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Boredom is Good For You by AMELIA HILL

Being bored turns your mind inward and encourages reflection. When you're rushing about, there's no time to think. When you're bored, there's nothing else to do but think.

Sikh-Canadian Jus Reign: Funny, Proud and Inspiring by SHEEBA SINGH

He resonates pride in his faith, and his sense of responsibility to his community: one which does not exist through obligation, but through respect.

Entrepreneur Anuvinder Singh Wows Job Seekers by GEOFF MORGAN

Founder and President of Wowjobs, he immigrated from Boston to Canada after the dot-com crash of the late 1990s.

A Universal Message of Universal Struggles by MEG BARONE

A poem by Inni Kaur describes "the agony of the caged soul" and asks, "Whose freedom lies in the will of another? It's better to die than live caged."

Baljit "Bal" Singh Gosal is Canada's New Minister of State (Sport) NEWS REPORT

Originally from Punjab - born in village Ratainda, district Nawanshahr - Bal moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1981, and later to Ontario.

Tim Singh Uppal: Canada's New Minister of State (Democratic Reform) NEWS REPORT

Re-elected to Parliament on May 2, he has now been promoted to the ruling cabinet of Prime Minister Strephen Harper.

Sikh-American U.S. Attorney Sends Wall Street A Message by BENJAMIN WEISER & PETER LATTMAN

Born in Ferozepur, Punjab, Preet was an infant in 1970 when he came to the US with his parents. He grew up in New Jersey, and earned degrees from Harvard and Columbia.

Valarie Kaur: A Young Leader To Watch by RABBI NANCY FUCHS-KREIMER

Having made an award-winning film, she went on to study religion at Harvard Divinity School and then to get her law degree at Yale Law School.

Hizzoner Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi:
Mayor of Gravesham, U.K. by I.P. SINGH

This is also the first time that there have been five Sikh-Brits elected to the Gravesham Council in the United Kingdom.

Punjabi Schools: Language is The Key by RAJA ABDULRAHIM

"Communities across North America realized the need to hold on to their language and heritage ... The focus was definitely on language ..."