Missing the mother tongue
Posted on Jul 22nd, 2018
Roopinder Singh The tussle between teaching school children in their mother tongue or the English language is an old one. It is hard to remember that there was a time when all learning was in the mother tongue, or a language closely related to it. Education was long treated as a privilege and thus reserved for the elite. Others had …
Giving back — a diaspora success story
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2018
Three Canadians of Indian origin are contributing towards society in different ways. The result, however, is similar — a better world for people in need and a brighter future for coming generations Roopinder Singh A Canadian immigrant of Indian origin donated $10 million to the University of Lethbridge, the largest gift that the university had ever received. The money is …