SOUTH ASIAN FOCUS
‘Voice of the South Asian Community’ Thursday, November 19, 2009, Volume 3, Issue 46.

In Focus This Week
Bollywood, Leisure, Lifestyle, Wellness Pgs 12-18.

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MULTICULTURALISM 'HAS ITS LIMITS'; NEW STUDY GUIDE OMITS KOMAGATA
The minister was addressing the media after releasing a new, more comprehensive study guide for Canadian citizenship. The new guide will form the basis for newcomers taking the citizenship test from Mar 1, 2010, with the test format itself also having been revamped.

CALL TO NOMINATE TOP IMMIGRANTS
Canadians have been invited to submit nominations for their “Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2010.”.

MUSLIMS URGED TO GET THEIR FLU SHOTS
Ingredients of the H1N1 vaccines have become a hotly debated topic of discussion among the community and many plan to not get the shots because of fears of a possible ‘haram’ substance — gelatin (processed from pigskin) — contained in the vaccine..

In Focus This Week
Bollywood, Leisure, Lifestyle, Wellness Pgs 12-18.

SOUTH ASIAN FOCUS
‘Voice of the South Asian Community’ Thursday, November 19, 2009, Volume 3, Issue 46.

STEPPING UP FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES
A new diabetes education team in William Osler Health System will help more people with diabetes live healthy lives and ensure that fewer Ontarians develop the disease..

MULTICULTURALISM 'HAS ITS LIMITS'; NEW STUDY GUIDE OMITS KOMAGATA
“There will be a slight increase in the number of questions, from 20 to 24, with multiple-choice answers,” he said. “While the nature of questions will be the same, their quality will reflect the changes to the guide: instead of mere trivia, they will help new Canadians understand the basis of Canadian traditions, democracy, etc.

CALL TO NOMINATE TOP IMMIGRANTS
“RBC has a longstanding commitment to making it easier for newcomers to get settled, established and succeed in Canada,” said Camon Mak, director, Multicultural Markets, RBC..

MUSLIMS URGED TO GET THEIR FLU SHOTS
“More than 3,000 patients worldwide have been vaccinated with Pandemrix and Arepanrix in clinical trials to date, and over 1.5 million people have received Pandemrix and Arepanrix through ongoing, worldwide vaccination programmes. It’s very safe,” Megan Spoore, GSK’s spokesperson in Mississauga, told Focus.

COMMUNITY
Community.

COERCED TO WED, TWICE OVER
Born and raised in Birmingham, England as the youngest of six children, Chand was married off to a 26-year-old man in B.C. when she was 17. She remembers asking her father – what if they didn’t like each other? “My father told me this was the guy I was going to get married to.

MISSISSAUGA TO CLEAR SNOW WINDROWS
“A ‘windrow’ is the snow left at the bottom of a driveway after a snowplow has cleared a road,” said commissioner of Transportation Works, Martin Powell. “The pilot program will provide windrow snow clearing service after every snow plowing operation.

HOPE FOR DUPED SPONSORS
“Canada and Ontario have a case-by-case discretion whether to enforce sponsorship debt, taking into account a sponsor’s submissions concerning the sponsor’s circumstances and those of their sponsored relatives,” said the 115-page decision..

STEPPING UP FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES
The move forms part of the government’s Ontario Diabetes Strategy, which includes the creation of 51 new diabetes education teams province-wide, comprised primarily of registered nurses and dietitians, to provide more Ontarians with access to the supports they need, said Linda Jeffrey, MPP, Brampton – Springdale.

MARKHAM SET FOR ZERO TAX... AGAIN
“Once again, Council and staff have stepped up to the challenge on behalf of taxpayers,” said Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti. “Throughout 2009, we continued to look for ways to improve our services and reduce costs. And, this year again we have seen positive results including additional savings from the investments we made in key areas.

COMMUNITY
Community.

DRIVE SAFELY IN WINTER – TRANSPORT MINISTRY
As Ontarians begin another Canadian winter, motorists need to take extra precautions and adjust their driving habits to cold, icy and snowy conditions. The Ministry of Transportation’s Winter Driving booklet (www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/ winterdrive) provides driving tips for winter road conditions.

Letters
Whatever details have come so far from the United States in the wake of the arrest of suspected terrorist David Coleman Headley are disturbing.

MOSAIC/OPINION
Mosaic/Opinion.

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Stiffening Moral Fibre
STIFFENING MORAL FIBRE: Tora’s Gabriel Sepahi in the blue belt sends fellow Tora Andrew Persaud to the mat. Toro Judo Club held its annual tournament at Brampton’s Terry Miller Recreation Centre last weekend. The event witnessed lively action, with 60 judokas vying for top honours.

