February 2022 — Desi News — Celebrating our 28th well-read year!

WINTER FUN

WINTER FUN

Desi NewsFebruary 17, 2022

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESIDesi NewsFebruary 17, 2022DATELINE DESI, Radha Tailor, Michael Ben, Brampton Library

LIFELINES

LIFELINES

Desi NewsFebruary 10, 2022Lata Mangeshka, Lata Mangeshkar, Ae mere vatan ke logon, Hawa mein udta jaaye, Aayega aanewala, Mera gehna sajan tu, toh se sajke dolun, Raina beeti jaaye, Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi, Sajda (1991), Saadgi (2007), Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai., Rajeev Gupta, Raag-Mala Toronto

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHTDesi NewsJanuary 30, 2022Indian Summer Festival Vancouver, Shabana Azmi, Artistic Director Sirish Rao, Managing Director Laura Byspalko, Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy, Yann Matel, Tabu, Indian Summer Arts Society

PRINT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2022

PRINT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2022

PRINT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2022Desi NewsJanuary 27, 2022DESI NEWS PRINT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2022

BODY AND SOUL

BODY AND SOUL

BODY AND SOULDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Dr Chandrakant Shah, Archbishop Colin Johnson, unmarked graves of Indigenous children, remote and isolated Indigenous communities in northwest Ontario., Anglican Archbishop Edward Scott

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESI

DATELINE DESIDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Toronto Calcutta Foundation (TCF)

MY TAKE

MY TAKE

Desi NewsJanuary 25, 2022

HOPE TRIUMPHS

HOPE TRIUMPHS

HOPE TRIUMPHSDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022An unwanted pregnancy, international students in Canada, abused and sexually exploited international students in Canada, sexual favours as payments, Reverend Tony Zekveld, Hope Centre Brampton

GET GROWING!

GET GROWING!

GET GROWING!Desi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Ladybug, tropical indoor plants, ornamental indoor plants, Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom by Emily L Hay Hinsdale, Tiller Press, $24.99.

KITCHEN TABLE

KITCHEN TABLE

KITCHEN TABLEDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Food Babe Kitchen by Vani Hari, food recipes to help get you off processed food

BOOKWORM

BOOKWORM

BOOKWORMDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022The Kural, translated from Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, Tirukkural, Tiruvalluvar, Poet Tiruvalluvar’s statue in Kanyakumari, First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, The Great Journeys in History, edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Those Who Are Saved by Alexis Landau, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer, Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, On My Way to a Happy Life by Deepak Chopra, It’s Not Me, It’s You by Stephanie Kate Strohm, Bhavneet Tattla, Brampton Library

TRUTH BE TOLD

TRUTH BE TOLD

TRUTH BE TOLDDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022HOW WE IMMIGRANTS REINVENT OURSELVES, educated professionals who were now employed as factory workers, foreign-trained doctors driving taxis, Dr Vicki Bismilla

SCIENCE MATTERS

SCIENCE MATTERS

SCIENCE MATTERSDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022wild animals as pets, People can still own “exotic” wild animals, prohibited-animal lists, conservation biologist Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin, David Suzuki

ARRIVAL LOUNGE

ARRIVAL LOUNGE

ARRIVAL LOUNGEDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Anu Saxena, Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Guelph, canadaindiaresearch.ca, The Guelph & District Multicultural Festival, Liaba Nisar

PANDEMIC DIARIES

PANDEMIC DIARIES

PANDEMIC DIARIESDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Dr. Nav Persaud, a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, a new guideline proposes 13 ways to address inequities in the COVID pandemic, CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

A ROOM WITH A POINT OF VIEW

A ROOM WITH A POINT OF VIEW

A ROOM WITH A POINT OF VIDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022stress of living through the pandemic, I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes, Zoom call, LOVE IS ALL AROUND YOU

GRANT'S DESI ACHIEVER

GRANT'S DESI ACHIEVER

GRANT'S DESI ACHIEVERDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Vineet Jain, President and CEO of Vision Food Innovations, Nature’s Flair, named the best plant-based muffins and cupcakes bakery in Canada, Global Vegan Awards, Beyond Meat, Oatly, growing interest in vegetarian and vegan products, PMA Canada

MEET KARN

MEET KARNDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022Karn Kalra, Bachelor in Paradise Canada, The Hot Zone: Anthrax (National Geographic), Boyfriends of Christmas Past (Amazon Prime), Green Book (Universal Pictures), The Dictator’s Playbook (PBS), The Clue to Love, Be a Desi Star!

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

COVER STORYDesi NewsJanuary 25, 2022By SHAGORIKA EASWAR, Feeding You Lies by Vani Hari, terminology food manufacturers hide behind, chemicals in our food, nutrition research is manipulated by food company-funded experts, “all natural” and “non-GMO”, misinformation about food and nutrition, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Project Animal Farm, Carageenan, Health-wrecking chemicals in low-calorie diet plans, gluten-free diet