 

and Afraa Bilal, who named 

their new-born baby after Justin 

Trudeau in the hope that their child 

would one day be able to meet the 

Canadian Prime Minister, had their 

wish granted on Saturday. The couple 

met the prime minister with their 

baby Justin Trudeau Adam Bilal, according 

to CBC. 

Trudeau's official photographer 

Adam Scotti posted pictures of the 


MISSISSAUGA: Prospects of Ontario 

NDP deputy leader and MPP Jagmeet 

Singh for the federal 

leadership got a boost 

this week when Laurier-Sainte-Marie 

MP 

Hélène Laverdière 

threw her support behind 

announced her 

support behind him. 

Laverdièresaid 

Jagmeet Singh embodies 

a new voice 

and a new image for 

the party. In a statement on Monday, 

Laverdière said, `Ì am very pleased 

today to announce that I am supporting 

Jagmeet Singh for leader of Canada’s 

NDP. "Jagmeet’s commitment to 

equality and justice and his empathetic, 

open, and attentive leadership style 

convinced me that he is the future of 

our party. I find his tremendous respect 

for others, for their opinions, 

and his willingness to listen inspiring. 

It’s reminiscent of Jack and is exactly 

the type of leadership we need for our 

party,'' she said. 

About Jagmeet's prospects in Quebec, 

she said, ``While it is true that the 

relationship that we, in Québec, have 

Jinny, who had served 

as president of the British 

Columbia Teachers’ Federation 

from 2004 to 2007, was 

defeated in the 2015 federal 

elections. But she was 

elected as an MLA from the 

Punjabi-dominated riding 

of Surrey-Panorama in the 

May elections for the British 

Columbia assembly. 

Another Indo-Canadian 

Ravi Kahlon has been 

appointed Parliamentary 

Secretary. The new NDP 

ministry led by by Premier 

prime minister holding baby Justin 

Trudeau Adam Bilal fast asleep in 

his arms. 

The CBC quoted the baby’s mother 

as saying, "It was actually very 

good, it was amazing. I can't believe 

that I met the Prime Minister Justin 

Trudeau. He held (the baby) and he 

said, 'This is Justin-Trudeau,' and 

then he says, 'I appreciate that you 

named him after my name.’ " Muhammad 

Bilal and Afraa Bilal came 

to Canada as refugees with their two 

young children in Feb 2016. The baby 

with religion is complex and unique 

in Canada, I know that Jagmeet will 

be able to overcome any challenge that 

it presents as people get to know him 

and realize how much 

his values and vision 

resemble ours,” she 

says. “Jagmeet’s commitment 

to Québec’s 

values of social justice 

and equality will win 

over hearts and minds. 

His openness, his humility, 

and his desire 

to learn more about 

Québec are among the 

reasons I support him.” She added, “In 

2015, our Party suffered from a certain 

shyness. Jagmeet offers an ambitious 

and positive vision for our future that 

will attract a lot of people to the NDP to 

help us form government in 2019. 

“Jagmeet’s vision for Canada is a 

New Democratic vision for our country 

and I appreciate how his climate 

change plan has real teeth. He is an 

exceptional candidate and I am proud 

to support him.” 

“With him as our leader, the NDP 

will be able to renew itself and reach 

out to a new base of Canadians and 

create space for the next generation of 

organizers. From press release 

John Horgan was sworn in 

on July 18, replacing the 

Liberal Party government 

led by Christy Clark. 

In the May assembly 

elections, the BC Liberal 

Party had won 43 seats and 

the BC NDP 41, with three 

seats going to the Green 

Party. 

After two months of 

stalemate, the NDP and the 

Green Party joined hands 

to out the Liberal government. 

Interestingly, Ujjal 

Dosanjh was the last NDP 

premier in British Columbia. 

He was the premier for 

about an year. He and the 

NDP lost badly in the 2001 

elections. 

Justin Trudeau meets Syrian baby named after him 

Jagmeet Singh gets support from 

Quebec MP in his bid for leadership 

was born on May 4. To thank the 

prime minister for letting them in, 

they named their new baby after Justin 

Trudeau, according to CBC. 

Canada won't 

accept bad deal 

on NAFTA 


TORONTO: Canada's ambassador 

to the United States says his country 

won’t accept a bad deal on NAFTA. 

"We're ready to sit down and work 

on this negotiation for as long as it 

takes to get something that is going to 

be good for Canadians,’’ Ambassador 

David MacNaughton said while briefing 

leaders at the premiers’ annual 

summer meeting in Edmonton. 

President Donald Trump has 

called NAFTA unfair and wants the 

23-year-old agreement to be renegotiated. 

Ambassador David MacNaughton 

said the prevailing uncertainty is 

leading to delay in investment decision. 

But he said "we're not going to 

rush into a bad deal.’’ What are the 

sticking points between Canada and 

the US? Americans want more access 

to their dairy and agricultural products. 

They also feel their lumber industry 

has got a raw deal because of 

Canadian subsidies for their industry 

and want independent dispute resolution 

mechanism eliminated. 

But MacNaughton pointed out 

that the dairy and sugar industries in 

the US too are heavily subsidized.

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“It was nice to meet many constituents 

who work at the airport,” MP Sidhu said. 

“Many had an opportunity to directly 

speak with the Minister to raise their concerns 

in regards to federal policies that affect 

the taxi and limousine business at the 

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The International News Weekly July 21, 2017 | Toronto 04 

103-year-old Indian army veteran honoured 

at Senior Veterans' picnic party in Caledon 


CALEDON: The Senior 

Veterans Association of 

Ontario celebrated Canada 

Day in a military style 

in Caledon on July 16. 

103-year-old veteran 

Naib Subedar Gurdial 

Singh Grewal was the 

main attraction of the 

event. 

It was a sort of combination 

of Canada Day 

celebrations and picnic 

on a farmhouse on Healey 

Road where veterans and 

senior citizens turned up 

well dress, many wearing 

their regimental ties. 

They came came along 

with their wives. 

After Canada’s National 

Anthem and `Dewa 

Shiva Var Mohe Hai’ 

were played, the veterans 

paid homage to Major- 

General AS Sihota who 

passed away recently in 

Markham. 

A bar served various 

types of beers and vodka 

as veterans narrated tales 

of their army life and recalled 

fond memories of 

their units. 

Ladies savoured chai, 

pakoras with barfi. Sumptuous 

lunch was served at 

2 PM. 

Ghazals and songs 

were followed by children’s 

games. 

Captain Martin Singh, 

a veteran of Canadian 

armed forces, briefed 

the gathering on cadets 

in Canada and the new 

venture of raising a Bhai 

Mardana band for Punjabi 

children. This band will be 

raised by collecting funds 

from the community and 

will be affiliated to Canadian 

defence forces. 

Brig (retd) Nawab 

Singh Heer, chairman of 

the association, said the 

veteran association took 

pride in the fact that all of 

its 3,000 members living 

in the GTA are doing well 

and strictly following Canadian 

values. 

Brig Heer, who regularly 

talks about social 

issues on TV and radio 

writes in the newly 

launched Canadian Parvasi 

newspaper, urged all 

veterans to join in celebrations 

of Baba Banda Singh 

Veterans celebrating Canada Day in picnic style. 