In Brief
The evening includes dinner, a talk by Jasteena Dhillon, an international lawyer and women’s activist/genocide watcher, female drummers, art auction and live painting by Kumkum Ramchandani, Abhinav Misra and Marlene Leighton, poetry and fusion dance depicting empowerment of women.

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HINDU MUSEUM TO BUILD SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL IN RICHMOND HILL
The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization is the first knowledge based museum dedicated to showcasing the essence of Hinduism in North America. Its objective is to engage, educate and entertain visitors of all ages, especially our school and university students.

COMMUNITY
Community.

Letters
The love marriage angle is very difficult. Despite the fact that many of us believe we will find either the king or queen of our dreams and live happily ever after, the divorce rate in Canada, where love marriges abound, is very high, and in India where the majority of marriages are still arranged, is very low, so we are stumped.

COLLEGE BEING SET UP TO BOOST SKILLED TRADES
“The skilled trades are more important to Ontario’s future than ever before. Establishing the College of Trades recognizes the sector’s professionalism, and will help Ontario produce the skilled workers we need to compete in tomorrow’s economy,” said John Milloy, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

ICCC EVENT THIS WEEKEND
The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce is holding its Annual Holiday Dinner Dance 2009 Friday, Nov 20, 2009 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Mississauga..

COMMUNITY/BUSINESS
Community/Business.

'RESPECT YOUR ELDERS'
All cultures teach respect for their elders, with people from South Asia elevating this sentiment to a religion in its own right — a fond duty and privilege to be performed by grown children for their parents..

BANGALORE’S SEX WORKERS FIGHT STIGMA OF HIV/AIDS
“It’s been a hard life. Most of the time women are forced into sex. Being a sex worker itself is a stigma and if she is HIV positive, it is a double blow, as society treats her with lot of discrimination,” said Shobha, a sex worker who is also HIV positive.

TRIBUTE TO GANDHI
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen place a wreath at Rajghat — the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi — in New Delhi this week. During Harper’s visit, Canada signed two agreements with India fostering a closer partnership based on mutual trade and investment interests.

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10 COPS SUSPENDED FOR KILLING MAN
This week angry residents set a police station on fire, injured about two dozen policemen, damaged half a dozen public and private vehicles including the official Gypsy vehicle of a sub divisional magistrate and two state roadways buses and blocked traffic movement on National Highway 24, that leads to Lucknow.

SINGH, OBAMA TO DISCUSS N-FUEL REPROCESSING DEAL
With a view to reaching a reprocessing deal, a key US commitment under the 123 India-US civil nuclear agreement, the two sides have decided to hold another round of talks Nov. 20- 21, on the eve of Manmohan Singh’s visit, to finalise “an agreement on arrangements and procedures for reprocessing spent fuel”.

PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
Plane makes emergency landing.

KASAB ON RADAR IN HEADLEY PROBE
The NIA is now expected to interrogate Kasab to ascertain how he and nine other terrorists got information of the target sites. Since Kasab is undergoing trial, the NIA will need to seek the court’s permission before questioning him..

THE LITTLE MASTERS
Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath and Amitabh Bachchan at Gavaskar’s felicitation gathering in Mumbai last week. A special book, complied by Debasish Datta, was launched to pay tribute to the legendary Sunil Manohar Gavaskar.

B’DESH SLIGHTLY LESS CORRUPT
According to the report, Bangladesh has made a significant progress in curbing corruption raising its score to 2.4 compared to last year’s 2.1. Bangladesh is one of the nine countries that performed the best. The other countries are Belarus, Guatemala, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Syria and Tonga.

BURGLAR RING TARGETING DESIS FOR GOLD BUSTED
The burglaries generated intense concern in the South Asian community, and three town hall-style meetings were held, first with elected officials and then, last month, with Fairfax Police Chief David M. Rohrer. Residents were pleased by the arrests..

CENTRAL BANK BOMBING SUSPECT HELD IN COLOMBO
He was suspected of transporting the 440 pounds of high explosives used for the attack from Vavuniya to Colombo. In 2002, Colombo High Court judge sentenced Navaratnam in absentia to 200 years of rigorous imprisonment..

US-BORN CHILD, MOM TO BE DEPORTED
US-born child, mom to be deported.

DIASPORA/SUBCONTINENT
Diaspora/Subcontinent.

TALIBAN SWAT CHIEF ESCAPES TO AFGHANISTAN
The embassy said these allegations are false and malicious. The United States supports the decisive military actions being taken by Pakistan military forces against militants in South Waziristan and elsewhere. Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States are working together against insurgents who seek to destabilize or kill innocent civilians.

