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Trudeau's Diwali Celebrations in Canada Amid Diplomatic Standoff
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trudeau's Diwali Celebrations in Canada Amid Diplomatic Standoff

India Today  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared clips of his Diwali celebrations on Sunday, expressing his gratitude for the Indian community in Canada. He visited three Hindu temples in the country and received blessings from the community. Trudeau highlighted the importance of Diwali as a symbol of light and hope, and expressed Canada's unwavering support for Hindu Canadians.

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Story of Sri Lanka, in verse | Review of poetry anthology ‘Out of Sri Lanka’
9 months ago

Story of Sri Lanka, in verse | Review of poetry anthology ‘Out of Sri Lanka’

The Hindu  

In their introduction to this anthology, the editors Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne and Shash Trevett say, “the time is right — the moment is now — for the world to know Sri Lanka better”, and that just about captures the gap this book fills. The act of containing within a single volume, then, all three, also becomes part of the …

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Why Is Tashkent Reluctant to Reconnect with Ethnic Uzbeks Abroad?
9 months ago

Why Is Tashkent Reluctant to Reconnect with Ethnic Uzbeks Abroad?

The Diplomat  

Apart from 29 million Uzbeks living in Uzbekistan, there are almost 3 million ethnic Uzbeks in neighboring Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, and another 2 to 4 million ethnic Uzbeks in Afghanistan, making Uzbeks the most populous ethnic group in Central Asia. Political scientist Dr. Myra A. Waterbury defines a kin-state as “a state that represents the majority nation of …

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Haiti unrest fuels fear, frustration in tight-knit Haitian diasporas
9 months ago

Haiti unrest fuels fear, frustration in tight-knit Haitian diasporas

Al Jazeera  

Despite myriad challenges, Haitians in US and Canada say they remain hopeful of a better future for the Caribbean nation. “That never happened before.” But this month, Haiti’s years-long crisis reached a new peak of political instability and violence. “You hope that you’re not going to get bad news, that it’s not going to be your turn to lose a …

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Review: ‘Mami Wata’ serves up a gorgeously rendered West African fable, tinged with mysticism
1 year, 2 months ago

Review: ‘Mami Wata’ serves up a gorgeously rendered West African fable, tinged with mysticism

LA Times  

You don’t need to believe in the generosity of an ancient water deity to be transfixed by Nigerian director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s folklore melodrama “Mami Wata.” Respecting the conjuring power of movies is all the devotion that’s required to fall under the spell cast by Obasi’s stark, roiling tale of spirit-world mysteries and all-too-human machinations, filmed in an evocatively dense …

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Thank You For Coming Witnesses a Full House Audience at TIFF’s Gala Premiere
1 year, 3 months ago

Thank You For Coming Witnesses a Full House Audience at TIFF’s Gala Premiere

News 18  

Ektaa R Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor’s much-anticipated release, Thank You for Coming, is being highly appreciated across various international diasporas. Thank You For Coming is the only Indian selection this year to have a Gala Premiere at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15th and 16th. With an early screening held at TIFF, the film has already started garnering …

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Should Muslims visit Jerusalem?
1 year, 8 months ago

Should Muslims visit Jerusalem?

Al Jazeera  

As Israeli violence against Palestinians at Islam’s third holiest site escalates, we, Muslims, need to reconsider how we do travel to Jerusalem. Yet again, Israeli security forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque – Islam’s third holiest site – to brutalise praying Palestinians. Israel regularly violates Palestinians’ human rights, not sparing even Palestinian children, who are intimidated, beaten, arrested and even killed by …

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For older Asian American immigrants, ballroom dancing was supposed to be a safe haven
1 year, 10 months ago

For older Asian American immigrants, ballroom dancing was supposed to be a safe haven

LA Times  

When a gunman fatally shot 11 people and wounded nine others in Monterey Park over the weekend, it was more than just the latest tragedy in America’s horrific mass-shooting epidemic. “I know a lot of people think, ‘Ballroom dancing, it’s so odd, why do Asian people like it?’ But it’s been a big, thriving community for a long time.” The …

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Indian Diasporas Are Brand Ambassadors Of India: PM Modi At Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian Diasporas Are Brand Ambassadors Of India: PM Modi At Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that people say Indore is a city but "I say Indore is a 'Daur' which walks ahead of time". People say Indore is a city but I say it's a 'Daur' which walks ahead of time but carries heritage along with it: PM Modi at 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas pic.twitter.com/QSpBPYF9Tx — ANI January …

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Infrastructure, colonialism and know-how: When will an East African team qualify for the World Cup?
1 year, 11 months ago

Infrastructure, colonialism and know-how: When will an East African team qualify for the World Cup?