Bahadur Martyrdom Day 

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to 5 pm. Among those who 

attended the event included 

senior-most veteran 

and VSM winner Maj Gen 

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SK Sharma, Col SP Singh, 

BSF Commandant Kahlon, 

Col Rajinder Singh, Col 

Jagjit Singh, Capt Sewa 

Singh, Col NS Sohi, Ret 

Tehsildar LS Kahlon and 

Col SS Sohi. Others included 

farmhouse owner 

RS Panna, Satpaul Johal, 

and Sukhi Heer. 

Naib Subedar Gurdial 

Singh Grewal, the 103 

years old veteran, was 

the main attraction of the 

event. He was honoured 

by Brig Nawab Heer. 

Capt Ranjit and his 

team coordinated the 

event and provided volunteer 

services. Colonel JS 

Grewal contributed $ 1000 

for the picnic and promised 

$500 for the Sikh Boys 

Military Band. 

The Senior Veterans’ 

Association of Ontario 

has been a registered body 

since 1996 and active in organizing 

social services, 

including Life Certificate 

Camps for the retirees 

from India with the assistance 

of the Indian Consulate. 

They also help the veterans 

residing in Ontario 

on pension, health and 

other issues.They follow a 

well laid-out constitution 

and a strict accounting 

system. 

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will be held on Aug 13 at 

the Royal Indian Restaurant 

to celebrate India’s 

Independence Day. It will 

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As NTN Bearing Corporation turns 100, Mayor 

Bonnie Crombie thanks it for investing in Mississauga 


MISSISSAUGA: As the 

NTN Bearing Corporation 

of Canada celebrates 100 

years of its founding, Mississauga 

Mayor Bonnie 

Crombie has praised it as 

a leader in innovation and 

manufacturing. 

"NTN is a leading example 

of a long-standing 

Japanese manufacturer in 

Mississauga that continues 

to introduce new innovative 

products to Canada,’’ 

said the mayor during a 

town hall discussion with 

employees and corporate 

leaders of the company. 

Crombie, who met 

NTN President & CEO 

Paul Meo and Vice-President 

Seiji Shimamoto and 

congratulated them on the 

company’s 100th anniversary, 

said, ``Mississauga 

is home to nearly 100 Japanese-based 

companies – 

more than any other community 

in Canada’’ and 

praised NTN for investing 

in Mississauga and delivering 

quality services and 

products. 

Calling the 100th anniversary 

of NTN a ``tremendous 

milestone achieved 

in the competitive world 

of global business,’’ the 

mayor congratulated all 

employees on the company’s 

for their outstanding 

achievement in advanced 

manufacturing. 

"In Mississauga, we 

mean business when it 

comes to supporting our 

vast and globally competitive 

advanced manufacturing 

sector – home to over 

1,760 firms employing over 

81,000 people locally. Our 

industries range from: 

aerospace to automotive; 

from food and beverage to 

clean tech,’’ Crombie said. 

She thanked NTN and 

its CEO for participating 

in Mississauga’s Economic 

Development Office’s 

(EDO) Building Skilled 

Talent Together Forum in 

May when public and private-sector 

leaders came 

together to address the 

city’s skilled labour shortage 

and employee needs of 


companies. 

The mayor said, "The 

advancement of cuttingedge 

technology through 

Industry 4.0 has fundamentally 

shifted the manufacturing 

landscape globally. 

These evolving global 

trends are directly impacting 

local employment patterns 

and opportunities. 

"The need for highlyskilled 

and specialized 

technical labour to develop, 

operate and maintain 

these advanced machines 

and processes is now more 

pronounced. While local 

manufacturing firms have 

voiced their ambitions to 

expand locally, the technical 

skilled labour gap is a 

pressing challenge impacting 

our firms.” 

As NTN is sponsoring 

the Japan Festival 2017 – 

the biggest-ever Japanese 

festival in Canada – being 

held at Celebration Square 

on August 26-27, Crombie 

praised the company for 

``being an active, engaged 

and committed corporate 

citizen.’’ 

The mayor, whose office 

recently partnered 

with Japanese-based MHI 

Canada Aerospace to promote 

the company’s Structural 

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Program for young people 

to gain skills, advanced 

training and a full-time job, 

said, "Mississauga’s Economic 

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Hello Bramptonians, join hands to 

stop frauds in businesses! 

By Brig (Retd) Nawab Singh Heer 

and Ms Preet Pannu 

It is really heartening 

to see more and more non- 

Caucasians in Brampton 

and the GTA venturing into 

businesses. They are not 

just limiting to real estate, 

transportation, immigration, 

grocery stores, gas 

pumps, restaurants, whole 

sales, manufacturing, construction, 

healthcare, etc. 

These people have all 

worked very hard and controlled 

their expenses to 

establish successful businesses. 

They give employment 

to many new immigrants 

and contribute to the 

economy. 

A healthy competition 

among them has benefited 

the residents of the GTA in 

getting more value for their 

money. They speak the same 

language of the immigrant 

population and are aware of 

the challenges faced by the 

community, helping the immigrant 

obtaining services 

through them and adjusting 

quickly to a new environment 

fast. 

Most of these business 

owners are good innovators, 

very enthusiastic and full 

of dreams to expand. They 

are creating a very healthy 

competition which is resulting 

in a win-win situation 

for businesses and clients. 

But we also need to look 

the negative impact of many 

unwanted practices of these 

businesses. 

Take immigration: they 

violate values and ethics by 

not telling the truth, overcharging 

and promising 

much more than they can 

deliver. 

In the trucking industry, 

they pay less, they pay 

in cash allowing cheating 

on taxes, and they indulge 

in exploitation by using 

drivers as drug couriers. 

The same holds true for 

the restaurant industry: 

less pay, exploitation of students, 

sale of stale food, and 

lack of cleanliness. 

Many doctors are indulging 

in unethical practices, 

prescribing sedatives and 

cheating insurance companies. 

In grocery stores, they 

indulge in cash business 

to save taxes, sell spurious 

items, exploit labour laws 

and under-pay employees. 

The list of unethical practices 

is growing. 

If we consider the principal 

of 80:20, it means 80 

percent of businesses are 

very honest, value-based 

and transparent, but the 

other 20 percent want to 

be rich overnight and they 

have actually become. I 

know a trucking company 

owner who is constructing a 

double-digit bedroom house 

after 10 years of being in 

business. It happens quite 

often in our community. 

The truth behind the success 

of such dubious business 

owners is usually kept 

secret. No one talks openly 

about how many trips were 

made across the border 

transporting drugs. But you 

hear our people talk about 

these stories in whispers. 

It is a fact that many crossborder 

drug pedlars are incarcerated 

in Buffalo and 

other surrounding towns. 

Now the question is: 

Why Canadian police forces 

are so soft on these crooks? 

This is the irony of the situation. 

The cheating is not 

restricted to the trucking 

industry. In the insurance 

industry, people cheat on 

body injuries by overstating 

their injuries and lying 

to earn a few extra dollars. 

Old Canadian values 

are being dumped and new 

methodologies for cheating 

are being adopted. Canadians 

evolved initial values 

systems to trust a fellow 

citizen to be honest, not 

realising that when new 

immigrants came they will 

need a modification to the 

value system. 

Crooks have exploited 

all the legal loopholes legally 

and illegally to get rich. 

Today, one who remains 

on the right side of the law 

tends to get demoralised. 