MUSHARRAF DENIES MEETING WITH UN COMMISSION
Talking to channel, spokesman of former president Barrister Saif said that Musharraf had informed Benazir Bhutto about her life security risk and fool proof security was provided after her arrival. No meeting of Musharraf took place with UN commission, he maintained.

GILANI TO ADDRESS MEHSUD TRIBES DEPRIVATION
The PM appreciated Mehsud tribe’s patriotism. He further added that the government will soon compensate the losses incurred in devastation during the military operation in FATA and Malakand. On this occasion, a special support group arranged detailed briefing for Gilani on the relief work for South Waziristan IDPs.

MINISTERS AVOIDING ATTENDING OFFICES
Provincial Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel had shifted his office from the ministerial block to the fortified building near Home Department where Minister for Higher Education Qazi Muhammad Asad and Minister for Schools and Literacy Sardar Hussain Babak have their offices.

FORBES' LIST OF MOST POWERFUL PERSONS
On the other hand, Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin (No. 3) scored points because he likes to throw his weight around by jailing oligarchs, invading neighboring countries and periodically cutting off Western Europe’s supply of natural gas..

TALIBAN BLOW UP GIRLS' SCHOOL
It is worth mentioning that recently, DIG Operations Quetta Shahid Nizam Durrani had told media that Quetta police had ascertained whereabouts of killers of slain Balochistan education minister Shafique Ahmed Khan and they would be apprehended soon.

PAKISTAN
Pakistan.

ABBASI URGES ZARDARI TO RESOLVE ISSUES
PPP should be clear on the issues and president must come forward to resolve these issues. It is responsibility of leadership to remove weaknesses exists in the party and president should select good aides for consultations, he added..

AMITABH, AAMIR TO PROMOTE PAA, 3 IDIOTS
“Aamir comes over at my initiative to discuss a few promotional points for our respective films. It is always a joy to meet him... We have always spent time together discussing various topics of common interest and yes films is one of them. Lets see how things go,” Amitabh posted on his blog www.

KURBAAN SPOTLIGHTS GLOBAL TERRORISM
“The film has a deeprooted love story to it, but it is not a frothy romantic film that we are time and again exposed to. The love story is much deeper here. There is a definite meaning, purpose and reason to it. Also, the film is quite powerful in its own way since it’s the voice of moderate Islam,” Kareena had told IANS.

AFTAB THANKS SHAH RUKH FOR HELP IN AAO WISH
“I was looking for a very popular voice... which people can easily recognise and could think only of Shah Rukh. He readily agreed to lend his voice and I am thankful to him for that,” Aftab told IANS..

SHAMITA OUT OF BIGG BOSS FOR SISTER'S WEDDING
Shamita was earlier unaware of Shilpa’s engagement with London-based businessman Raj Kundra until model Pravesh Rana came in and informed her about it. The engagement was facilitated without her knowledge..

ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment.

SOHA DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY SAIF'S SISTER
Asked if she would be interested in venturing into production or direction, the 31-year-old said: “I might venture into production but not anytime soon. At the moment I feel that I’m very new and I love being in front of the camera and I want to continue acting.

IFFI TO FEATURE RETROSPECTIVE OF INDIAN FILM ANIMATION
IFFI is being organised by the directorate of film festivals, ministry of information and broadcasting in collaboration with the government of Goa and the Indian film industry with Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) as its partner in hosting the festival in Goa since 2004.

AJAY, KONKONA AND PARESH TEAM UP FOR NEW COMEDY
The film is being directed by Ashwani Dheer, who made his directorial debut with the 2008 movie One Two Three..

A.R. RAHMAN MESMERISES KOLKATA AUDIENCE
Waving an invisible magic wand, Rahman effortlessly co-ordinated the show at various times fiddling with the key-board, piano and the harmonium, with percussionist Shivamani giving him admirable support..

ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment.

BRAUTI THORNING ZIBARRAS
As a former Crown attorney and civil litigator, Pradeep is an aggressive, resultsdriven lawyer who has conducted countless administrative hearings and civil litigation trials. He has appeared at all levels of court in the province of Ontario, as well as the Federal Court of Canada.

BOLLYWOOD COMPOSERS REDISCOVER SUFI MUSIC
The divine strains of Sufi music in film songs have become a huge hit with listeners and music directors are cashing in on its increasing popularity. Most soundtracks today boast of at least one Sufi song and they are popular among all age groups, from seasoned music lovers to youngsters.

