Culture Crunch
By Jacinta McFadden From the bedroom doorway, the smell of smoke teases the nostrils. Sitting upright on the bed near the window is an Indian Princess bedecked in ornate gold jewelry. She politely...
View ArticleBatting into action
By Grant McDonald A few days before his first day of classes at Ryerson, Abhimanyu Sharma wandered the halls of Ryerson looking for a cricket team to join. He found one – with 117 members. “When I came...
View ArticleWE DON’T DESERVE THE ‘D’
by Amit Shilton Every time I travel, I run into people who want to know my favourite thing about Toronto. And my response, whether I’m in Russia, India or Japan is always the same: diversity. Their...
View ArticleDMZ touches down in India
By Lana Hall Canada’s Governor General David Johnston threw the coconut on the ground and — luckily for him and Ryerson University — it cracked. An Indian tradition to mark the start of a new project,...
View ArticleZone Startups India launches Soft Landing program
By Behdad Mahichi Zone Startups India — the DMZ’s sister startup accelerator based in Mumbai — has announced plans to go global. The incubator, located on the 18th floor of the Bombay Stock Exchange...
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Lachemi gets bizzy in India Interim president Mohamed Lachemi hopped on a plane to India for the Ontario trade mission last week. He came back with two signed agreements to support ongoing energy...
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In the zone of Startups India
By Behdad Mahichi The crowd looked on with great anticipation as Canada’s Governor General David Johnston kneeled down, a coconut in his hand. The pressure was on — as per the Hindu ritual, good luck...
View ArticleWestern fashion feasts on the East
By Fatima Najm Stylistically speaking, Indian ethnicity is in. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the creator of Cats, launched his newest west-end musical, Bombay Dreams, with music by Indian maestro A. R. Rehman...
View ArticleRyerson Zone Learning bringing startups to India
By Neha Chollangi Ryerson has a new program to help Canadian startup companies expand into India. Called Gateway91, the program is run by Ryerson-affiliated Zone Startups India (ZSI). On Nov. 10,...
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Couchsurfing offers students a new wave in travel
By Zoe Melnyk On Christmas afternoon, I arrived at an unfamiliar apartment in Etobicoke. After making my way from the snowy sidewalk onto a narrow path, I found a door propped open with a brick. I...
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