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Asian philanthropy - A brief history By Sharad Rao EBS The Asian Foundation put up recently an event to showcase the contribution of the Asian community to welfare projects in Kenya. It demonstrated that although less than .02% of the population, Asians are the mainstay of public welfare institutions and programmes in Kenya. As early as 1887 Allidina Visram contributed handsomely to schools and to hospitals in Kenya and Uganda – and even towards the building of the Anglican Cathedral and a mosque in Kampala. Allidina Visram’s son, Abdul Rasul, followed in his father’s footsteps, and as a memorial to his father, he established in 1918 the Allidina Visram High School in Mombasa. Karimjee Jivanjee who, although residing in Tanzania, contributed much to his community’s development in Kenya. So did A.M. Jeevanjee, and A.H. Khaderbhoy, who built a large hall – the Khaderbhoy Hall for the Municipal Council of Mombasa now being used as an outpatient dispensary. The Social Serv...

Sultan Jessa: Noble Ismaili Muslim, Great Journalist and Recipient of Order of Canada Passes Away 23 August 2019 41 Comments Sultan Jessa with Her Excellency Adrianne Clarkson, the former Governor General of Canada, at the event in 2005 marking the presentation to him of Canada’s highest honour, the Order of Canada. Photo: Sultan Jessa Collection, Montreal. Sultan Jessa: A Model Canadian Citizen By MALIK MERCHANT ( Publisher-Editor,  Simerg ,   Barakah  and  Simergphotos ) On August 15, 2019 at 1:15 PM, I received an article for publication from my beloved friend Sultan Jessa with a kind note that said: Dear Malik, Feel free to use it if you find this appropriate. Sultan. I simply replied, Sultan: Will review. Little did I know that exactly a week later, on August 22, he would pass away! I was having lunch at Fairview Mall in Toronto, when a note was sent to me that said, “Sultan just passed away this morning.” The email simply wou...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OhkFY1PQE Dear Friends, Yesterday , Cybele and I went to see "Two Popes", a film now showing at the Movie Mill with showtimes at 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. The film producer has set ticket prices at $8.00. It is a Netflix- produced film that is expected to contend for Best Drama and Best Screenplay - and possibly Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor as well.  It was reviewed in the Lethbridge Herald on December 12, 2019. Here is the synopsis from Netflix Films quoted by Leonard Binning in the Herald: "Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences bet...