Presenting to the House of Commons on October 20, 2011, Canada's Minister of Immigration said, “..last year Ipsos Reid did a global poll, from which they estimated that at least two billion people around the world would like to emigrate to Canada right now....” We were in that queue once and having arrived in March 1996, …
Canada 150 … getting there…
As we prepare to celebrate 150 years of Canada’s existence, Canadians are opening up to state “What Canada Means to Me.” Today I am exploring what India means to me and will address what Canada means to me in next week's blog. It is not possible to detach oneself from one’s roots. We remain a composite …
We are One
My wife and I recently went for lunch to a favourite café in our neighbourhood. It was relatively quiet and we had a table all to ourselves in the private dining area. A short while later our grandson who is not quite one yet, made a grand appearance riding on his father’s shoulder. Initially a little …
Meal-time
Zen Master Shunryu (Suzuki) Roshi has said, “Time goes from present to past.” Reviewed literally, this might seem illogical as we are conditioned to think that time goes from past to present and from present to future. However, as we think of and dwell on a particular event from the past, does it not appear …
