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The Sari Shots From Williams Sisters! Banglaore: Guess who's stepping out in Kanjeevaram saris! Tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams, decided to take the fashion plunge while in this South India city where they were to play at the Indian Open tournament.	The Sari Shots From Williams Sisters! Banglaore: Guess who's stepping out in Kanjeevaram saris! Tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams, decided to take the fashion plunge while in this South India city where they were to play at the Indian Open tournament.
Indian Magazine Honours Dhalla Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Mr Vayalar Ravi presents the India Empire NRI Award for Political Leadership to Dr Ruby Dhalla, Member of Parliament from Canada.	Religious poojas and prayer functions were held by organisations of Toronto to mark the mandala pooja from Nov 14 till Dec. 25 offered to Lord Ayyappa. Lord Ayyappa represents a combination of spiritual powers symbolized by the form of lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. In Toronto the famous Guruyaoorappan Sreekrishna temple in Brampton conducted 18 steps pooja and vilakkupooja lead by chief priest Divakaran Nampoothiri in association with OHM Cultural Vedi. NSS Canada conducted pooja and abishekam in Hindu Heritage Center by chief priest Devakinandan. The Scarborough Tamil Ayyappa temple ,and Gurumandalam Trust of Canada also organised various bajans and ayyappa pooja.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker addressing a packed press conference in Punjab. He is flanked by Regional Manager India Naveen Chawla (left) and Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations Qatar and Indian subcontinent Fathi Al Shehab.	Dr. Dhalla speaking during a reception she hosted in honour of the South Asian Media.
The Winner of Voice Achievers Awards 2009 MG Vassanji Moyez J. Vassanji was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1950 and raised in Tanzania. Vassanji studied at the University of Nairobi and then at MIT on a scholarship. He earned a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked at the Chalk River atomic power station and then moved to Toronto in 1980. He and his wife, Nurjehan Aziz, started the Toronto South Asian Review, in 1981, which continues today as Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad. Vassanji also began writing his first novel in 1980, The Gunny Sack, which was published in 1989. The novel won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and established Vassanji as an important voice in the emerging field of immigrant/minority writers. In November 2003 M. G. Vassanji won a second Giller Prize for his novel, The In-Between Life of Vikram Lall. Here Vikram tells us about his own evolution in a world of bribery and corruption that spans 47 years of history in Kenya. In 2007 he published The Assassins Song about a Canadian professor who inherits an ancient family responsibility that forces him to confront his familial history in the Indian village of Haripir. The novel was shortlisted for the 2007 Giller Prize. In 2005 Vassanji was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He has also won the Bressani Literary Prize, and the Harbourfront Festival Prize. Kuldip Rai Sahi Mr. Kuldip Rai Sahi came to Canada in 1971. Mr. Sahi has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, is a Certified General Accountant, and in 1994 he was named Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year. Mr. Sahi has over 30 years of business experience in Canada covering a broad range of industries including insurance, commercial banking, manufacturing, and transportation, automotive and real estate. Mr. Sahi is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Morguard REIT. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morguard Corporation, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morguard Investments Limited, Morguard Residential Inc. and Revenue Properties Company Limited..	The Winner of Voice Achievers Awards 2009 Asha Luthra Asha Luthra President Asha Luthra is the Head of Business Travel Network (BTN). She has been in the Travel and Hospitality Business for more than two decades and has successfully promoted travel and trade between both Canada and India. She has a strong Business ethics and is open to new ideas and innovation to promote Tourism which is multi million dollar business between the two countries. long with a sharp Business mind she also brings in a lot of comradeship in here interaction with people and has herself traveled extensively. Before she moved to Canada she lived in Mumbai, India. She was with Air India Bombay for 14years. She has always come forward to contribute her time and commitment in the community not only in Canada but also in India. She has been a strong advocate for issues concerning women and was a faculty for the Indian Junior Chamber for a number of years. She was the first lady state President for Maharashtra of the widely know organization called Jaycees. She has been a member of various voluntary organizations. Asha has been with the Indo Canada Chamber for last many years and this year she was elected as the 31st President and also the first lady President in the Chambers history. In her role as President of ICCC all the events held so far have been not only great in attendance but also a huge success. Her aim this year is to create a much stronger bonding in the India-Canada trade corridor and to that extent she is working towards a big delegation for the PBD 2009. he has also planned a round Table in Chennai along with CII where the focus will be on topics concerning both the countries. She did her postgraduate in English and Economics and was a lecturer in Economics at the MV and LU College in Andheri.

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