Hockey India  sprang no surprises in naming 20-member squad for the coming FIH Pro League games against the Netherlands and Belgium next month. It also named India’s 9-member women team for the Lausanne Hockey5s tournament named a nine-member Indian Women’s Hockey The Indian women’s team will play Uruguay, Poland, South Africa, and hosts Switzerland in the… Continue reading Hockey: Indian teams for Hockey5s (women) and FIH Pro League(men) announced

Argentina continues to remain unbeatable in women’s section of the FIH Pro League while Spain  recorded an exciting win against France in men’s section at Valencia on Tuesday. In the women’s match, China took to the field under the guidance of new Head Coach Alyson Annan Argentina continued its unstoppable winning streak as Victoria Granatto showed that… Continue reading FIH Pro League: Argentina women remain unbeatable while Spain men record thrilling win against France

 The South American hockey power house Argentina started its FIH Pro League campaign in Europe with a double, winning both its men and women matches against Spain at Vaencia on Saturday. The wins came by an identical 1-0 margin.  In the women’s match it was a goal made and scored by the Granatto sisters –… Continue reading FIH Pro League: Visiting Argentina starts with a “double”

By Prabhjot Singh* Once Jagrup Brar, a sitting member of the British Columbia Assembly, told me that every migrant Punjabi in Canada has two hearts. While one beats for Canada, the other throbs for Punjab. Jagrup, a former international in basketball, had a point. It gets corroborated every time there is an election in either… Continue reading Canadian Politics: “Videshi” Punjab is all set to go to polls

More women of Indian descent preferred federal politics than provincial politics. But Judi Tyabji and Sandi Hawkins were exceptions. Judeline Kim Mary Tyabji, also known as Judi Tyabji,  was the first woman of Indian origin to be elected to any legislature in Canada. In 1991, Judi Tyabji was declared successful from the newly created Riding of… Continue reading Canadian Politics-5 : Judi Tyabji & Sandi Hawkins played pioneers

Badminton: India men rewrite history, enter Thomas Cup semis after 43 years; women go down fighting to Thailand in quarter-finals Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty helped India rewrite history with a hard fought 3-2 win over Malaysia to enter semi-finals of prestigious Thomas Cup Badminton Tournament after… Continue reading Badminton: Indian men rewrite history, enter Thomas cup semis after 43 years; women go down fighting to Thailand in quarter-finals

ਪ੍ਰਭਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘਸਮਾਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਲਵਾਨ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਦਾ ਇੰਤਜ਼ਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦਾ। ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਨੇ ਸਮਾਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਤੌ ਵੱਡੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਵੀ ਭੁਲਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ। ਤੇ ਸਮਾਂ ਹੀ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਬਚਪਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਪੁਰਾਣੀਆਂ ਯਾਰੀਆਂ ਵੀ ਗਾੜੀਆਂ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।ਸਮਾਂ ਸਾਂਭਣਾ ਵੀ ਕਲਾ ਤੌ ਘੱਟ ਨਹੀਂ।guਲ ਯਾਦਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਰੋ ਯਾ ਬੀਤੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਚਿਹਰੇ ਖਿੜ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੇ। ਅਤੀਤ ਕਿਸ… Continue reading ਸਮੇਂ ਤੌ ਨਾਂ ਹਾਰੀਆਂ ਗਾੜੀਆਂ ਯਾਰੀਆਂ

By Prabhjot Singh* An Indian student in San Jose City College in California has taken upon herself the onerous task of spreading knowledge about Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Thanks to Aruna Masoorkar’s  efforts, life, history and works of Dr BR Ambedkar have been included in the American curriculum of the college. As the only Indian Buddhist student at… Continue reading Indian girl single-handedly gets Dr BR Ambedkar in American curriculum of a San Jose College

By Prabhjot Singh* A direct flight between Amritsar and Toronto/Vancouver is the one-point agenda for the Fly Amritsar Initiative. For more than a decade this Toronto-based group has been actively engaged at different levels to impress upon not only the Canadian and Indian governments but also the managements of various commercial airlines, including Air Canada… Continue reading Fly Amritsar Initiative: Its mission is to air connect “Guru ki Nagri” with Canada

By Prabhjot Singh* The first-generation Members of Parliament have passed on the baton to the second generation of Indo Canadians who are taking to politics very well. After Naranjan Singh Grewall made a beginning in Canadian politics at Mission as first-generation representative, Moe (Munmohan) Singh Sihota played a pioneer for the second generation. Incidentally, both… Continue reading Canadian Politics-4:Second generation migrants are taking to politics well