Music is within the fabric of the soul. This holds true for Amar Jitla, or better known in music circles as DJ Lajit. As a teenager, he chose not to follow the conventions of a traditional career path, but dared to carve his own road and embark on an unknown musical journey.
His musical education is [...]
There is a famous saying that “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” In the history of humanity, we have had many great people deliver different kinds of contributions for the betterment of society. In our community and across the world, there have been people who fought for rights and equality, [...]
A Look At The South Asian Candidates For the Up Coming Surrey Civic Elections
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Barinder Rasode grew up in Kamloops and has been a resident of Surrey for the past 20 years. She studied at Simon Fraser University and is currently employed by the Professional Employees Association.
Barinder Rasode is a strong advocate of Surrey’s new Transportation [...]
It was a journey of life for the small Sikh family of a husband, wife and an infant boy of 18 months. A very long one which demanded a very high spirit of endeavor and sacrifice through all the seven oceans. The year was 1924. Leaving India they were in search of their new [...]
Arsh Buttar, born and raised in Victoria, BC, is currently in his second year at the University of Victoria. The 18 year old is pursuing his degree in biochemistry and eventually wants to become a neurosurgeon.
“A biochemistry degree would allow me to obtain all the pre-r equisites required to transition into pre-med. The brain has [...]
Smart, witty, down-to-earth and sophisticated, perfectly describe Dave Mann. When I first sat with Dave Mann, I was quite impressed with how he carried himself, quick on his feet; he was able to easily direct a large group of individuals busily working to establish a New Years Eve Gala event. He had at least 50 [...]
Smiling through a series of painful breakups, face-offs with the media, ample lawsuits, and showdowns with close friends from the cinema industry, Salman Khan has come a long way. He has worked in more flops than hits during this long journey of two decades and two years. However, his craze among his millions of fans [...]
To date, when the credits roll what part are you most proud of?
The part that makes me part of a groundbreaking venture.
How does your South Asian heritage help you in your acting career and how does it hold you back?
I grew up listening to M.S. Subbalakshmi and Hindi film songs as well as to the [...]
How does your South Asian heritage help you in your acting career and how does it hold you back?
The only way I can see it holding me back is that I’ll probably never have the opportunity to appear in a classic British adaptation of a period drama such as “Pride and Prejudice” or [...]
How does your South Asian heritage help you in your acting career and how does it hold you back?
It definitely helps when going out for specifically South Asian roles. It’s an added color (no pun intended) on parts that aren’t specific about ethnicity as well as it allows me to play roles from Europe and [...]
