Category: Culture

Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims

Selamat Hari Raya from GOPIO Malaysia

Aug 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

‘Indian-origin people soft targets at workplace in S Africa’

South African Indians are being unfairly targeted at the workplace, a minority rights leader has said after powerful Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) accused the community of accommodating their “brothers” in top jobs at the expense of African employees. There are “great suspicions” that
senior Indian staff at the eThekwini Municipality (which includes the city of Durban) [...]

Jul 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

A taste of diplomacy

Malaysia is the latest Asian nation to follow the win-hearts-with-food policy, hosting events and participating in others to give the American audience a better idea of its culture
The way to a person’s heart is truly through his or her stomach. This wise adage holds true even in today’s world in which computers [...]

Jul 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

World of Indian diaspora to come alive in docu series

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The world of the Indian diaspora, their life in all its shades of colours, will soon come alive in a series of documentaries that well-known documentary filmmaker Siddharth Kak and his Surabhi Foundation are currently making.
The series of 10 documentaries will be shot partly on location in countries where large [...]

May 02, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Happy New Year

GOPIO Malaysia would like to wish all Indians a very Happy New Year!

Apr 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Sun doesn’t set on Indian diaspora

Over the centuries Indians have migrated to distant lands, sometimes out of choice but often as indentured labour. They still retain their Indianness in their adopted homelands.

Dec 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

NRIs, PIOs and OCIs – An ABC Guide

A guide for non-Indian passport holders in how to stake a physical claim on your homeland.

Nov 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Indian Cultural Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Nov 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Diaspora youth gets a taste of India

New Delhi, Sep 21 – Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) Vayalar Ravi Tuesday met 28 young People of Indian Origin (PIO), including 22 women from across the world, on a government-sponsored trip to know and understand their native country.
The 15th Know India Programme (KIP) is a fully funded programme of the ministry for youth [...]

Sep 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Indian-origin school girl is America’s teen queen

LONDON: Anysha Panesar, a 16-year-old Indian-origin teenager has been crowned America’s Perfect Teen. The only problem is she is British.
The teenager from Wales beat a host of American beauties to win the contest while on holiday in Florida and it has not gone down well with the losing candidates.

Sep 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Fourth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held in South Africa

New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): The fourth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held at South Africa’s Durban city on October 1 and 2 respectively with the theme ‘India and Africa: Building Bridges’.
The event is being organized in partnership with the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Government of South Africa.

Sep 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The India factor in Mauritius

“W hen you see a BMW or a Mercedes Benz on the roads of Mauritius you can be sure the owner will be either an Indian or a Chinese… people of Indian and Chinese origin are among the richest here,” says Ms Nicole Bundhooa, Public Relations Manager at One&Only Le Saint Geran Resort in Mauritius.
The [...]

Aug 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Happy Independence Day

India won its freedom on 15th August, 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands of martyred souls. It was a birth of a new nation and a new beginning.
The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth of the world’s biggest democracy as [...]

Aug 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Protect and promote heritage, Indians urged

THE Indian community must take action to protect and promote the Tamil language and culture in this country, Tamil Nesan reported.
It quoted Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah as saying this after attending the Tamilar Thirunal Cultural Festival organised by the Malaysian Tamil Youth Bell Club Kulai branch on Sunday.
He [...]

Aug 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Durban to host Africa diaspora conference

Come October and the Indian diaspora in Africa will converge for the Mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in Durban, marking the city’s historic links with India and aiming to ‘build bridges’ between them and their country of origin.
The event, titled ‘PBD-Africa’, is to be held in the South African city Oct 1-2 on the [...]