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Jaspreet is blind kid who was singing at the Surrey Vaisakhi Khalsa day parade.

Although Kabaddi is popular throughout South Asia its mainly the game of Punjabis . But now Kabaddi is becoming popular in other communities. Pakistan Kabaddi Federation has sent a Kabaddi coach to Iran. Iran will prepare its Kabaddi teams for the coming international kabaddi tournaments. Pakistan will extend all facilities for the development of kabaddi in Iran, it was stated by a spokesman of Pakistan Kabaddi Federation.

Emmanuel Noveen (Manny) Malhotra is a professional Punjabi ice hockey player, currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Manny is the second player of Indian descent to play in the NHL after Robin Bawa. His father is from Punjab and his mother is a French Canadian. Blue Jackets center Manny Malhotra is making $1.5 million this season and could be in line for a solid raise this summer as a free agent. Malhotra, who grew up in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, is the only player of Punjabi descent currently on an NHL roster. But he admits he doesn't speak the language. Even though the Blue Jackets have not appeared on Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi this season, that could change come playoff time.

Mini Punjab is Gurdas Mann's new film. This Punjabi film is due for release on April 12 2009. The film is about Punjabis living in a building in Mumbai. Mini Punjab is a Punjab away from Punjab in Mumbai. The girl against Mann in the film is Jividha who played Aishwarya’s sister in TAAL. She's got the role of Simran, a bubbly, full of life medical student in Mini Punjab. Maan's next film is Chak Jawana. But that’s not the part of discussion here. He will also release a music album after his UK tour. The Punjabi film industry is growing and getting noticed as we have quite a long list of releases this year including 2 films by Harbhajan Mann and 1 by Jimmy Shergill. Keep it up guys.. Share your view of Punjabi film industry in the new Punjabi Website .

Don't be discouraged by the Ludhiana traffic video. Here is a picture from Vancouver BC. This driver insisted on driving besides a police car even if that meant driving on the median. By the way, this was not a Punjabi driver.

Driving in Ludhiana's traffic at a railway crossing.

Nihang Singh at Golden Temple Amritsar