By Binoy Thomas I just got back from India, and am happy to report that things are hot like hell back in apna bharat. The sun has been blazing as never before in living memory, according to local residents, and add to it power cuts and water shortages. The one bright spot for me was [...]
By BINOY THOMAS Canada and the United Arab Emirates have moved into a ‘make-up-love’ stage in their bilateral relations, following the recent visit of our Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird. Mind you, I know this is a family newspaper and so the careful substitution by ‘love’! This rapprochement has been coming for quite some time. [...]
by BINOY THOMAS Ottawa: This was budget week in Ottawa. In other words, the government of the day looks at its revenue/expense sheet and decides what to do in the best interest of the party in power. No I am kidding, of course, in the best interest of the people. You and me, when we [...]
by BINOY THOMAS I have been on national TV three times in the past two months, thanks to the good people at CTV Direct, looking for answers, explanations, nuances even, to a continuing problem that haunts India’s image internationally – rape. Besides the usual precautions that one takes when on TV, like making sure your [...]
Mississauga: More than 300 hundred people gathered in Mississauga to celebrate the women of Peel at United Way of Peel Region’s South Asian Advisory Council APNA Peel Gala Empowering our Women. The event was held at the Sagan Banquet and Convention Centre. South Asian corporate leaders, public figures, visual artists, dancers and one very funny [...]
The good has become better and big has gotten bigger. As Canadians throng by the hundreds to the Canadian International Auto Show currently under way (Feb 15 to Feb 24) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, The Weekly Voice proudly celebrates our association as the show’s official South Asian media partner for the second [...]
By BINOY THOMAS Much of what the Conservative government does in the area of public safety, from a common man’s perspective, is plain common sense. Put those hardened, unrepentant repeat offenders in jail instead of releasing them to the community to further offend (they are not fish), people convicted of heinous crimes like rape and [...]
By Binoy Thomas When thousands of people converged outside the Ontario Liberal leadership convention, that took place in Toronto a couple of weeks ago, they were there to let those cowering politicians inside know who is the Boss! The crowds were drawn there by major public sector unions, the email going out to each member, [...]
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed Gandhi, the Mahatma, was truly a citizen of the world though he worked for the freedom of the Indian nation from foreign yoke. Though a Brahmin by birth, humanity was his religion. He believed that for victory, war was the most blunt weapon and the sharpest one was obviously non-violence. He [...]
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan unveiled The Times Of India Film Awards (TOIFA) and its trophy at a grand ceremony in Mumbai on Tuesday night. The awards, which will honour the best of Bollywood, will be annually held at diverse international destinations. At the ceremony, it was also announced that the first ever edition [...]