New York Times  

After Mohammed Muntari scored the first ever World Cup finals goal for his naturalised nation Qatar and Mohammed Salisu found the net in an important win for Ghana over South Korea in the space of three days at the recent tournament, a photo taken of the two players a decade earlier did the rounds on social media. The Confederation of …

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In India's Bitter Politics, Who Pays the Price for Hate Spread By the Powerful?
2 years, 5 months ago

In India's Bitter Politics, Who Pays the Price for Hate Spread By the Powerful?

The Quint  

As many will recall, in late June, prohibitory orders were imposed in Rajasthan for a month after two men hacked a tailor, identified as Kanhaiya Lal, to death inside his shop in Udaipur and posted a gory video online of the incident. They claimed that it was in retaliation for the victim supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nupur Sharma and …

Of Faith & Statues: Arab World & Indian Govt Care About Symbols More Than People
2 years, 6 months ago

Of Faith & Statues: Arab World & Indian Govt Care About Symbols More Than People

The Quint  

We know that countries like Kuwait and Qatar, with close business and other ties with India, protested officially against the reportedly insulting remarks made by two BJP spokespersons on television. As one global newspaper put it: “An international diplomatic storm has engulfed India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following the sanctioning of two party …

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The world should not turn its back on Belarusians
2 years, 7 months ago

The world should not turn its back on Belarusians

Al Jazeera  

It was on April 11 at breakfast, that I heard on the New York public radio that Belarusians alongside Russians were banned from participating in the Boston Marathon under their countries’ flags. The resistance to his rule culminated almost two years ago, when thousands of Belarusians took to the streets nationwide to protest against the rigged election of August 9, …

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Centre allows some exemptions in Covid-19 rules for Indians arriving from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre allows some exemptions in Covid-19 rules for Indians arriving from Ukraine

India Today  

Indians being evacuated from Ukraine have been exempted from pre-boarding RT-PCR test, providing Covid vaccination certificates and uploading those on the Air Suvidha portal, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The Health Ministry said Indians not fulfilling either of the mandatory requirements -- pre-boarding negative RT-PCR test report or fully vaccinated certificate -- as laid down in the 'Guidelines for …

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Govt allows some exemptions in Covid guidelines for those arriving from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Govt allows some exemptions in Covid guidelines for those arriving from Ukraine

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Indians being evacuated from Ukraine have been exempted from pre-boarding RT-PCR test, providing Covid vaccination certificates and uploading those on the Air Suvidha portal, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The Health Ministry said Indians not fulfilling either of the mandatory requirements -- pre-boarding negative RT-PCR test report or fully vaccinated certificate -- as laid down in the …

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BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY
2 years, 10 months ago

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

The Independent  

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Tens of thousands protest outside L.A.’s Turkish Consulate in solidarity with Armenia
4 years, 2 months ago

Tens of thousands protest outside L.A.’s Turkish Consulate in solidarity with Armenia

LA Times  

Members of the Armenian American community and supporters gather Sunday at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles before marching to the Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills. Tens of thousands of demonstrators protested outside the Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills on Sunday afternoon in a show of solidarity with Armenia in its battle with neighboring Azerbaijan over a tiny separatist region …

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Nagorno-Karabakh: Historical grievances with dangerous potential
4 years, 2 months ago

Nagorno-Karabakh: Historical grievances with dangerous potential

Al Jazeera  

Much will depend on how Russia and Turkey act as Armenia and Azerbaijan renew conflict, say analysts. “Nagorno” means “mountainous” in Russian, the language of the last imperial master that conquered all of the South Caucasus two centuries ago and remains Armenia’s closest ally. “Karabakh” means “black garden” in Turkish, the language of Azerbaijan’s closest ally that keeps its border …

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