December 2021 — Desi News — Celebrating our 28th well-read year!

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PRINT ISSUE - DECEMBER 2021

Desi NewsNovember 26, 2021

HIT PARADE

HIT PARADEDesi NewsNovember 26, 2021Karn Kalra, Bachelor in Paradise Canada, Feel The Beat, Hot Zone: Anthrax, Boyfriends of Christmas Past, Green Book, The Dictator’s Playbook, NBA Portland Trail Blazers, Roy Woods and Flo Rida.

HELP DESK

HELP DESK

Desi NewsNovember 25, 2021gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, Canada’s Assaulted Women’s Helpline, Signal for Help out of a car window, Signal for Help Responder, Canadian Women’s Foundation

DESI DIARY

DESI DIARY

Desi NewsNovember 23, 2021Blue Planet, Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, Raag-Mala Toronto, First Edition Arts (FEA), Devina Dutt, Nishant Parekh, Raag-Mala’s President, Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, TM Krishna, P Unnikrishnan, Mohamed Khaki

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT

HOPE TRIUMPHS

HOPE TRIUMPHS

HOPE TRIUMPHSDesi NewsNovember 23, 2021What is Christmas?, Reverend Tony Zekveld, Hope Centre Brampton

GET GROWING!

GET GROWING!

GET GROWING!Desi NewsNovember 22, 2021Self-help and personal growth books, How To Be More Tree by Liz Marvin and illustrated by Annie Davidson

BOOKWORM

BOOKWORM

BOOKWORMDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Bookworm, Desi News book reviews, Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard, The Other Man by Farhad J Dadyburjor, That Good Night by Sunita Puri, I’ll Be Strong For You by Nasim Marashi, Secrets of State by Matthew Palmer, Can I Recycle This? by Jennie Romer, The Last Tree by Emily Haworth-Booth, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, Brampton Library, Teen Review by Krupa Dave

TRUTH BE TOLD

TRUTH BE TOLD

TRUTH BE TOLDDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Dr Vicki Bismilla, Toxic friends, We Are Not Entitled to Anyone’s Friendship, Mungi Ngomane, Truth be told

SCIENCE MATTERS

SCIENCE MATTERS

SCIENCE MATTERSDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021CBD GUMMY SCAM, David Suzuki, David Suzuki Foundation, Kevin O’Leary, Marshall McLuhan, Brendan Glauser

ARRIVAL LOUNGE

ARRIVAL LOUNGE

ARRIVAL LOUNGEDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Divya Saxena, Tournament MVP at the conclusion of the ICC Women’s 2022 T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier, Canada cricket

NEWS FOR NEWCOMERS

NEWS FOR NEWCOMERS

NEWS FOR NEWCOMERSDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021racialized newcomer women, Racialized Newcomer Women Pilot, Visible Minority Newcomer Women Project, unemployment rate of racialized newcomer women

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESIDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Invited & Forgotten: International Students in Crisis, Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS), Indus Community Services, survivors of violence and human trafficking

GRANT’S DESI ACHIEVER

GRANT’S DESI ACHIEVER

GRANT'S DESI ACHIEVERDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Sahib Singh Rana, Lazeez Shawarma, Nada Nasri, Refugee Girls Worldwide, Canada Day Free Flag For All, Veterans Canada, PMA Canada, Grant's scotch whisky

MEET BILAL

MEET BILAL

MEET BILALDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Bilal Vakani, first South Asian Talk show host at Sirius XM Canada, The Bilal Vakani Hour.

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

COVER STORYDesi NewsNovember 22, 2021Dr Chandrakant Shah, Eagle Feather by the First Nations House at the University of Toronto, the Anishnawbe, Sudbury Indigenous Health Centre, Phil Fontaine, the then Grand Chief, Assembly of First Nations., John A. Macdonald, Murray Sinclair, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Unconscious bias

HELLO JI!

HELLO JI!

HELLO JI!Desi NewsNovember 22, 2021Shagorika Easwar, Christmas shopping, Merry Christmas!