But at the end of the 

day, who suffers? It is poor 

bloody Bramptonians, our 

children and our future. 

We all are a party to it, be 

it people who indulge in 

these malpractices, be it 

people who help them and 

be it the silent public who 

sees it happening, but never 

speaks up. 

In front of our eyes, we 

see the old Canadian values 

are being trampled upon 

and rules being flouted. 

Everybody knows what is 

happening; but no one is 

belling the cat. In my view, 

it is time to decide whether 

we want to stand up and 

speak up or be doomed. It 

is time to act. Today, you 

have social media at your 

disposal. You have a camera, 

so become a self-styled 

reporter. Whenever you 

find anything going wrong, 

either report it or put it in 

social media. Join hands to 

expose crooks, otherwise 

you will keep paying the 

highest insurance and the 

highest taxes. Join hands 

against crooks, otherwise 

you will always be scared 

that someone will sell drug 

to your children and always 

scared that someone can 

hit you from behind and 

run away. The government 

must commission help lines 

where citizens can report 

all types of frauds happening 

in Brampton. 

Wake up, Bramptonians! 

Let us join hands and 

make a difference. 

[Brig (retd) Nawab Heer can be 

contacted at nawabheer@gmail.com] 

Mississauga Mayor welcomes proposed 

appointment of Chief Scientist for Ontario 


MISSISSAUGA: With 

the Ontario government 

holding consultations 

with stakeholders for the 

proposed position of Chief 

Scientist, Mississauga 

Mayor Bonnie Crombie 

has praised as the Wynne 

government for its initiative 

to establish the new 

position. 

The first Chief Scientist 

is expected to be appointed 

later this year. 

The Ontario government 

wants the Chief 

Scientist to "lay the 

groundwork for the next 

generation of research 

and innovation jobs by 

defining the best science 

strategy for the province.’’ 

Towards this end, 

Ontario’s Ministry of Research, 

Innovation and 

Science had sought public 

input on the role, responsibilities 

and mandate of 

the Chief Scientist. 

As per the feedback, 

the overwhelming view 

is that the Chief Scientist 

should have `èxceptional 

networking skills’’ and be 

an "excellent educator.’’ 

The Mississauga mayor 

says, "The overall feedback 

is consistent with 

our very own submission.’’ 

In her own input 

in March, Mayor Crombie 

had made three key recommendations: 

strengthening 

existing connections, 

aligning existing strategic 

planning priorities and 

support for post-secondary 

institutions. 

Crombie had also suggested 

aligning scientific 

research with economic 

development, especially in 

the field of life sciences. 

"Mississauga is home 

to Canada’s second 

largest life sciences 

cluster in Canada with 

more than 430 life 

sciences companies 

employing 22,000 people,’’ 

according to the mayor. 

Crombie has thanked 

Research, Innovation and 

Science Minister Reza 

Moridi "for the opportunity 

to once again provide 

public input to shape 

the important work that 

will be undertaken by the 

Chief Scientist. 

"Working together, 

both the public and private 

sector can bring 

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and elevates the quality 

of life for Ontarians, and 

unleashes new opportunities 

that can lead to economic 

development.’’ 

(From press release)

The International News Weekly July 21, 2017 | Toronto 

07 

Ram Nath Kovind becomes India's second Dalit President 

Known for his proximity to RSS, he once said: 'Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation' 

The Canadian Pravasi 

Bihar Governor Ram 

Nath Kovind, 71, will be the 

next President of India. He 

beat opposition candidate 

Meira Kumar, securing 

65.5 percent of the vote. 

Declaring him the winner, 

presidential election 

returning officer Anoop 

Mishra, said, ``Kovind 

secured 2930 votes with 

a value of 7,02,044. Meira 

Kumar got 1,844 votes with 

the value of 3,67,314, and 77 

votes were invalid.’’ 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi, who had handpicked 

Kovind for the top 

post in India, said on his 

victory, ``Gladdened by 

the extensive support for 

Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji 

among MPs & across various 

states.’’ 

Finally, Uttar Pradesh, 

which has given many 

prime ministers to the 

country, will also have a 

President. 

After KR Narayana, 

Kovind is the second Dalit 

to become the President of 

India. 

Kovind belongs to the 

Koli community which is 

India's new President Ram Nath Kovind seen with PM Narendra Modi and other leaders at the time of filing his papers. 

notified as Scheduled Caste 

in Uttar Pradesh. 

As the voting to elect 

the new President began 

in the morning, people at 

Kovind’s native village in 

UP started offering prayers 

for his victory. 

Born in Kanpur Dehat 

district of Uttar Pradesh, 

Kovind practised law in 

the Delhi High Court and 

the Supreme Court. He 

joined the BJP in 1991 and 

has served its national 

spokesperson. He was the 

party’s MP for the Rajya 

Sabha from UP from 1994 

to 2006. He was appointed 

Bihar Governor in Aug 

2015. 

His father was very 

close to former Prime Minister 

Morarji Desai, and 

Kovind served as Morarji’s 

personal assistant in 1977- 

78. 

He is married and has a 

son and a daughter. 

Though he has never 

been a member of the RSS, 

India’s new President has 

a long association with the 

Sangh Pariwar. 

Addressing a press conference 

as the BJP’s national 

spokesperson in March 

2010 at the party headquarters 

in Delhi, Kovind had 

reportedly said that Islam 

and Christianity are alien 

to India. He said this as he 

opposed the inclusion of 

Muslim and Christian converts 

among the Scheduled 

Castes, as recommended 

by the Justice Ranganath 

Misra Commission. 

When a reporter questioned 

him why Sikh 

converts were included 

among Scheduled Castes, 

Kovindreplied, `Ìslam and 

Christianity are alien to 

the nation." 

Because of his proximity 

to the Sangh Pariwar, 

the CPI had opposed 

Kovind’s candidature, 

with CPI party general 

secretary Suravaram Sudhakar 

Reddy saying, ``He 

(Kovind) is also from RSS 

ranks. He was president of 

Dalit BJP Morcha... Sangh 

Pariwar organisation. 

Definitely, we will put up 

a candidate. Anybody from 

RSS... We will fight.’’ 

The newly elected 

President has donated his 

ancestral home in UP as 

`Barat Ghar’ to the village 

community. 

Reacting her defeat, 

Meira Kumar, who is the 

daughter of independent 

India’s best-known dalit 

leader and former deputy 

prime minister Jagjivan 

Ram, said, `Ì am not upset, 

why should I be upset? 

I am a fighter, I fought for 

the belief and faith of majority 

of my countrymen 

and women.’’ 

The unflappable Kumar 

said ``today is like any 

other day for me.’’ 

Meira Kumar, who entered 

the Indian Foreign 

Service in 1975 but quit to 

enter politics in 1985, has 

been a five-time Member of 

Parliament. She was also 

India’s first woman Speaker 

from 2009 to 2014. 

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TORONTO: Her voice is 

mellifluous. She sings with 

ease in honeyed tones expressing 

the emotion of the 

song. 

With hits such as Gilheriyaan 

and The Breakup 

Song already to her credit, 

she is making a mark in Bollywood. 

Indeed, Indo-Canadian 

Sikh Jonita Gandhi has become 

a big success in India. 

She became a YouTube 

sensation in 2012, getting 

millions of hits on popular 

Bollywood songs and classics 

that she sung collaborating 

with fellow artist and 

composer Aakash Gandhi. 

