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Fight against domestic abuseDear Editor,On the second weekend of July, the President of the Gurdwara Sahib Brookside, Baldev Kalsiwas charged with aggravated assault, which left his wife, Narinder Kalsi, in critical conditionand on life support. She was airlifted to the hospital from their South Surrey home due to lifethreating injuries.The crimes Mr. Kalsi is being accused are horrific and should be absolutely shunned by so-
ciety. As a leader, Mr. Kalsi should have acted in a much more responsible manner, andgiven his significant impact in our community, he should be aware of his stature as a rolemodel.The actions that Mr. Kalsi takes do not simply affect him personally - they impact our entire
community and the individuals that look up to him. At PICS Society and other agencies, thereare programs in place to help those affected by domestic abuse and violence. As a commu-nity, we’re working hard to fight against domestic abuse and address the root causes, how-ever incidents like these only make moving forward more difficult.Sincerely,Charan GillCEO PICS Society
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Dhillon lives on through hockeyTaranveer “Tka” Dhillon’s life revolvedaround hockey.Between four and five times a week, hewould lace up his skates and hit the ice,playing with three different teams to get inas many games as possible.When he wasn’t at the rink, he was in thestreets, playing ball hockey with the neigh-bourhood kids, spending quality time withhis nieces and nephews.He was at home with a hockey stick in hishands — as a kid, he gave up playingrugby at a provincial level to fully commit tominor hockey — and, if he wasn’t playing,he was coaching, passing the game on tothe next generation.Dhillon passed away unexpectedly in Julyof 2013 at just 32 years of age.He was an athlete, healthy and in his prime,but, for some unknown reason, that sum-mer day he just didn’t wake up.In the days that followed, his family startedto think about his legacy and how his lifecould be celebrated.The sport of hockey and helping the kidswho play it seemed a natural choice.“He was a firm believer in sports allowingfor confidence,” his sister, ManpreetDhillon,said.“It gives kids structure, it helps their physi-cal well-being as well as their emotionalwell-being and that sense of belonging, aswell.”The weekend of Aug. 23 and Aug. 24 willbring the inaugural Tka’s Eternal Life BallHockey Tournament to Kamloops, an event
that will celebrate Tka’s life and the sportthat was most important to him.The tournament is a fundraiser, with all itsproceeds going to KidSport.“I think one of the biggest things for why wechose KidSport as the charity we’re sup-porting, as much time as he could, he used
to spend with his nieces and nephews,”Manpreet said.“He grew up working in hockey camps,teaching younger kids how to play, and heused sports as a way to teach kids life les-sons.
“We really believed in the mandate of Kid-Sport because of that.”The tournament will take place at WestsydeCentennial Park and thus far about 100players have registered to play.More than 50 family members will be com-ing from the Lower Mainland to be present
at the tournament and Tka’s network ofclose friends in Kamloops will be on hand,too, playing and remembering the KamHigh grad.For Manpreet, organizing the tournamenthas been a humbling experience.
Tka’s friends have jumped at any opportu-nity to help and much of the event has beensponsored by organizations and peoplethat wish to remember her brother.He was a man with a big heart who touchedmany.“It’s changing my life in a lot of ways.” Man-preet said.Seeing how her brother impacted so manylives has changed the way she handles herown relationships.“I have a lot more respect for him — notthat I didn’t when he was here — but all ofa sudden you see the person in a differentlight,” she continued.“The fact that he allowed people into hisheart so much is something I really learnedfrom him.”Growing up in Kamloops, Tka’s familycould never get him to come inside.He was always out in the cul-de-sac play-ing street hockey, organizing a pick-up bas-ketball game, kicking a soccer ball around.Manpreet hopes that the first Tka’s EternalLife Ball Hockey Tournament will grow thesame love of sport in other youth in theTournament Capital.“One of the biggest things he had, he had ahuge heart,” she said. “That’s one of thereasons we wanted to do this — he lovedkids.”
