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Aamir Khan, Malala Yousafzai land on Time’s 100 most influential people list

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, seen here posing for a portrait during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, has made... (more...)

Vancouver celebrates Vaisakhi with a hearty parade (with video, gallery)

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI The annual Sikh Vaisakhi parade rolls through Vancouver, B.C. to the delight of thousands... (more...)

Tycoon widower splurges on advertisement seeking wife who is slim, not an ‘idiot’

A photograph of the advertisement Dinshah Vimadalal, a retired travel agency tycoon, placed in The Times of India’s... (more...)

Vancouver women value intelligence, high salary the most in poll of what makes the ‘perfect man’ (w/ VIDEO)

Mandy Sull said her husband was the perfect man, when asked March 20, 2013 on Granville Street in Vancouver, B.C. Ward... (more...)

ASAP mentors motivate Moberly Elementary students about goal-setting

HARVEY KOONER VANCOUVER DESI Harvey Kooner and Kumar Shivdasani at Moberly Elementary School on March 8, 2013. Submitted... (more...)

Heartwrenching memoir details London economist’s loss of husband and two sons in Sri Lankan tsunami

VICTORIA AHEARN THE CANADIAN PRESS London economist Sonali Deraniyagala’s new memoir ‘Wave’ is about losing... (more...)

Former Miss World Diana Hayden to speak at TOIFA’s International Women’s Day event

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Diana Hayden will be one of six successful women participating... (more...)

World’s longest cat, Stewie, dies in the U.S. after battling cancer

In this file photo taken July 1, 2009, Robin Henderson stretches out her Maine Coon cat Stewie outside of her home in Reno,... (more...)

American Congressman urges U.S. Post to lighten up and issue Diwali stamp

VANCOUVER DESI U.S. Democratic Rep. Ami Bera would like to see the United States Postal Service issue a Diwali stamp. Submitted... (more...)

ASAP: Inspiring Young Minds at David Thompson Secondary School

Association of South Asian Professionals (ASAP) invited professionals to share their career choices, a day in their work... (more...)

Indian American scientist develops stain-proof, spill-proof clothing

‘Omniphobic’ surfaces that prevent different liquids from spreading on them by forcing the substances to collect... (more...)

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