To date, their acoustic covers 

of Tum Hi Ho and Pani 

Da Rang have gathered 

26.5 million and 6.4 million 

views respectively on You- 

Tube and praise from industry 

bigwigs. 

Jonita bagged the Best 

Female Vocalist of the Year 

award at Mirchi Music 

Awards 2017 for her song 

Gilheriyaan in Dangal. 

Her hugely popular hit, 

The Breakup Song in Ae 

Dil Hai Mushkil, was also 

nominated for the Best Female 

Playback Singer at Zee 

Cine, Filmfare and Stardust 

awards this year. 

Despite her high-flying 

life these days as she travels 

from a concert to concert 

with the likes of A.R. Rahman 

and Sonu Nigam, this 

Toronto gal remains grounded. 

`Ì feel really humbled to 

be part of the Bollywood industry 

as a proud Indo-Canadian 

Sikh," says Jonita. 

"Having come from Toronto 

and seen the multitude 

of talent that exists in India 

when I first started getting 

really big opportunities, I 

would often question `why 

me?’ But in those situations I 

always felt motivated to give 

How Toronto's desi girl 

Jonita Gandhi stormed 

Bollywood music scene 

Indeed, Indo-Canadian Sikh Jonita Gandhi has 

become a big success in India. She became a 

YouTube sensation in 2012, getting millions of 

hits on popular Bollywood songs and classics that 

she sung collaborating with fellow artist and composer 

Aakash Gandhi. To date, their acoustic covers of Tum Hi 

Ho and Pani Da Rang have gathered 26.5 million and 6.4 million 

views respectively on YouTube and praise from industry bigwigs. 

it my all and level up to the 

expectations and opportunities. 

I feel blessed to be doing 

what I'm doing.’’ 

Born in New Delhi, Jonita 

was raised in Toronto and 

started singing as a little 

kid. Encouraged by her dad, 

Deepak Gandhi - who is an 

engineer and musician- she 

believes her journey to success 

started in childhood. 

"Every music lesson, 

every short cameo performance 

I was part of as a child 

and every scratch recording 

I do even now, is part of my 

path towards success," she 

says. "The important thing 

is maintaining the right attitude 

to keep learning and 

to persevere. There will be 

good times and bad times 

and you have to be willing to 

keep improving and to continuously 

put yourself outside 

of your comfort zone." 

She always aspired to be 

a playback singer and realized 

in her teens that singing 

was her ultimate passion. 

She narrates how she wrote 

about wanting to be famous 

in her school diary. 

How did she get a break 

in Bollywood? 

Says Jonita, "My debut in 

Bollywood happened when I 

met with Vishal Dadlani at 

his studio for the first time. 

He was working on the title 

track for Chennai Express 

at the time and asked me if 

I wanted to try the song. I 

didn’t expect anything from 

it but was thrilled to find out 

that my voice was kept." 

Jonita’s next milestone 

was the song Kahaan Hoon 

Main in Highway which was 

also her first solo song. 

But it wasn’t until Sau 

Tarah Ke from Dishoom that 

her name and voice started 

getting recognized among 

the masses and it was also 

her first song to appear on 

Top 10 charts. 

About fitting in Bollywood, 

she says, "At first, it 

was a bit challenging to not 

get typecast as only able to 

sing a certain genre. But 

now I’m thankful to have 

had opportunities to showcase 

different styles of singing 

over time." 

It's amazing that even 

though she was raised in 

Canada, Jonita has a clear 

Hindi diction and has 

worked on getting it right. 

"I’ve always found pronunciation 

in any language 

is really important. My family 

speaks Hindi and Punjabi 

so those two languages come 

easier than others. However, 

I've realized that even within 

those, there are different dialects 

and colloquial terms 

that are sometimes required 

for films. I understand how 

the meaning of a word can 

change drastically with incorrect 

pronunciation.’’ 

As she performed at 

various South Asian events, 

she sang in many different 

Indian languages as well. As 

a playback singer she has already 

sung in English, Hindi, 

Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, 

Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu 

and Kannada. 

Jonita believes that a 

singer must focus on, "developing 

own unique sound’’ 

warning that `ìt’s so easy 

to fall into the trap of sounding 

like someone else when 

you’re learning, especially 

when you’re trying to mimic 

sounds you hear, but once 

that comfort level is crossed, 

sounding unique is what 

you'll need to set you apart 

from others." 

Jonita describes the opportunity 

to work with A.R. 

Rahman as a "positively 

overwhelming experience’’ 

for her. "I have learned so 

much about music, about 

my own capacity as a 

singer, and about 

being a good 

human being." She 

agrees that online is a good 

route for aspiring newcomers. 

"It gives you a great 

platform to showcase your 

ability, to see yourself grow 

and also to get feedback 

from your audience. People 

from all over the world and 

all walks of life can stumble 

upon your work and their 

feedback can be extremely 

helpful. Not to mention - you 

never know, you could get 

discovered by someone really 

great and it could open 

up a whole avenue of opportunities 

for you!’’


09 

Governor General says he touched the 

Queen's elbow so that she didn't stumble 


Stricter screening 

for US-bound flights 

from Wednesday 

TORONTO: Canadian 

Governor General David 

Johnston, who has been 

slammed on social media 

for breaking royal 

protocol by touching the 

Queen’s elbow during a 

meeting with the monarch 

outside Canada House in 

London on Wednesday, 

says he was just trying 

to prevent the Queen 

from stumbling when he 

breached royal protocol. 

The Governor General, 

who is the Queen's representative 

in Canada, is 

in London on his farewell 

visit to meet the monarch 

before he lays down the 

office. 

Clarifying his position 

on the breach of protocol, 

the Governor General told 

CBC News, "I'm certainly 

conscious of the protocol. 

"I was just anxious 

to be sure there was no 

stumbling on the steps. 

It's a little bit awkward, 

that descent from Canada 

House to Trafalgar 

Square, and there was 

carpet that was a little 

slippy, and so I thought 

perhaps it was appropriate 

to breach protocol just 

to be sure that there was 

no stumble.’’ 

Though there is no 

traditional royal protocol, 

British monarchs usually 

don't shake hands and you 

don't touch them. 

As the current Canadian 

monarch, the Queen 

was visiting Canada 

House in London to mark 

the country's 150th birthday. 

As it is the 65th year 

of her reign, the Queen 

was presented a sapphire 

brooch on behalf of the 

Canadian people to mark 

her Sapphire Jubilee (65 

years of her reign). 


TORONTO: Enhanced security measures came into 

force on Wednesday for US-bound flights out of Canada. 

New measures for US-bound flights also come 

into force at about 280 airports in more than 100 other 

countries. 

About 325,000 passengers flying out of Canada will 

be impacted on a daily basis by the new measures. 

WestJet and Air Canada are advising passengers 

to arrive at the airport at least two hours before their 

US departure to make sure they are screened with 

plenty of time, says a press release. 

Passengers are advised to remove personal electronic 

devices from the case before entering security 

lines. 

US Department of Homeland Security says extra 

screening for electronic devices and tighter security 

protocols in passenger areas and around aircraft are 

part of the new security measures. 

Security screenings have been tightened in the 

light of “spider web of threats to commercial aviation 

as terrorist pursue new attack methods.” 