By Adam Williams –Special to the Indo-Okanagan Times
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Canada celebrated its members’ get togetherP S B Ex Employees Forum B.C., Canadacelebrated its members’ 2nd get togetheron at crescent park , Surrey in the picnic
form along with their family members. Asper decision of the working committee,Jagdev Singh Sandhu convened the cere-
mony. All the participants enjoyed langarfrom 12 to 4p.m. & relished the viewing offinal foot ball match between Germany &Argentina , thereafter , played the matchthemselves in the park. All families ex-changed old memories & introductions forfour hours.Sarv Sh. Jagdev Singh Sandhu , UpkarSingh Gohalwar, M.S. Dhaliwal, GurmelGill, Manpreet Singh, Harjit Singh Virdi,Mandip Singh, Baldev Singh Gill, Aman-deep Singh, Satpal Oberoi, Hazura SinghDayal, Karanvir Singh, Harvinder Singh,Amarjit Singh Mangat, Sukhdev Singh Gala& Gurdarshan Singh Sandhu enjoyed thepicnic/introduction ceremony with their fam-ilies.
In a meeting at Progressive InterculturalCommunity Services (PICS) Society Se-nior’s Housing Facility on Saturday, July19th, 2014 PICSannounced a culturally-sensitive extended care facility. PICS haspurchased 3.5 acres of land in Cloverdale.More than 40 people attended the meeting.Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Employ-ment and Social Development and Ministerfor Multiculturalism dropped by and broughtgreetings from the Prime Minister ofCanada stating, “The government ofCanada congratulates PICS for doing sucha wonderful project. It’s not only for multi-cultural seniors, but it is a humanitarianservice for the whole of Canada. The gov-ernment of Canada supports such a won-derful initiative”.Hon. Kenney had a wonderful discussion toaddress community issues presented byPICS Society Board of Directors. He ap-preciated PICS’ service to the communityfor the past 28 yearsand added“We will cer-
tainly support the culturally-sensitive proj-ect started by PICS”.PICS’ CEO,Charan Gill thanked Hon. Ken-ney for his personal and official support andfor listening seriously to the issues pre-sented by the Board. This project will savemoney fortax payers and will be a great fa-cility for the Lower Mainland and B.C. sen-iors.We are pleased to inform everyone that thefederal, provincial and local municipal sup-port is there. We believe the project will ma-terialize soon and will be a great success.This project will ease pressure from SurreyMemorial Hospital and other hospitalsaround the Lower Mainland by providingthis cultural appropriate service - a first ofits kind in B.C. Gill urged the community tosupport this project regardless of their po-litical or religious affiliations as this projectwill provide services to all who need thistype of facility.
Osoyoos attracts the attention of Indian film industryBollywood actors in town to film action romance under renowned directorOsoyoos hasn't yet become asatellite of Bollywood, but it is in-creasingly coming to the attentionof the Indian film industry as a lo-cation with much to offer.Recently, renowned Punjabi di-rector Baljit Singh Deo has beenfilming at locations around Osoy-oos for his upcoming movie,Crash.The crew arrived late to the set atOsoyoos Airport.The weather hadn't been co-oper-ative and they had been busyshooting another scene at ElkinkRanch on the other side of RichterPass.With gusting winds, a crew,mostly hired from Vancouver,carefully moves sandbags thatkeep a large reflector screen fromblowing over. More crew mem-bers adjusted the position of thecamera.Deo directs two Bollywood actors,Jimmy Shergill (Jasjit Singh Gill)and MukulDev, both of whomhave several dozen film credits inIndian cinema, including bothfilms in their native Punjabi and inHindi, the language of the Bolly-wood film industry in Mumbai.They are filming a sequencewhere the two men are talkingoutside a car.Nearby is the airport runway, apopular site for local drag races.This runway was an ideal find, ex-
plains Mark Gamache, a Vancou-ver-based locations manager whohas worked on numerous Holly-wood films, as well as on Indianfilms made in Canada.Gamache credits the Town of Os-oyoos for its co-operation in mak-ing the airport available for thefilm.“You film the car sequences onthe runway, and if you shoot at theright angle you getall the scenery in thebackground and it'sso much safer thanbeing on an actualhighway, divertingtraffic,” saidGamache. “So thisis a great find in a great facilityand we’re really grateful to beable to use this.”Deo, who grew up in the UnitedKingdom and is now based inVancouver, is also very pleasedtobe using Osoyoos as a location.“You have one of the most amaz-ing sightings here,” said Deo.“And not only that, it’s easier towork with local people, easy in thesense that we don’t have to gothrough this permit, that permit tobe able to shoot. More than that, Ican point my camera anywhere inOsoyoos and have an absolutelybeautiful background.”This isn’t Deo’s first film in Osoy-oos. Three years ago, he shot a
movie here called Mirza – TheUntold Story and also used thesame airport runway.That Punjabi action romance wasreleased in April 2012 and be-came a box office super hit inIndia with the highest opening dayreceipts for a Punjabi film to date.And unlike many American filmsshot in Canada, the location isn’ta stand-in for somewhere else.
