Tall Ship Festival ,Victoria BC  

Spring at Minter Gardens  

Spring in full bloom at Minter Gardens  

Setting sun at Lake Okanagan 

Evening Ferry to the Mainland from Victoria

Bathtub Race,Vancouver 

BC Elections

Festival of democracy is back . News channels have dug out their teams of Pundits & Analyst out of hibernation.Ugly billboards are at every street corner.

I'm a voter. I am like an oriental tourist in a hindu temple not sure if I'm gettting a'Dim Sum' or 'Darshan' when the results are out in May.

Bhangra Underground

Oh yes ...I'm totally getting used to it. Adjusting to my new life better than I thought I would.Its cold..I'm sick and its raining for last one week but its good. I like it.

There is more India in Canada than I thought.There is too much of Punjab in B.C.There are more Indian grocery stores in Vancouver than 7-11.There are more Indian Video stores than Blockbuster...and that's just an iota of the big Punjabi influence in B.C.

I'm seeing some good Punjabi Rockers (Poppers doens't sound right)on T.V. Punjabi M.C is one of them and there is Babbu Mann and the legend Gurudas Mann.

My ears find it difficult to tune to the new kind of folk music. Its Bhangra Underground USA and Gangsta Bhangra.I think I have heard similar titles before and seen the video of scantly clad beautiful girls dancing in the background and ugly guys in the lead belting out uglier lyrics.The bad thing, I can relate with these guys ...

Next on my schedule to head to the video store to grab a copy of 'Jakhmi Jaagirdar-II'.I have heard the sequel is better than the first.