According to the press release, officials plan expanding 

the use of canine screening and adding more 

pre-clearance locations at around 280 airports affected 

by the new measures. 

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Brampton residents warned 

about fake firefighters 

Hydro bills are coming down in Ontario, 

and here’s why it’s the right thing to do 

Brampton Fire Platoon Chief John Clare says, "If anyone does 

show up at your home claiming to be from Brampton Fire and 

Emergency Services and they're not in uniform then you need 

to be concerned and you should call and report it right away.'' 


BRAMPTON: After an incident 

on Tuesday in which 

two men posing as firefighters 

tried to enter a home 

in Brampton for checking 

smoke and carbon monoxide 

detectors, Brampton 

fire department officials 

are cautioning people to be 

careful about fakes. 

Residents have been 

cautioned that Brampton 

fire officials always wear 

uniforms, and carry ID 

when knocking at people’s 

doors. According to Brampton 

fire Deputy Chief Peter 

Gatto, when firefighters go 

door-to-door as part of various 

community outreach 

programs, including the 

Alarmed for Life Program, 

these programs are advertised 

in advance. "We put 

hangers on the doors days 

before,” Gatto said. 

The incident which has 

triggered this warning to 

residents happened in the 

area of McLaughlin Road 

and Bovaird Drive on Tuesday 

when the two men, carrying 

what appeared to be 

a bag of alarms, said they 

were from Brampton Fire 

and Emergency Services 

and wanted to come inside 

her home. 

The woman didn’t allow 

them to enter her home. Instead, 

she called Brampton 

fire’s non-emergency line 

to report the incident. Peel 

Regional Police have not 

been able to find the two 

men and the fire department 

thinks it was an isolated 

incident. 

Glenn Thibeault 

When we introduced 

Ontario’s Fair Hydro 

Plan in March, our government 

committed to 

fundamentally restructuring 

the system to deliver 

the biggest cut to 

electricity rates in Ontario’s 

history. 

I’m happy to say that 

the Fair Hydro Plan is 

now a reality. And I believe 

this is the fairer 

way forward. 

Recently, the Ontario 

Energy Board (OEB) announced 

it had taken the 

final steps to lower electricity 

prices by an average 

of 25 per cent for all 

residential consumers in 

the province. As many as 

half a million small businesses 

and farms will 

also benefit. 

The OEB, the province’s 

independent body 

that sets rates, lowered 

bills in response to the 

Fair Hydro Act, 2017, 

which passed in the 

Ontario legislature on 

May 31. All Progressive 

Conservative and NDP 

MPPs in attendance that 

day opposed our plan to 

bring down electricity 

rates and voted against 

the Fair Hydro Plan. 

Relief through the 

Fair Hydro Plan is immediate. 

We also designed 

these reductions to last, 

by holding electricity 

rates to inflation for four 

years. In addition, we’re 

updating our long-term 

energy plan, which will 

continue our trend of taking 

costs out of the electricity 

system and making 

it more affordable for 

ratepayers. 

Fifteen years ago, our 

electricity system had 

become unreliable, the 

victim of years of neglect 

by governments of all 

stripes, which culminated 

in the unforgettable 

blackout of 2003. 

We had to reinvest in 

our system, and that came 

at a cost to ratepayers. 

But the fact is electricity 

bills were becoming unaffordable 

for too many people. 

Premier Wynne and 

I spoke to people across 

the province about their 

electricity bills, hearing 

how they were struggling 

with rising payments. 

In September 2016, 

we announced an eight 

per cent rate reduction, 

equivalent to the provincial 

portion of the HST. 

But that wasn’t enough. 

People’s bills were still 

increasing too much, too 

fast. As we continued to 

listen to peoples’ concerns, 

it became clear 

that we needed to bring 

even more relief and it 

had to apply to everyone 

in the province, which 

led to our Fair Hydro 

Plan. We heard that the 

most vulnerable among 

us needed even more support. 

That’s why we expanded 

the Ontario Electricity 

Support Program, 

providing 50 per cent 

more support in the form 

of monthly credits for 

people with low incomes. 

Today, more households 

are eligible for the program 

than ever before. 

People in rural and 

northern communities 

also pay more for electricity, 

because it takes 

more infrastructure to 

deliver electricity to 

where they live. Today, 

the Rural or Remote Rate 

Protection Program has 

been expanded to help 

about 800,000 households 

— cutting electricity bills 

by 40 to 50 per cent for eligible 

customers, effective 

July 1. 

These changes to the 

way we pay for electricity 

are fairer, and they 

are lasting. 

We can afford them 

because of Ontario’s 

strengthening economy, 

which is the fastest growing 

in Canada, and we 

need them to ensure the 

growth in our economy 

translates to more opportunity 

and security 

for people right across 

Ontario. 

There is no better 

way to use the province’s 

recently balanced budget 

than by giving everyone 

the break they need on 

their hydro bills. It’s the 

right thing to do for Ontario 

and the fair thing to 

do for your family. 

(Glenn Thibeault is 

Ontario’s Minister of Energy) 

Continued from page 01 

Fake Marriages By Students To Get Immigration 

These illegal contracts come to light only when a serious conflict takes 

place between the two parties. It is a dubious way devised by the clever people 

who have scant regard for the law. Curiously, some girls are reported to 

have entered into such sham marriages more than once by taking divorce on 

some fictitious grounds of illegality. 

We need to be proactive on this issue as Punjab is already facing the infamous 

phenomenon of abundant brides because thousands of Punjabi women 

have been deserted by NRI grooms in recent past. Social pressure groups 

and non-government organizations (NGOs) must create public awareness to 

stop this evil by exposing the nefarious designs of illegal consultants. 

Moreover, these marriages of convenience will jeopardize the chances of 

genuine couples in getting visa and immigration because immigration authorities 

in the sought-after countries such as Canada are bound to tighten 

the screening process for new immigrants. 

(RPS Walia is an expert on NRI matters. A former PCS Offi cer, he is now an advocate in Punjab & 

Haryana High Court. Recently he authored a comprehensive book titled Legal Guide for NRIs) 

Brampton man arrested 

for carjacking 

Continued from page 01 

BRAMPTON HAS A MEMES PAGE 

Other memes can be videos and verbal expressions. There are no safe spaces 

on this page. Brampton memes makes fun of everything Brampton, including 

crime, traffic, insurance, driving, race, religion and single moms. But it 

seems like the onslaught can’t be contained within the city limits; as Mississauga 

and Georgetown are getting roasted as well. What are especially funny 

are the heated battles in the comment section between followers of the page 

that are sometimes funnier than the memes themselves. They have been reported 

and suspended from Facebook numerous times. 

According to the administrators; the page was started as just a joke and 

80% of the memes have been submitted by its followers. They also commented 

that although the page does have some material that can be deemed offensive. 

We do our best to make fun of everyone, as we believe in equality. 

Sometimes the funniest part is sit back watch how triggered someone can get 

over an image. But it isn’t always just about the memes, they also post general 

links related to Brampton. Either way they have over 20,000 followers 

and have a reach over 2 million people. Clearly people are finding it funny. 

Is it offensive? 


BRAMPTON: Investigators 

from the Peel Regional Police 

Central Robbery Bureau 

have arrested and charged a 

male in relation to a gunpoint 

carjacking that occurred in 

the City of Brampton. 