The setting is actually supposedto represent Osoyoos.Nor does this area merely play abit part, even though earlier partsof the film are shot in the LowerMainland.“Everything we shoot in Osoyoosis the prominent climax of thefilm,” said Deo.He describes the role that Osoy-oos plays in the movie.“There was an innocent man whoaccidentally kills somebody andthought he could make a run tothe U.S. border through Osoy-oos,” said Deo. “So we’re doing ascene where he’s trying to makea run and he’s on the way to theborder.”
There may be a few pickup shotsin the town, Gamache says.After Deo shot Mirza here in 2011,another Indian director, Gurbir-Grewal also used Osoyoos as alocation for the film SaadiWakhri-HaiShaan in May 2012.Deo thinks other filmmakers willalso choose to come to Osoyoosfor the exceptional location andthe lack of red tape.
Actor Shergill saidhe comes toCanada often to pro-mote his Bollywoodfilms, but this is thefirst time he hasmade a movie inCanada.
He has known Deo a long time,but until now their plans to make amovie together haven’t workedout.“This is beautiful,” he said. “I’venever been to Osoyoos beforeand I’d heard a lot about it.”The busy shooting schedule has-n’t given him any time for sight-seeing, but he hopes to getaround to a few B.C. highlightswith his family, who are currentlystaying in Vancouver, before re-turning to Mumbai.In this film he plays the role of ayoung man who comes from Pun-jab to Canada to make somethingof himself, but he soon falls in lovewith a girl.
“It’s a romantic thriller,” he said,adding that the treatment of thefilm breaks from the Bollywoodformula for dance and music. “Iwould say it’s very noir. You knowhow they make those Europeanfilms and world cinema. It mightbe a normal story of a guy comingfrom India to Canada to makesomething of himself and falling inlove with a girl, but the treatmentis what’s going to matter.”Raj Tiwana, assistant director,also agrees that Deo’s moviesdon’t follow the Bollywood for-mula.“This guy has nailed it in everymanner in terms of music, direc-tion, actors, storyline becausehe’s not a guy who makes typicalBollywood movies,” said Tiwana,who is based in Vancouver. “Hewants to break the rules and thinkoutside the box.”Near the runway sit a couple ofrented ambulances and policecars while a few actors dressedas paramedics stand around wait-ing for their scene, which involvesa chase.The clouds thicken and the windspick up. The chase scene mustwait.Despite this town’s abundance ofsunshine, there are some thingseven a skilled director like Deocan’t control.
By Richard McGuire -Special to the Indo-Okanagan Times
Saharanpur: 20 held, curfew remains in forceSAHARANPUR: Twenty people werearrested as curfew and shoot-at-sightorders today remained in force in the
city hitb yclashesbetweent w ocommu-n i t i e sover aland dis-pute.Distr ictMag i s -t r a t eS a n d -
hya Tiwari said, "The situation is bet-ter than yesterday. I have to justimpose the law and order in the cityand the situation is quite normal
now." Three persons were yesterdaykilled and 19 others, including police-men, injured in the clashes as mobsindulged in arson after which curfewwas clamped and shoot-at-sight or-dered.Five policemen, a city magistrate,and 13 others were injured. A consta-ble Shensar Pal was stated to be inserious condition in Chandigarh PGIafter suffering a bullet injury.On the land dispute, Tiwari said, "I'mnot going into it... The construction ison hold." She said 20 people havebeen arrested in connection with theviolence.Police had fired rubber bullets to con-trol the situation as mobs went on therampage, setting several shops afire.Prohibitory orders under Section 144of CrPC have been invoked in the
district and curfew was clamped in sixareas, according to Commissioner,Saharanpur, Tanveer Zafar Ali.Additional forces, including from PAC,CRPF, RAF and ITBP have been de-ployed in the troubled areas.Trouble began when members of onecommunity started construction workat the site in Kutubsher area in thewee hours yesterday, which was ob-jected to by the other group.Both the sides indulged in heavybrick-batting, arson and opened fireand there were reports of severalshops being gutted in the clash, po-lice said.Saharanpur is nearly 170 km from na-tional capital Delhi and 560 km fromstate capital Lucknow.
