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“On Their Own: The Trials of South Asian Seniors Issue”
ShareOn Their Own: The Trials of South Asian Seniors is an hour-long Canadian documentary airs for the first time Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 8 pm on OMNI 2. The unique documentary examines the plight of senior immigrants of South Asian origin. By sharing the story of one remarkable elderly couple surviving on their own, more »
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Film reveals Canadian Sikh community’s World War I stories
ShareWhen it comes to the history of Canada’s South Asian community, Sikhs form a significant portion of the mosaic. Every year, Canadians participate in the Remembrance Day ceremony and pay special tribute to those compatriots who died defending their country during the wars. Until recently, nothing much was known about handful of Sikhs who joined more »
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First Annual South Asia Film Festival
ShareThe First Annual South Asia Film Festival (SAFF) kicked off this week with the opening gala at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. This festival is presenting a collection of feature films, short films, documentaries and animated films. Films will be playing in Vancouver, Surrey, and Abbotsford until Sunday, November 4th. Vetren Indian actor Jaya Bachchan more »
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Speaking in tongues: census 2011 reveals Canada’s language diversity
ShareBilingualism is surging in Canada, but not necessarily in the country’s two official languages. Statistics Canada released the last batch of data from the 2011 census on Wednesday, this time focusing on about 200 languages that make up the linguistic portrait of the country. The data suggest that multiculturalism is not simply an abstract concept more »
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Share your memories of seeing first South Asian Film
ShareThe SAFF Canada Global Memories Project invites people around the world to share their memories of seeing their first South Asian Film. You can submit a video or article about your experiences. SAFF Canada will screen and post the best submissions to our website and YouTube channel. Find the Memories Project that works best for more »
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Indian Summer Brings the Heat Back to Vancouver
ShareSecond Annual Festival Ups the Ante, Presenting Some of the Brightest Minds & Biggest Stars from Canada & India for 10 Days of Stimulating Performance, Dialogue, and Culinary Delights Vancouver, BC – Indian Summer Festival returns to Vancouver, July 5 to 15, 2012, with an incredible line-up of critically acclaimed performers, internationally renowned thinkers, and more »
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Complicating the History of the Left
Share70 MINUTES | BANGLADESH | (SUBTITLED) ENGLISH JAPANESE BENGALI | WORLD PREMIERE | RATING: 14A The Young Man Was (Part 1: United Red Army) The first installment in a film trilogy that traces a history of 1970s ultra-left terrorist groups, Part 1 looks at the 1977 hijacking of flight JAL 472 by the Japanese Red more »
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Pohela Boishakh – Celebrating the Bengali New Year
SharePohela Boishakh is the first day of Benagli New Year . It is also called “Shuvo Noboborsho” means happy new year. Pohela Boishakh is celebrated with great fervor in the South Asian region of Bengal (Bangladesh and Indian/West Bengal) and among Bengali communities living in the Indian states of Tripura and Assam (specially in Barak more »
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Saving Face’ wins Oscar
Share“Saving Face” won the Oscar for documentary short at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Saving Face” won the Oscar for documentary short at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, making her the first Pakistani to win an Oscar award. The Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy film follows British plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad more »
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Pakistan textile industry relocating to Bangladesh
ShareSaleem Samad – Dhaka Correspondent Pakistan export oriented textile industry are relocating their business to Bangladesh for a slice of preferential trade agreements with United States and European Union as poor country. Pakistan Textile Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin on Tuesday confirmed that the textile industry in Pakistan is gradually shifting to Bangladesh to seek more profit, more »