On Saturday, July 15, 

2017, at approximately 3:00 

a.m., the victim was returning 

to his car, which was 

parked in a commercial 

parking lot in the area of 

Queen Street and Chinguacousy 

Road in Brampton. 

The victim was approached 

by the culprit, who pointed a 

gun at him and demanded his 

car keys. A physical altercation 

ensued, and the culprit 

assaulted the victim several 

times with the butt of the 

gun. The accused then took 

the keys from the victim, 

entered the driver’s side of 

the vehicle, and fled the area 

westbound on Queen Street. 

The victim was transported 

to hospital where he was 

treated for non- life-threatening 

injuries. At approximately 

4:00 a.m., the stolen 

vehicle was stopped by officers 

in the area of Hurontario 

Street and Derry Road 

in Mississauga. The male 

suspect who was operating 

the vehicle was arrested at 

the scene. 

Abbassy Uwambajimana, 

a 26 years old male from 

Brampton, has been charged 

in the case. (Press release)


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Councillor Carolyn Parrish spars with comedian 

Russell Peters, tells him to stay in the US 


MISSISSAUGA: Maverick 

Mississauga Councillor 

Carolyn Parrish, who is 

known for her controversial 

remarks, has this time targeted 

comedian Russell Peters 

after he said in an CNN 

interview that he "felt more 

like an immigrant in Canada’’ 

than in the US. Tweeting 

her angry response, Parrish 

advised Peters, "Good 

to know, Sunshine! You can 

stay there.’’ 

Peters, who is of Indian 

origin, ranked ninth on 

Forbes’ 2016 list of highestpaid 

comedians, with an annual 

income of $9 million. 

Since it is Peters’ racebased 

humour that has made 

him a hit with audiences, 

fetching him a role in many 

Hollywood movies, the Mississauga 

councillor said, 

"We helped him become successful 

by being open with 

his brand of humour. I was 

angry that he was so dismissive 

of the country who got 

him where he is.” 

On the CNN interview 

when Peters was asked how 

he uses race and ethnicity 

as a hook for his brand of 

humour, he replied, "I think 

it’s just the way my brain 

is programmed, you know, 

from being born in Canada 

and even though I was born 

and raised in Canada, I felt 

like I was treated like an immigrant 

the whole time, and 

then 11 years ago, I moved to 

America and now I’m actually 

an immigrant and feel 

more assimilated then I did 

in Canada, oddly enough.” 

This made Carolyn Parrish 

angry. But for Carolyn 

Parrish, anything about the 

US raises her hackles. She 

has called the Americans 

bastard. In 2004, she was 

kicked out of the Liberal party 

after she stomped on a doll 

of President George W. Bush 

for the CBC’s This Hour Has 

22 Minutes. She was angry 

about the Iraqi invasion by 

the US-led coalition, calling 

it a ``coalition of idiots.’’ 

Because of her acerbic 

tongue, a supporter presented 

her a embroidered pillow 

in 2005 for her tendency to 

get into trouble. 

Ontario families being gouged on 

hydro bills, says NDP 

TORONTO - Ontario NDP Energy Critic Peter Tabuns issued the following statement 

regarding today's Fraser Institute report on Ontario's skyrocketing hydro costs: 

“The report released this morning by the Fraser Institute shows that Ontario families 

are being gouged, paying the highest prices for hydro in the nation. 

That report underscores the need to bring hydro back into public hands so we can 

regain control over skyrocketing bills. 

With hydro bills going up at four times the rate of inflation, still we see another 20 per 

cent hike to delivery rates being considered. And top of that, we learned yesterday that 

Hydro One will buy and merge with American utility giant Avista -- a move to create a 

huge multinational utility that means even less control and even more financial risk for 

Ontarians. 

The NDP has a plan to lower hydro bills for everyone by at least 30 per cent and bring 

hydro back into public hands, so families can afford to keep their lights on and make 

dinner at dinner time once again, and hydro revenues can be invested into the services 

people need, from health care to transit. 

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Real Estate 

Housing prices: How low can they go? 

Shivkumar Hiremath 

Sunith (name 

changed) is moving into 

his new larger estate 

home in Mississauga 

with a heavy heart and 

he is a very stressed man. 

He bought a larger home 

earlier in March 2017, by 

overbidding a host of potential 

buyers and closing 

the deal in June 2017. 

He put his primary house 

on sale in the last week of 

May. But he was unable to 

get the high price he was 

hoping for. Now he is out 

of pocket because of his 

quest for a bigger home, 

but a lot wiser. 

In this context, let us 

discuss the macroeconomic 

scenario in Canada 

and the factors causing 

the recent downtrend in 

house prices in GTA. 

We all know that investment 

money moved 

into real estate markets 

in a low interest scenario 

during the last five 

years. 

Consistent low mortgage 

interest rates over 

the last few years fuelled 

the hot housing sector. 

The other two major factors 

that fuelled the housing 

sector are new immigrants 

who purchase 

new homes and foreign 

real estate investment in 

the condos and commercial 

space sectors in a big 

way. 

Then the Ontario 

government intervened 

in April by unveiling a 

slew of measures aimed 

at making housing more 

affordable. The 16-odd 

new measures announced 

include 15% foreign buyer 

tax and expanded rent 

control rules. 

Coinciding with the 

Ontario government measures, 

the Bank of Canada 

also hiked its benchmark 

interest rate to 0.75% from 

0.5%, its first increase in 

nearly seven years. 

As we all know, Increase 

in bank interest 

rates will have an effect 

on interest rates of some 

personal loans, lines of 

credits, etc. If the Bank of 

Canada’s benchmark interest 

rate progressively 

rises to 1.5%, home prices 

will come down. 

We spoke with an eminent 

and upcoming real 

estate agent Harpreet 

Singh - who is affiliated 

with Royal LePAGE Flower 

City Realty - for his 

views on current housing 

market. 

Harpreet, who has 

received Gold award for 

sales in 2016 from his 

brokerage and Master 

Sales award from Royal 

LePAGE in 2016, is of the 

opinion that the current 

market as of July 2017 is 

a level playing field for 

both buyers and sellers. 

People have booked 

new homes or are closing 

their next purchase and 

moving in this summer. 

Slowly the home inventory 

is rising. New 

immigrants coming into 

Canada prefer to buy a 

home rather than to rent. 

Brampton has low inventory 

of parcels of available 

land for new real 

estate projects. Caledon, 

Milton and cities to the 

east of Toronto have the 

land required for new 

homes. 

According to Harpreet, 

foreign investors 

are mostly buying into 

condo market and commercial 

space. 

He is very positive 

that house prices will stabilize 

by October/November 

of this year and then 

start moving up slowly. 

Priyanka Chopra becomes island girl to celebrate 

her 35th birthday with mom and brother 


Priyanka Chopra celebrated 

her 35 birthday as an 

island girl while vacationing 

with her mother Madhu 

and brother Siddharth at an 

unknown place. 

Skipping the IIFA 2017 

in New York, the actress left 

for the vacation with her 

mom and brother. 

Her mom, who is also 

her business manager, 

threw a bit of surprise for 

Priyanka by arranging a 

beach spectacle for Priyanka 

by engraving `Happy 

B'Day PC' on sand and litting 

it with candles. Wow! 

Priyanka was bowled 

over by the gesture. 

Thanking her mom, she 

posted the pictures on social 

media, saying, "Thank 

you @madhuchopra for the 

lovely surprise! (sic)." 