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Akal Takht steps in; warring Sikh groups call off conclavesThe warring Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and Haryana Sikh lead-ers on Saturday called off theirrespective conclaves in Amritsarand Karnal over separate gurd-wara panel controversy.The move came after AkalTakht, the highest temporal seatof Sikhs, stepped in to avert apossible confrontation betweenthe two sides and directed thatall conventions called by the op-posing groups be called off.Addressing a press conferencein Amritsar, Akal Takht JathedarGiani Gurbachan Singh, said;"In the prevailing circum-stances, I feel that every effortshould be initiated to evade apossible conflict. The latest inci-dent in Saharanpur has addedto our worries. Therefore, I di-rect both the parties to call offtheir conclaves in Amritsar andKarnal."He said Akal Takht along withother Takht Jathedars and rep-resentatives of community willtry to get the two sides on thenegotiation table and find anamicable solution to the stand-off.If the parties refuse to follow thedirections, then action will beinitiated against them as perPanthic traditions. He said theorders were applicable to allconclaves to be held in Amritsartomorrow and in Karnal on July28.
The ruling SAD respondedswiftly to Jathedar's directionsand said it was calling off itsmeeting to be held on Sunday atGurdwara Manji Sahib Diwan
Hall in the Golden Temple Com-plex.Cabinet Minister and SADSecretary Dr Daljit SinghCheema said: "We have in-formed Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal and Deputy CMSukhbir Badal about AkalTakht's decision. They haveasked us to immediately cancelthe meetings in the interest ofthe community."On Akal Takht'smove to resolve the issuethrough talks, Cheema said theAkali Dal has always obeyed
Takht's directives.The SAD had called a massivecongregation in Amritsar on July27. The party had planned tolaunch a "Morcha" against the
formation of Haryana Sikh Gur-dwara management Committee.The "Morcha" was to be led byCM Badal.Haryana Sikh leaders also can-celled their convention in Kar-nal.The SGPC had made massivearrangements for the SAD con-clave. It had erected huge 'pan-dals' outside Manji Sahib DiwanHall and also installed LCDscreens. The committee hadbooked around 1,500 rooms in
nearby inns and hotels, besidesmaking an arrangement for 'lan-gar' for one lakh people. Over5,000 policemen were deployedto take care of security arrange-
ments.V a r i o u sb o d i e sh a v ehailed theA k a lT a k h t ' smove tod e f u s et e n s i o n ."It is awe l comestep takenb yJa thedarGiani Gur-b a c h a nS i n g h , "S G P Cm e m b e rB h a i
Hardeep Singh said.Welcoming the SAD decision tocall off its conclave, radical Sikhoutfit Dal Khalsa said: "It willdefinitely reduce tension andavert a possible confrontationbetween the two factions."Former DSGMC chief HarvinderSingh Sarna, Sehajdhari SikhParty chief PS Ranu and SikhIntellectual Council chief DrSuba Singh also hailed theTakht's move.Earlier, various Sikh organisa-
tions and intellectuals hadasked both groups to call offtheir conclaves, saying it woulddeepen the divide within thecommunity.Move to defuse tensionAkal Takht ordered cancellationof conclaves on Saturday to de-escalate rising tension betweenSAD and Haryana Sikh leaders.Both sides are locked in a bitterstand-off over the creation of theHSGMCWhile SAD had called a meetingin Amritsar on Sunday, HaryanaSikh leaders had planned anevent in Karnal on Monday.The meetings were being seenas a flashpoint between the twosides with the potential of divid-ing the Sikh community.Giani Gurbachan Singh, Akaltakht jathedar"In the prevailingcircumstances, I feel that everyeffort should be initiated toevade a possible conflict."Giani Gurbachan Singh, Akaltakht jathedarJhinda becomes firstHSGMC chiefThe Haryana Sikh GurdwaraManagement Committee in itsfirst house meeting on Saturdayelected Jagdish Singh Jhinda(extreme right) as its first chief.Didar Singh Nalvi and JogaSingh were elected as seniorvice-president and general sec-retary, respectively.
