South Asian

Online/New Media by rochekelly

Bold beauties go after world title

Mississauga, Ont. –– Seven South Asian finalists channeled their inner Tyra Banks, smiling with their eyes at a photo-shoot today, gearing up for the 7th annual Miss Pakistan World pageant next weekend. “Compared to Toronto pageants, I’m pretty sure we have the most well-known pageant, only because of the negativity or the controversy,” says president […]

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South Asian by rochekelly

Putting down the rye bread

In the last month, I’ve yanked four grey hairs. One for each week, it seems. So when my dad extended an invitation to a lecture on How to Overcome Stress, the fascinating silver strand being examined between my thumb and index finger provided the answer. Dada J.P. Vaswani, a renowned humanitarian and non-sectarian spiritual leader, […]

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Online/New Media by rochekelly

Local MP says no time for jubilee

[XAVIER FAMILY PHOTO] Mary Xavier-Pierce (left) grew up in Sri Lanka. “We had to flee so suddenly, we didn’t really pack much but grabbed what we needed and left overnight,” she says. The alleged collapse of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka yesterday has members of the Sinhalese community celebrating. “There was a sense of […]

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Magazine by rochekelly

Why Chai?

I giggled the first time I saw it on the menu at the coffee shop: chai tea. “Why does it say chai tea? Chai is tea,” I said to my mom, Catherine. “Why do they want me to order a tea-tea?” Growing up with East Indian parents, I knew chai was the Hindi word for […]

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