To her millions of wellwishers, 

Priyanka said, 

"Island girl... feeling very 

blessed and loved. Thank 

you to everyone for your 

wonderful wishes... it 

means the world to me to 

know so much love.. needed 

it! . #grateful (sic).’’ 

Priyanka is busy shooting 

for the third season 

of the popular ABC series 

'Quantico' and her next Hollywood 

film Isn’t It Romantic. 

The winner of the Miss 

World 2000 pageant, this 

Jamshedpur-born daughter 

of the army physicians 

Ashok Chopra and Madhu 

Chopra, Priyanka has become 

the first South Asian 

actor to make a big mark 

in Hollywood, debuting 

with the ABC thriller series 

Quantico. 

After winning the Miss 

World title in 2000, she entered 

modeling and then 

Bollywood, making her 

debut with film The Hero: 

Love Story of a Spy alongside 

Sunny Deol and Preity 

Zinta. 

Priyanka was given the 

National Film Award for 

Best Actress for her role in 

the film Fashion. Last year, 

the Indian government 

gave her the Padma Shri - 

the fourth-highest civilian 

award in India.


Cricketer Irfan Khan gets trolled because his 

wife is wearing nail polish and showing her face 

Mohammed Shami got trolled for posting this picture with his wife. 

Irfan with his wife. 


Indian cricketer Irfan 

Khan got trolled this week 

on social media for uploading 

a selfie with his wife, 

with the caption: "This 

girl is trouble ?? #love 

#wifey” 

Trolls pounced upon 

the cricketer for 'not being 

a good Muslim’ because 

his wife was seen wearing 

nail polish and showing 

her face. 

"WTF Tell her to cover 

her arms. Being a Muslim 

and being a Pathan its 

your duty to do so,’’ said 

one troll. 

The cricketer was lectured 

about how his wife 

should dress. 

"Matlab hi kiya huva 

hijab ka...jab aap ek ungli 

haata k sab dekhrey....am 

i right irfan bhai,’’ said 

another troll. 

Irfan married Safa 

Baig, 22, in Feb 2016 in 

Jeddah where she was a 

nail artist working for a 

PR company. 

Last December, Indian 

Irfan Khan with wife- This photo got him trolled on social media. 

fast bowler Mohammed 

Shami was also trolled on 

social media for posting a 

photograph with his wife. 

Trolls targeted Shami because 

his wife was "not 

dressing in keeping with 

her religion’’. 

Tennis champion 

Sania Mirza also had to 

face the wrath of fanatics 

for not covering herself 

properly while playing. 

In 2005 when she was 18, 

Sania faced a fatwa by a 

mullah, telling her to stop 

wearing ‘indecent’ clothes 

and start covering herself 

from head to toes while 

playing. 

Sania Mirza (seen with husband Shoaib Malik) faced fatwa to cover 

herself while playing. 

Satnam Singh's 

basketball clinic and 

documentary 

screening postponed 

BRAMPTON: NBA draft pick Satnam Singh's free basketball 

clinic and film screening scheduled for this weekend 

July 21st & 22nd has been postponed to a later date to be 

determined. The events will be rescheduled and the dates 

will be announced in the near future. 

“It is unfortunate that we have to postpone Satnam’s 

appearances for this weekend due to unforeseen circumstances, 

however we will be rescheduling and look forward 

to hosting Satnam soon.” said Councillor Dhillon. 

Satnam Singh’s documentary, “One in a Billion”, is 

available to watch on Netflix. (Press release) 

Junior Carnival Parade & Family Day on July 22 

TORONTO: This year’s Peeks Toronto 

Junior Carnival Parade & 

Family Day will take place in the 

Malvern community in Scarborough 

on July 22. 

Over young 2,000 masqueraders 

will parade with 11 Mas Camps taking 

part in this colourful, fun annual 

family event. 

After an official opening ceremony 

with special guests, the parade 

will travel west on McLevin 

Avenue, north on Neilson Road to 

Neilson Park. 

At the park, families will enjoy 

the Junior Carnival Showcase, kids 

crafts and games, food, music and 

the Junior Chef competition. This 

year's event celebrates 50 years of 

Carnival in Toronto. 

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Reema Sehgal 

A brilliant student and 

an obedient son with steady 

A grades in math and science 

at high school, Ajay 

shocks his teachers and parents 

when one night before 

an important exam he writes 

on the wall of his room, “Tomorrow 

I will kill myself if 

the exam goes wrong”! 

It was sheer chance that 

someone could see the writing 

in time and inform the 

authorities in the college 

residence. Till then nobody 

realized how much he is into 

himself, parents considered 

this a good sign for his academic 

results and the college 

could not observe anything 

strange. But the assessments 

confirmed major depression 

and drug addiction. 

Another place, another 

name. Suman was being 

congratulated for being 

blessed with a much-awaited 

baby after nine years of 

marriage; but no celebration 

could make her feel good. 

Nothing could brighten her 

life and even the baby could 

not make her respond as any 

other mother. Gradually, 

the family including her 

husband and in-laws started 

to blame her for being irresponsible, 

and escaping from 

her duties of a mother, homemaker 

and wife. Eventually, 

after around six months of 

seeing her getting from bad 

to worse, her behavior was 

discussed with the physician, 

who referred her for 

detailed psychological assessment 

and diagnosis of 

post-partum depression was 

confirmed. Still, it took the 

family quite some time to 

recognize that it is real illness 

that involves immense 

psychological distress. 

The stories are endless, 

the illness real and prevalent. 

But the approach of 

majority of people is denial 

and silence! 

Researchers have studied 

the effect of stigma on 

mental illness. According to 

Dr. Patrick W Corrigan, serious 

mental illness is a twoedged 

sword: It challenges 

those affected not only with 

disability but also with unjust 

social stigma, which 

denies them opportunities 

to work, live independently, 

and pursue other goals. 

However, within the 

south Asian community, it 

has worse effects due to denial 

and the resulted delayed 

or no treatment. 

Had Ajay suffered a fracture, 

the whole world would 

have noticed it, been there 

for him even the though 

the comparative pain of a 

fracture would be much less 

than that of loneliness, sadness, 

inability to function 

and the feel good factor compared 

to depression! 

If Suman had pneumonia 

instead of mental illness, 

the same in- laws and 

husband would have taken 

extra care of her and would 

have been sorry for her! Society 

has a tendency to view 

mental health issues differently 

from medical ones. The 

attitude needs to change and 

accept mental illness to be as 

much of an illness as physical; 

before another Ajay actually 

spoils his exam and 

ends it all! 

The World Health Organization 

(WHO) states that 

“there is no health without 

mental health.’’ In reality, 

the hurt and anguish of the 

mental distress are as painful 

or sometimes worse than 

the wounds on the body. 

When we look around at the 

people we know in the family, 

friends and other social 

connections, there is rarely 

one who is free from psychological 

conflict or stress. But 

when we talk about mental 

health, none would ever admit 

that they have a problem. 

This continuous denial 

of a very significant aspect of 

health leads to other complications. 

Some of the signs and 

symptoms of mental illness 

include unusual drop in 

functioning at school, work 

or social activities; social 

withdrawal and loss of interest 

in others; loss of initiative 

or desire to actively 

engage; feeling of being disconnected 

from oneself or 

one’s surroundings; a sense 

of unreality; illogical thinking, 

irrational worry, fear or 

nervousness; unexplained 

changes in sleep, moods or 

appetite and other such unexpected 

trend in behavior. 