Solanki takes over as HaryanaGuv; mum on gurdwara row
Veteran BJP leader Kaptan SinghSolanki was sworn in as the 16thHaryana Governor.stice Ashutosh Mohunta, actingChief Justice of Punjab andH a r y a n aHigh Court,administeredthe oath ofoffice to theleader at RajB h a v a n .Solanki tookthe oath inHindi in thepresence ofChief Minis-ter Bhupin-der SinghHooda.Solanki evaded answering ques-tions related to the row over for-mation of the Haryana SikhGurdwara Management Commit-tee (HSGMC). “This is not the oc-casion to talk about it,” he said.During his interaction with themedia in Delhi yesterday, he hadsaid that Haryana should abide bythe Centre’s directive on the issueand that he would take an appro-priate action after getting theHSGMC issue reviewed.He had clarified that these werehis personal observations and notas the Governor-designate.
During brief interaction with themedia, where Hooda was alsopresent, Solanki preferred to stayquiet on the issue, but said: “I amaware of my constitutional re-
s p o n s i b i l i -ties,” hintingthat hewould reviewthe issueonce he set-tled down.Meanwhi le,in a snide re-mark on them e d i a ,Hooda said:“Yeh hi rehgaya haiinke paas
(the media has only one questionto ask).”However, the Governor congratu-lated the people of Haryana forprogressing well and said hehoped Haryana would play an im-portant role in taking India forwardon the path of progress. BesidesHooda, his Cabinet colleagues,judges of the Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court, senior officers ofHaryana, Punjab and Chandigarhattended the swearing-in cere-mony. His wife Rani Solanki wasgiven a warm welcome by thosepresent.
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India Bookworld, formerly establishedas Asian Publications (Canada) in1993, has been a leading supplier ofSouth Asian books in North Americaand around the world. After 20 yearsof success in online and wholesaleoperations, India Bookworld has nowestablished one of the first retailstores of its kind in Canada.This new bookstore opened at Sur-rey’s York Business Center in Febru-ary 2014 with an inaugural ceremonyattended by over 150 local residents,authors, librarians and dignitaries.Even Canada’s Prime Minister’s of-fice sent warmest greetings on thisoccasion: “Through the creation ofthis new Store, Canadians of all back-grounds are exposed to South Asianhistory and culture, and these thrivingMulticultural communities and busi-nesses are integral part of our coun-try’s success as a pluralisticdemocracy”.India Bookworld specializes in booksand audio-visual material on a widerange of topics: religion, culture, his-tory, languages learning, children,yoga, health, cooking, arts, bolly-wood, astrology, numerology, and alarge selection of fiction and non-fic-tion popular books. In addition to Eng-lish, these books are available inpopular Indian languages, includingPunjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati,Urdu, Sanskrit, Tamil, among others.These books and other materials areimported from India, the UK, and USAon a regular basis.India Bookworld is managed by highlyeducated and experienced profes-sional staff who have decades of ex-perience in librarianship and bookpublishing. The staff continually doesresearch to monitor key trends in pub-lishing, customer groups, and tech-nology to update their collectionaccordingly. The team works closelywith librarians, teachers, universityprofessionals, government officials,local authors, students, and othercustomers to understand their customneeds and provides appropriate con-sultation.Institutional customers are core of ourbusiness. India Bookworld suppliesbooks and media (audio CDs andDVDs) to various institutions across
