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Innovation key to survival for Quebec City’s tiny Indo-Canadian community: Keeping Indian culture alive where there is a small Indian community is a challenge, according to Girish Shah, a professor at Laval University in Quebec. He tells us about how, despite having no Hindu temple or Indian functions to go to, he and his wife kept their Indian traditions alive and taught their daughters about their roots. He explains by quoting the poet Lord Byron, why he may never leave Quebec City.
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