2012 MAKES RS190M IN OPENING WEEKEND IN INDIA
“The film has performed exceedingly well in both metros as well as smaller centres appealing to a large range of audiences, including families who are drawn to the personal family storyline,” Kercy Daruwala, managing director of Sony Pictures India said.

ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment.

STEPPING UP FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES
“With the blessings and guidance of Swami Ramdevji and Acharya Balkrishnaji, Patanjali Yog Peeth Canada conducted over 119 diabetes awareness engagements across Canada on occasion of the ‘World Diabetes Day’ Nov 14, offering free Indian Yog practices to manage diabetes,” he said.

YOUR HEALTH
(NC)—Osteoporosis, a chronic condition that makes bones brittle and more likely to fracture, affects more than two million Canadians. Despite its prevalence, a recent Leger Marketing survey of Canadian women between the ages of 55 and 75 shows that many do not fully understand the impact of osteoporosis or the role of appropriate treatment options.

LIFESTYLE & WELLNESS
Lifestyle Wellness.

GLUEY MASHED TATERS GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
The best way to make mashed potatoes is to simmer the potatoes (never boil) with just enough water to cover until fork-tender, and then mash them by hand with a potato masher, press them through a ricer or beat on low speed with an electric mixer..

Your Weekly Horoscope
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21).

COUPLE TIPS TO HANDLING CASH
A recent survey of Canadians commissioned by Credit Canada and Capital One found for every one in five Canadians (20 per cent), the primary bread winner has suddenly changed. For many couples, this shift has altered the dynamic of their relationship.

STRANGE BUT TRUE
“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” • You may be surprised to learn that in 1980, the mayor of Detroit gave the key to the city to the Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein.

TRIVIA TEST
1. A mob 2. Dull 3. The Argo 4. GEICO 5. Martin Luther King Jr. 6. Pregnancy 7. Edward R. Murrow 8. Philip Roth 9. “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness” 10. Bay of Bengal.

LIFESTYLE & LEISURE
Lifestyle Leisure.

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LEISURE
Leisure.

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AMBER WAVES
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POPEYE
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SANTA AT SHOPPERS WORLD THIS WEEKEND
Over 300 participants from the community will lead Santa, along with some of your favorite characters, Belle, Cinderella, Andy, Wild Water Kingdom’s Hugo and many, many more! Don’t forget your cameras, as photo opportunities will be available immediately following the parade.

WINTER PASSPORT FROM ATTRACTIONS ONTARIO
The Summer Passport Magazine has been a huge success since it was introduced 20 years ago. In 2009, 1.1 million copies were distributed. Well over 40,000 coupons were redeemed at Ontario Attractions resulting in more that $60 million in economic impact to the Ontario Tourism Industry.

GROUND REALITIES OF HOME RENOVATIONS
If you’ve turned on the TV lately you have probably seen enough reality shows to know how quickly home renovations can go wrong. But renovations don’t have to be a disaster; with enough awareness, planning and preparation you can be well on your way to a happy home.

Photo Spectrum
PHOTO SPECTRUM.

INTEGRATING DISABLED INTO OUR MAINSTREAM
The Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory Committee and Accessibility Planning Program will hold a function to commemorate the 5th United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Peel, Wednesday, Dec 2, 9am-4pm, at Embassy Grand Convention Centre (8800 The Gore Rd, Brampton).

COMMUNITY & LEISURE
Community Leisure.

Apartments & Flats For Rent
Trinity Mall, busses, and more. 905-799-2190.

House Cleaning
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Rooms For Rent & Wanted
2006 Nissan Altima, 4cly., Auto, Power lock/ window, heated mirrors, keyless entry, A/C, CD. 69,000km, Very clean and very good condition. Single driver. $14,900/ BO. 416- 726-8189.

Hotel / Restaurant
Must have experience in Idli,Dosa, Poori, Uttapam, Paratha and Vegetarian dishes.

MATRIMONIALS
Matrimonials.

RM RENOVATION AND HANDYMAN SERVICE
All your Home Repairs Painting, Plastering,Tiling, Grouting, Closet SpaceShelving, Furniture Assembling etc. etc Licensed and Insured www.RM-Renovations.com.

MATRIMONIALS
parsi@bell.net.

SERVICE DIRECTORY
Service Directory.

Apartments & Flats For Rent
3 2 bedrooms, 2 1 baths, newly renovated, detached, raised bungalow, immediate close to B r a m a l e a / Steeles. Hardwood flooring, $1800 negotiable utilities. 416-897-1770 or 647-300-2710.

South Asian Focus Classifieds
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SERVICE DIRECTORY
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MATRIMONIALS
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MATRIMONIALS
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MATRIMONIALS
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