One or more of these symptoms 

may be found in many 

of us, however if it is making 

the person dysfunctional or 

if a person is experiencing 

several of the symptoms at 

one time, he/she should be 

seen by a mental health professional. 

People with suicidal 

thoughts or intent, or 

thoughts of harming others, 

need immediate attention. 

As a community, the 

south Asians are close knit. 

However, the acceptance of 

mental illness as a disease is 

yet to happen. Priya-Alika 

Elias wrote in her article 

`The Silence About Mental 

Health in South Asian 

Culture Is Dangerous’ that 

‘There is a tendency to underestimate, 

smooth over 

(“what do you have to get 

depressed about”), and denying 

pain (“look at those 

who are dying to come to 

Canada, you are so lucky 

to be here”) are some of the 

ways the community traditionally 

looks at individual 

pain. The only metric is 

other people. Other people, 

one is told, have it so much 

worse than you do—so shut 

up. And so, what other 

people might perceive as a 

crisis point is not treated as 

one. Need of the hour therefore, 

is to wake up to the fact 

that mental health is as important 

as physical health 

and similarly mental illness 

is just an illness, that needs 

treatment. 

Through this weekly 

column, let us begin a dialogue 

about breaking the old 

walls of stigma and decide to 

learn both about mental illness 

and mental health and 

accept the two equally - as a 

treatable illness. Let us wake 

up to the fact that according 

to Canadian Mental Health 

Association mental illness 

indirectly affects all Canadians 

at some time through 

a family member, friend or 

colleague and 20% of Canadians 

will personally experience 

a mental illness in their 

lifetime. 

(Rima Sehgal PhD is a registered 

psychotherapist. She can be contacted at 

rima.sehgal@fulbrightmail.org) 

Good initiative by Parvasi Media Group 

This is a very good initiative by the Parvasi Media Group to launch a mainstream 

newspaper for the desi community. 

I went through the entire paper and have a few suggestions: 

1. Please try to make it more mainstream in line with papers such as the Toronto 

Star. Possibly, it should have half of its space devoted to desi community 

news and maybe half of it to Canadian news. Presently, there are many newspapers 

which are fully devoted to desi news but there is not even one which is a mix 

of both Canadian and desi news. 

This will help you get viewership of all people who now read separate newspapers 

for Canadian and desi news. This will also help you get viewership of Canadian-born 

kids of the Indian community who are more interested in Canadian 

news. 

2. You can make it more interactive for women in the community by having 

sections on fashion trends, cooking recipes, etc. 

3. There can also be a section on kids. 

4. These days technology trends, automation, smart homes, etc., are big topics 

of interest for people. There should be regular sections on technology trends, etc. 

I can write articles on these topics as this is what I deal with as a consultant with 

MNCs on latest technology trends, automation, transformations, etc. 

My son also regularly writes blogs on similar things. His blogpost can be 

viewed at: http://suyashhanda.blogspot.in/2017 

Best regards, 

Sumesh Handa 

Letters to the Editor 

Stop mentioning religion or sub-ethnicity in headlines 

I would like to kindly convey the following message to the editor of The Canadian Parvasi: 

On page 2 of the July 14 issue of the paper, there is a news item with the heading `2 Brampton Sikh 

students achieve rare distinction’. On reading the details, one learns that there were four students 

to achieve the distinction (of scoring 100% marks). The other two students, in addition to the two 

mentioned in the headline, are also Indo-Canadian. So, in my view, a better headline would have been 

'"4 Indo-Canadian students achieve rare distinction". This would have reflected a sentiment of unity 

among Indo-Canadians. By singling out the achievement of only the Sikh students in the headline, 

this sentiment has been ignored. Let us be happy for the achievements of all our children, regardless 

of which sub-ethnic group they belong to. 

Ironically, on the very same page, there is another news item with the heading "Two Indo-Canadian 

youths arrested for robbing taxi driver in Brampton." On reading the details, we learn that both 

the youths are Sikh. So the sense conveyed is something that I am sure the editor did not intend: that 

when achievements are involved, the identity of Sikh is emphasized, but when the news is of a negative 

kind, the identity suddenly changes to Indo-Canadian. 

Again, on the same page, there is another news item relating to a traffic-accident death, and the 

deceased person is identified in the headline as 'Gujarati man'. It would have been advisable to avoid 

referring to sub-ethnicity of the victim in the headline. I am sure the readers, once they learn his name 

in the report (Harshadrai Patel) would be able to correctly guess his sub-ethnicity. 

The point I am trying to convey is that as opinion makers, it behooves our media to foster a sense 

of unity in our community. Avoiding mention of religious or sub-ethnicity-based identity of the people 

in the news would be a first step in that direction. 

I hope and trust my message will be taken in a positive spirit. 

Best regards, 

Darshan


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Bathing suits, hijabs to feature at Mississauga Fashion Week 

MISSISSAUGA: From 

bright bathing suits to 

wraparound hijabs, if you 

are looking for something 

exciting to do on Saturday, 

July 22, then come to 

the 3rd annual Mississauga 

Fashion Week Grand 

Runway Show! 

Starting at centre ice 

in the Port Credit Memorial 

Arena at 7:30 pm 

on Saturday July 22, the 

fashion show begins with 

a red carpet reception 

and media wall of course, 

then its cocktail hour for 

a networking extravaganza 

amongst the fashion 

industry s future. 

The runway ramps up 

and the live band kicks in 

with dancers before the 

stylish strut of 14 young 

designers leading and 

outfitting over 100 looks 

on beautiful models, presenting 

the leading edge 

fashion this new industry 

is built on, in the most diverse 

city in the world. 

See the longest fashion 

show runway in Canada, 

hosting diverse models 

wearing distinctive and 

wildly colorful creations, 

selling them to appreciative 

clientele, before media, 

friends and you. 

This year Covergirl 

model Sabina Pasha, 

(Ramp Queen), will be 

walking the MFWK ramp. 

Sabina has graced campaigns 

for L'Oreal, Guess, 

Covergirl and LV. 

See guest designer 

Black Orchid as she is 

filmed for her CBC TV 

documentary, all part of 

the fashion arts creative 

happening, brought to 

you by a movie producer 

from Mumbai and a bored 

young Mom, looking for 

a little excitement. They 

found it and now you 

know where it is, come 

see young fashion alive 

on Saturday July 22nd at 

the Port Credit Memorial 

Arena, where the ultimate 

runway show comes 

to life for Mississauga 

Fashion Week. 

(Press release) 

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Paris. 

The Indian Olympics Association has approached 

the Indian government to start a bid for 

the 2032 Olympics. 

Towards this end, the Indian sports ministry 

has launched a feasibility study to explore the 

possibility of staging the Olympics. 

IOA President N. Ramachandran has said 

that India should move forward quickly. 

"You cannot take a decision today and say, ‘I 

want to host an Olympic Games tomorrow.’ It is 

an eight-year process. So you have to start now,” 

he was quoted as saying. 

“If you are looking at anything it’s 2032. That 

will give you 10 years to improve the infrastructure 

and you will have a decision (to make) in the 

next four to six years.” 

“We are keen on understanding where the 

country stands before we decide upon the future 

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