Canada and the United States, in-cluding public and academic libraries,public and private schools, regionaland federal government agencies,and non-profit and NGOs.In March 2012, India Bookworldlaunched its publishing programunder the name of Asian Publications,and has published its first book “Pun-jabi Names & Their Meanings”. Theirediting, design and production serv-ices ensure the highest quality ofbook as well as electronic publishing.Manuscripts are invited for publicationin English, Punjabi, Hindi and otherIndian languages. If anyone is inter-ested in publishing, they are asked tosend a brief summary of their publi-cation to [email protected] our editorial team will carefullyexamine the proposals. We also en-courage children’s authors to producebilingual picture books that can beeasily understood by Canadian-bornchildren and other ethnic groups.The sales division works with authorsin promoting their printed and e-bookson various available platforms likenewspapers, magazines, radio, tele-vision public meetings, exhibitionsand online.There are many prominent awardwinning Indo-Canadian authors whohave published bestsellers in variouslanguages. India Bookworld is devel-oping a special collection of works bylocal authors and will be actively pro-moting their publications among localcustomers and libraries.This article provides a brief glimpseinto some of the popular subjects/top-ics they carry and the services theyoffer at India Bookworld. They inviteyou to visit their bookstore and ex-plore their vast collection. Their teamwill be happy to serve you or just con-tact them via e-mail or phone withyour queries and you can place yourorder for books that are not availablelocally.Keep reading good books!Dr. Rajwant Singh ChilanaIndia Bookworld117-B, 12888-80th Ave (York Center)Surrey, BC, V3W 3A8www.indiabookworld.caPh: 604-593-5967Ph: 604-595-2923
14 kids die in Telangana train-bus crashDriver’s short-cut proves fatal; accident
takes place at unmanned crossingHyderabad, Sixteen persons, including 14school children, were killed and 20 othersseriously injured when a train rammed intotheir bus at an unmanned railway crossingin Masayipet village of Telangana’s Medakdistrict. The driver and the cleaner of thebus were among killed.The driver’s decision to avoid nearbymanned railway gates to take a shorterroute, and failure to spot the oncomingNanded-Secunderabad passenger trainwhile crossing, wereblamed for the mishapwhich took place be-tween Masaipet and Wa-diaram stations onSecunderabad-Nizam-abad section.The bus, being driven byanother driver as the reg-ular one was on leave,was carrying about 40students of a privateschool at Toopran in thedistrict. The children,aged between 5 and 15,had been picked up fromvarious parts of Yeldurthymandal and the bus wason its way to the school.“Fourteen students, including eight boysand six girls besides the driver and thecleaner were killed in the mishap. At least20 students were rushed to Yashoda hos-pital in Hyderabad,” said Medak District Su-perintendent of Police Shemushi Bajpai.According to the hospital, seven out of the20 injured students are in a critical condi-tion. It was a heart-rending scene at the siteof the mishap, with books, school-bags andlunch boxes strewn around and incon-solable parents standing near the bodies ofchildren. The bus was a blood-stained
mangled heap. The railway authorities ear-lier put the death toll at 18, but the local ad-ministration said it was 16.Bikshapati Goud, a temporarily hired driver,took a short-cut, instead of passing througheither of the two manned level crossings inthe radius of 1.5 km of the accident site.“The driver took (the route passing through)the unmanned gate to cross the railwaytracks as the distance through a mannedgate is a bit longer. This proved fatal for stu-
dents,” said Medak dis-trict’s in-charge collectorA Sharat. The traindragged the bus for 50metres before coming tohalt.“The regular bus driverused to be alert andwould watch both sidesof the tracks whilecrossing the site wherethe accident happened,”said Government Rail-way Police InspectorGeneral Kripanand Tri-pathi Ujela.The Telangana Govern-ment said it was Rail-ways’ responsibility to
put a manned gate at the level-crossing,and locals were making this demand for along time. Ordering an inquiry, Chief Minis-ter K Chandrasekhar Rao announced a Rsfive lakh ex-gratia each to the families ofthe deceased and announced that medicalexpenditure of the treatment of injured stu-dents would be borne by the state govern-ment. Rao expressed his shock and angerwhen he spoke to South Central RailwayGeneral Manager P K Srivastava about themishap, sources said.
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