Interview – International Day of Yoga at the United Nations: June 21, 2017
On December 11 in 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of Yoga. The declaration came…
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MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day commemorates all Americans who have died in military service for the United States. Memorial Day 2017 Monday, May 29 Memorial Day…
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COCONUT-BASED FACE MASKS TO TRY
The miracles and virtues of coconut oil in diet and skincare have been extolled extensively. But the coconut itself can be a fabulous…
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The Threat from Problematic Organizations and Cults
"I remain hopeful that proper actions can be undertaken to help preserve a welcoming, ethical, tolerant, and legal religious environment in…
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Laughing Buddha
Laughing Buddha PARVEEN CHOPRA MANAGING EDITOR, THE SOUTH ASIAN TIMES Two days before destiny and a brutal accident snatched him from…
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Love of India took him back
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A tech whiz no more
A tech whiz no more "Whom the gods love, die young." Karan (Kay) Beri was President of RIC Technology & Services…
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TRIBUTE TO MOTHER
TRIBUTE TO MOTHER Mothers are everything for us when we are small...our lives revolve around her. For everything that we need…
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Trump’s Nixon moment?
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Why Did Trump Fire Comey?
Why Did Trump Fire Comey? President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, May 10, raises one hugely important…
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WINNING BACK THE VALLEY – Kashmir
The deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir, together with strained relations among the Agenda for Alliance partners in the State,…
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND MANKIND: A LITERARY INTERFACE
A tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his 156th birth anniversary which falls on Sunday, May 7, 2017 Rabindra Nath…
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Hire the best: IT companies must seize the moment
Indian IT companies have built their fortunes on outsourcing, but now their business model is under pressure because of a…
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85 South Asian films screened at the 17th NYIFF
NEW YORK (TIP): The 17th annual New York Indian Film Festival is a celebration of off-the-track movies produced in South…
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Panjab University, Chandigarh Professor Emeritus Padma Shri Harkishan Singh
Prof Harkishan Singh is a well-known pharmaceutical academic, prominent medicinal chemist and renowned science historian. On being asked for his…
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Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Amla juice found unfit for consumption and removed from India’s Defense Canteens
Patanjali products have failed tests earlier, too NEW YORK (TIP): The Economic Times has reported that the Indian Ministry of…
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French elections: At the crossroads
French voters have defied predictions time and again. In 1995, Jacques Chirac, a Gaullist conservative who had been trailing in…
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Trump’s first hundred days; Democratic voices have slowed presidential recklessness down
The American presidency remains undoubtedly the most powerful office in the world. The man who sits in the Oval Office…
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Triple Talaq – myths and misperceptions
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has, in a recent meeting, decided on a code of conduct for divorce.…
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Sikhs Take out an Impressive Parade in New York City
NEW YORK (TIP): Despite some showers, Sikh men, women and children in thousands thronged New York City to participate in…
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A Fund Raiser for Health and Education
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Turban Day Celebrated At Times Square In New York
The iconic Times Square in New York was seeped in the colours and tradition of the Sikh culture as members…
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A Vaisakhi Soured: Sikh Guru Insulted
What could be more unfortunate than to find the Sikh Gurdwara managers taking to violence in the presence of Guru…
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Turning India into a land only for Hindus goes against our nation – Perspective
“We are a blended nation. Our long traditions, our languages, our home states, these cultural geographies have blurred and indistinct…
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The strange case of Kulbhushan Jadhav – As I See It
Perhaps the backdrop explains the dynamics at play more than just details of his incarceration “The fact that despite specific…
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Script to unlearn Kashmir begins with sad lessons
In the absence of any initiative to begin a dialogue process, separatists hone their skills to influence people There is…
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350th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Gobind Singh celebrated at the Indian Consulate
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian American community and their friends from the mainstream came together to celebrate the 350th birth…
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At the crossroads — US, China, Pakistan — India has its hands full
“Jingoism may work for domestic electoral cycles, but can be dangerous internationally. Confronting the Sino-Pak combine, assuming Trump as a…
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Ambedkar’s last words of wisdom
In a speech to the Constituent Assembly in 1949, B.R. Ambedkar stressed on the need to have social democracy, and…
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Kulbushan Jadhav death sentence: Risky, ill-considered
Pakistan’s sudden announcement on Monday, April10, that former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav has been sentenced to death by a…
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